CATHOLIC FAITH AT HOME RESOURCES

For Our Family of Parishes

St. Thomas More, St. Bernadette, St. Mary's, St. Peter's

September 25

ANGELS ARE A TRUTH OF OUR FAITH!

FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS

SEPTEMBER 29

"The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls 'angels' is a truth of faith."

(Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 328)

The word, "angel," comes from the Greek word,

"aggelos," which means, "messenger."

The Bible recognizes "nine choirs" of angels,

each with a name and a purpose.

Archangels are one choir and recognized as leaders helping humanity, entrusted by God with special duties.

Michael means "One who is like God."

Gabriel means "God is my strength."

Raphael means "God is my health."

Click the link below to watch a video about:

WHAT MAKES ARCHANGELS SPECIAL?

COME JOIN RCIA

STILL TIME TO JOIN!

Fr. Tim and Fr. Dorn offer RCIA sessions

Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30pm

Faith Formation Room at St. Thomas More

(in brick building that faces Marian grotto).

If you know someone interested in becoming Catholic,

invite them to learn more.

They can call the parish office or complete the form on the STM website.

This is inquiry - there is NO COMMITMENT ASSUMED!

Click the link below for the form to:

LEARN ABOUT BECOMING CATHOLIC

Below, read about a public figure becoming Catholic...

FOOTBALL COACH BECOMES CATHOLIC!

University of Notre Dame's

new football coach,

Marcus Freeman,

converted

to the Catholic faith.

He began the process after his arrival in South Bend, Indiana. 

A Christian before entering the Catholic Church, Freeman said in an interview with the National Catholic Register, that he was

grateful to be at Notre Dame because

of the school’s emphasis on faith.

“That’s important for me.

I want our guys to wonder about

what it means to embrace Jesus Christ.”

Click below to read more on:

MARCUS FREEMAN BECOMES CATHOLIC

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ST. BERNADETTE'S

NEW FAMILY

RELIGION PROGRAM!!

“A Family of Faith” from Sophia Press

Each Session - Monthly

• The whole family attends on the third Sunday
• Light breakfast after 9:00 Mass

• Whole group discussion then...

- Traditional Catechesis for students

- Discussion and suggestions for parents 

• Child care for preschoolers during parent’s meeting

(They'll have crafts, stories and activities)

• End with prayer at 11:55 a.m

Dismissed by Noon

To register or for more information,

contact Mike at faithformation@stbameliaparish.org 

513-753-5566 ext. 105

The Queen

was a committed Christian

in her role as Defender of the Faith.

Biblical Meaning Behind the Queen’s 2:22 p.m. Procession?

The Queen's final departure from Buckingham Palace

was Wednesday at exactly 2:22 p.m.

to arrive at Westminster Hall at 3 p.m.

to lie-in-state before her funeral on Monday.

Click below to discover the:

BIBLICAL MEANING OF 2:22

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Catholic Church was well represented at Queen Elizabeth's service.

> Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster

read the fifth of seven prayers,

giving thanks for the Queen’s commitment to the Commonwealth

and praying that

the political association of 56 member states would strive

for the common good and

the “establishment of righteousness and peace.” 

> Also in attendance were the United Kingdom’s

three other leading Catholic prelates:

Archbishop Leo Cushley of St. Andrews and Edinburgh,

Archbishop Mark O’Toole of Cardiff,

and Archbishop Eamon Martin, primate of all Ireland.

> Liverpool-born Archbishop Paul Gallagher,

the Vatican’s “foreign minister,”

represented Pope Francis and the Holy See.  

Click below to discover:

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE STATE FUNERAL

Click below to read some of:

QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S BEST QUOTES

If the Holy Mass is

THE most powerful prayer

in the world

(which it is)...

WHY don’t we experience it as powerful?!

Why do we—and the world—

seem unchanged by it?

Join Fr. Brad Doyle - and thousands of others- to seek

a deeper understanding of and

appreciation for

the GIFT of the Mass!

