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PARISH STAFF P Rev. Fr. Christopher Chike Amadi, S.S.J. P A A Mrs. Martha S. Creecy (985) 536-2613 ****************************************** P P C Mrs. Charlotte Hooker (504) 559-4573 P F C Mr. Edward Phillips (985) 536-2613 D R E Mrs. Myrtle Lucas (985) 536-2028 D Y M (CYO) Mrs. Tracy Watson (504) 296-7852 E M H C Mrs. Vanessa Noble (504) 220-7674 P W Mrs. Precious A. Joseph (985) 536-3115

RCIA CLASSES Any adult interested in joining the Catholic Faith or knowing more about the Catholic Religion should contact the Parish Office to sign up for RCIA faith classes. ******************************************Announcements for the bulletin can be brought to the parish office, faxed or sent via email to olgchurch@arch-no.org The deadline to submit announcements to be placed in the bulletin is on Mondays by 12 noon.

MASS SCHEDULE 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

OCTOBER 27, 2019

VIGIL MASSES

Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday NO MASS Tuesday 6:00 PM Wednesday 5:00 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 6:00 PM Sick of the Parish Thursday 8:30 AM Special Intentions Friday 8:30 AM Parish Mass Saturday 8:00 AM (1ST SATURDAY ONLY)

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Begins 1 Hour before each Mass and ends 15 minutes before Mass or by appointment anytime.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parents and god-parents preparation is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Baptism will take place on the 4th Sunday of each month. Baptismal registration takes place ONLY at the Parish Office prior to baptism preparation class.

MARRIAGES Please notify the Priest at least six to eight months prior to planning the wedding.

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK Please call the Parish Office if someone is sick or hospitalized.

FUNERALS Please call the Parish Office before making arrangements with the funeral director.

780 Hwy. 44 • P.O. Box 464 Reserve, Louisiana 70084

Rectory: 985-536-2613

Fax: 985-536-1819 Email: olgchurch@arch-no.org

website: olgcommunity.com

Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our purpose, at Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, is to provide a place of spiritual worship and growth for our members, our children, and all visitors. We wish to instill a spirit of prayer, integrity and generosity in each other, with a special concern for the poor, sick, elderly, disabled, the unborn and the weak. We especially encourage our parish members and organizat ions in their practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy with the poor and infirmed.

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 27, 2019

Agnes Hall, Joshua J. Morgan, Joseph Dupas, Olga Leblanc, Alethea Bardell, Kenisha Anderson, Leroy Houston, Joann Gray, Victoria Dominique, Ernest Morgan Jr., Catherine Twine Simon, Craig Watson, Michelle Marcadel, Cornel Jones, Montrelle Dennis, Romond Taylor, Devon Walker, Rosalee Sylvas, Donald Lipps, Donna C. Jackson, Sandra Simoneaux, Elizabeth Hebert, Sr. John Mary Jackson, Tierney Smith, Torriel Charde Smith, Karen Duhe-Wilson, James Jackson, Travis Thomas, Ceola Gerard, Gary Sylve, Arthur D. Parquet, Felton Parquet, Lorita Savoie, Shelia P. Melancon, Gloria Ferrygood, Chandra Johnson, Lindsay Marts, John Sylve, Sr., Sharon Parquet, Jeniffer Sylve Banks, Hilton Farlough, Monique Joseph, Theresa Fleming, Beverly Harris, Lois Gray, Wilhelmina Armour, Emile Rousseve, Amanda Cole, Johnny Bee Griffin, Thomas Parquet, Jr., Melvin Parquet, Tiana Roussell, Marjorie Schnyder Noble, Edward Scioneaux, Sr., Joseph & McCloud Family

The Gospel makes it pretty clear that exalting yourself is not the way into the Kingdom. So it might sound strange to hear Paul saying he expects the win-ner’s crown. So why is he any different from the Phari-see in the Gospel?

The Pharisee fasted and tithed, was not greedy or adulterous, but he misses the point. He thinks that being right with God comes from a person’s accomplishments. He feels no need to ask for God’s mercy. Yet if he relied on that mercy, he wouldn’t boast about his good deeds. Instead, he would ask for God’s mercy and then thank God by doing good or being generous. In other words, he thinks that God is waiting to be bribed with good deeds so that he can be justified. “After all,” thinks the Pharisee, “what else are good deeds for if not to make me look good?”

St. Paul, on the other hand, looks at his life as a Pharisee and is amazed that God forgave his “good works” of keeping the law and persecuting Christians. His boasting is not about what he has done for God; it’s more about what God has done through him.

