H o l y Tr i n i t y Pa r i s h 749 6th Ave S., South St. Paul, MN 55075

PARISH OFFICE

(Note new Office Hours)

Monday & Friday: 9am—12:30pm

Tuesday—Thursday: 9am—1pm

Email: office@holytrinityssp.org

(651)-455-1302 Ext.0

FAX (651)-455-7600

Church: www.holytrinitysspmn.org

School: www.holytrinityssp.org

Facebook: @HolyTrinitySSP

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL

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Contact

Renee Hendrickson

(612) 703-5256

Holy Trinity Mass Schedule

Updated Mass Schedule inside Bulletin

Saturday 5:15pm Vigil

Sunday 8:30am & 11:30am

Weekday Masses:

English Tridentine

Monday 8:00am 5:15pm

Tuesday 5:15pm 8:00am

Wednesday 8:00am 5:15pm

Thursday 5:15pm 8:00am

Friday 8:30am Noon

Confession: Saturday 4-5pm

St. Augustine Mass Schedule

Updated Mass Schedule inside Bulletin

English Tridentine

Saturday

Sunday

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7:00am

8:00am

10:00am

Confession: Saturday 8:30-9:30am

Reflections

July 12, 2020

PASTOR JOHN PAUL ECHERT

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

THE THORNY QUESTION

We who read One Bread, One Body pray and study God’s

written Word every day. We will be among the most spiritually

fruitful people in the world, if we are good ground fully

receptive to the seed of God’s Word.

Jesus describes two kinds of good ground: good ground with or

without thorns (Mt 13:22-23). Many Christians have received the

seed of God’s Word and are deep in their faith so that the

Word can be deeply rooted in them. Nevertheless, this good

ground may be fruitless if the thorns of “worldly anxiety and the

lure of money” choke God’s Word (Mt 13:22).

We who read the Scriptures can do so much for the world. Our

potential for bearing good fruit is astounding, but we must be

very careful not to grow thorns. If we live “at the level of the

flesh” (Eph 2:3), we will grow word-choking thorns. Consequently,

“those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their flesh with

its passions and desires” (Gal 5:24).

Through repentance and through receiving the Sacrament of

Reconciliation, let us burn away the thorns. Let us resist

temptations and let nothing but the seed of God’s Word

penetrate our hearts. Be thorn-less and fruitful.

Prayer: Father, may I lose my desire to be rich

and to maximize my pleasures

Promise: “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

it shall not return to Me void, but shall do My will,

achieving the end for which I sent it.” —Is 55:11

Praise: Father, thank You for confirming Jesus’ divinity,

whom You “endorsed in the sight of all by raising Him

from the dead” (see Acts 17:31)

“But what was sown on good soil is the man who hears

the message and takes it in. He it is who bears a yield

of a hundred—or sixty—or thirtyfold.”

Matthew 13:23

Holy Trinity Mass Schedule

All Weekend Masses are at St. Augustine Church

Confessions (St. Augustine Church):

Saturday: 8:30—9:30am, 4:00—5:00pm

Please observe social distancing at all times and sit only

Weekend Masses

St Augustine:

Saturday

• 8:00 am Tridentine

• 5:15 pm English (Vigil) Sunday

• 8:00 am English

• 9:00 am English

• 10:00 am Tridentine

• 11:00 am English

• 12:00 noon Tridentine

Weekday Masses

Holy Trinity:

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

• 8:00 am English Tuesday & Thursday

• 8:00 am Tridentine

St. Padre Pio

Scripture Readings for

the week of July 12

Sun Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 or Mt 13:1-9

Mon Saint Henry

Is 1:10-17; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23; Mt 10:34—11:1

Tues Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin

Is 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8; Mt 11:20-24

Wed Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Is 10:5-7, 13b-16; Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15; Mt 11:25-27

Thurs Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; Ps 102:13-14ab and 15, 16-18, 19-21; Mt 11:28-30

Fri Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Is 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16; Mt 12:1-8 Sat Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest

Mi 2:1-5; Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14; Mt 12:14-21

Father and maker of all,

you adorn all creation

with splendor and

beauty, and fashion

human lives in your

image and likeness.

Awaken in every heart

reverence for the work of

your hands, and renew

among your people a

readiness to nurture and

sustain your precious gift

of life. Grant this through

our Lord, Jesus Christ

your Son, who lives and

reigns with you in the

unity of the Holy Spirit,

God forever and ever.

Amen

H o l y Tr i n i t y

Mass Intentions 8:00am Weekday Mass Week of July 12

Mon— Loretta Bauer ✞ Tue—CANCELLED Wed—CANCELLED Thur—John Schaeffer ✞ Fri— Delores DeGreeff ✞

S t A u g u s t i n e

Mass Intentions Sat & Sun

Sat—July 18 8am—Roger Young ✞ 5:15pm—Marne Lindstrom ✞ Sun—July 19 8am—Lorraine Rollins 9am—Maynard Oster ✞ 10am— Leo McMahon 11am—Russ & Rose Flatley 12pm—Ashley Lancette ✞

Please Consider

An Hou r of A dorat i on

Tuesdays 12pm

Wednesdays 12 am, 1 am, 7 am

Saturdays 4 am, 2 pm , 8 pm

To sign up for these or any other hours, please contact

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& Mitch Williams

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3 Day Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven.

Oh, Blessed Mother of the Son of God;

Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.

Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother.

Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of

Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my

necessity.

(Mention your request here)

There are none that can withstand your power.

Oh, Mary, conceived without sin,

pray for us who have recourse to thee. (say three times).

Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands.

(say three times).

Amen.

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