Click below to be moved by the:

THE HOLY MASS

 Beautiful Blessing On Medicine

The Roman Ritual presents the prayer below to ask God's blessing on the medicine we take.

V: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

R: Who made heaven and earth.

V: The Lord be with you.

R: And with your spirit.

Let us pray: O our God! You marvelously created man

and more marvelously redeemed him.

Please help with Your numerous aids the human condition

in the land of Your children, who are always susceptible to diverse infirmities.

Answer our prayers and bless these medicines (and medical instruments)

so that everyone who uses them or is under their influence

may enjoy the presence of Your providence in body and soul.

You who, through Your Son Jesus Christ,

healed so many infirmities,

and who reigns with Him and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.

Amen.

(Sprinkle with Holy Water)

National Eucharistic Revival Resources

WEEKLY UPDATE

EUCHARISTIC AMAZEMENT!

In a letter to his eparchy's faithful titled “Eucharistic Amazement,”

Bishop Gregory Mansour of the Maronite Eparchy

of Saint Maron of Brooklyn

— one of only two Maronite dioceses in the United States —

asks his parishes, missions, and institutions:

“to enter even more fully into the joy and spirit

of this time and to deepen our amazement,

love, and devotion to our Eucharistic Lord.”

Read seven ways the bishop asks the faithful

to increase their devotion to the Holy Eucharist

— methods for anyone wanting a

deeper understanding of the sacrament.

Click below to discover:

SEVEN WAYS TO INCREASE EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION

GOSPEL READING REFLECTION

For September 25, 2022

The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C - Lk 16:19-31

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JUSTICE AND MERCY!

"My child, remember that you received

what was good during your lifetime

while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;

but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.

Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established

to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go

from our side to yours or from your side to ours."

• In the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, the problem with the rich man was not his wealth. The parable does not say he became rich dishonestly (although he may have). His problem was that he didn’t “listen to,” that is, obey, Moses and the prophets. He did not repent of his sins, obey the law, and love God above all and his neighbor as himself. One example of this is the way he ignored his fellow Jew and therefore his neighbor, Lazarus, who sat at his door begging.

• The rich man received good things during his life. He lived like the rich diners that Amos decries. He did nothing for those in need around him. In the parable, God rewards him with torment.

• Lazarus received during his life what was bad—poverty and illness—like the unfortunates the Psalm says God helps. God rewards Lazarus with comfort in the “bosom of Abraham” for his endurance of suffering on earth.



• Through this parable, Our Lord is saying his message continues the message of Moses and the prophets. If we won’t love God and neighbor, we won’t listen to Christ, even if he does something stupendous, like raise men from the dead or rise from the dead himself.

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Faith Formation Activities & Events for every Month & Season

BOOK

RECOMMENDATION

We need to be armed for battle!

At all times, and especially during these crazy times in this vale of tears,

we need to lay our foundation in Christ Jesus.

Spiritual reading helps us build and strengthen that foundation.

This week's recommendation is:

The VIRTUES

by John Garvey 

John Garvey served as President of the Catholic University of America for 12 years,

working to introduce students

to the virtuous life

– the only true way to happiness.

Garvey’s new book “The Virtues” draws from his commencement addresses to CUA graduates.

“The book is a bunch of conversations,” he says.

“I’ve been giving commencement speeches about virtues for 25 years.…

So you can read it out loud, and it won’t sound like you’re reading a book:

It’ll sound like you’re saying something

because I was saying them out loud.”

 Garvey writes:

"The intellectual life depends on the moral life.

Without virtue we cannot sustain the practices

necessary for advanced learning.

In fact, without virtue, it's hard to see what the purpose of the university is.

Learning begins with love (for the truth).

If we don't have that, it's hard to know

why we would bother with education at all." 

We pray you will be excited to embark on purposeful spiritual reading as a way to build a more prayer-filled, Christ centered life.