Maybe you have examples of what God has done in your life: the people God sent to love you, the talents or abilities God gave you, the times God forgave your sins. Are you so grateful for what God has done that you want to do more for God? Or do you go to church, put your offering in the collection, and work a booth at the parish picnic so that God will be grateful to you? Remember that God loved St. Paul while he was still persecuting Christians, loved him enough not only to forgive him but to make him into a great apostle. Why waste your time trying to earn that love, when you could be doing whatever you can to thank God for it?

SCRIPTURE VERSE: The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest until it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds. — Sirach 35:17‑18a

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READING (OCTOBER 20, 2019 TO OCTOBER 26, 2019)

Sunday: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14 Monday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16 Tuesday: Rom 8:18-25; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 13:18-21 Wednesday: Rom 8:26-30; Ps 13:4-6; Lk 13:22-30 Thursday: Rom 8:31b-39; Ps 109:21-22, 26-27, 30-31; Lk 13:31-35 Friday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a Saturday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 2019 4:00 PM Shirley Ann Johnson, Mary Ann Parquet, Willi Hall, Cecile Ogretta Wilson-Hall, Melvin Charles Hall, Joseph Bert Hall, Carl Michael Hall, Special Intentions, Agnes Hall (L), Hilton Francois, Donnie Johnson, In Honor of St. Jude & St. Simon SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2019 8:00 AM Louise Joseph 10:00 AM Our Lady of Grace Parishioners TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2019 6:00 PM Henry Hayes, Sr. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30, 2019 5:00 PM HOLY HOUR 6:00 PM Olivia Duhe THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019 8:30 AM Damian Jones & Fly. (L), Chesney Jones, Jr. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2019 ALL SAINTS 8:30 AM Carolyn Garrett (L) 6:00 PM All deceased OLG Parishioners and deceased family members

OUR LADY OF GRACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RESERVE, LA

SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHURCH The Sanctuary Light will be lit for:

Karen C. Tassin, Shelton Clark, Jr., Shelton Clark, III Requested By: Clark & Tassin Fly

From: November 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019

SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL The Sanctuary Light will be lit for:

In Memory of Louise Jones Requested By: Myron & Martha Creecy & Fly From: November 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019

OCTOBER 19, 2019 TO OCTOBER 20, 2019 REGULAR COLLECTION $4960.00 WORLD MISSION $ 421.00 TOTAL $5381.00

BIBLE STUDY: Tuesday’s at 6:30 PM in the Fr. Joseph C. Rodney Parish Hall. All are invited and welcome to attend.

PRAYER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST STORMS AND HURRICANES

Our Father in Heaven through the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, spare us during this Hurricane season from all harm. Protect us and our homes from all disasters of nature. Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

POPE FRANCIS PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER

UNIVERSAL—COMMUNICATION AND RECONCILATION

That a spir i t o f dialogue, encounter and reconci l iat ion emerges in the Near East, where diverse religious communities share their lives together.

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY THANK YOU for your generous response to the collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith last weekend on World Mission Sunday. You may stay connected year-round to the Pope’s missions, continuing the commitment of World Mission Sunday, by visiting MISSIO.org.

BLACK SAINTS CELEBRATION NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Please join the Office of Black Catholic Ministries as they celebrate Black Catholic Heritage on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Our Lady of Grace Church. Parishioners are encouraged to come out and participate in the parade beginning at 10:00 AM from St. Peter Church. After the parade concludes at Our Lady of Grace Church, there will be a prayer service beginning at 11:15 AM with a reception to follow at 12:30 PM. Please see the flier on the bulletin board in the foyer of the church.

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK Our Lady of Grace Church Parish continues to partner with Second Harvest Food Bank to distribute food to those in need. Food will be distributed from the Fr. Joseph C. Rodney Parish Hall on Thursday, November 14, 2019 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. and Tuesday, November 26, 2019 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

ALL SAINTS DAY Friday, November 1, 2019 is All Saints Day, and a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be held at 8:30 AM and 9:00 PM.

VOCATION WEEKEND FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE MEN

Come and See Vocation Discernment Weekend for high school juniors and seniors, and college-age men will be held November 8-10, 2019, at St. Joseph Seminary College, Covington, Louisiana. This is an opportunity for men who are interested in the priesthood and who would like to find out more about seminary life. There is no cost for the weekend. For more information or to register, call the Archdiocesan Vocation Office at 504-861-6298 or e-mail vocations@archdiocese-no.org.

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