D Basilica of Saint Louis King of France The Old Cathedral FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARISH COMMUNITY FOUNDED IN 1770 D PRESENT CHURCH DEDICATED IN 1834
MASS SCHEDULE Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France oldcathedral@a.net D D D D D D SACRAMENTS Perpetual Help Devoons: M A S S I N T E N T I O N S Celebrantʹs Intention Celebrantʹs Intention Q A June 15 Church Support Celebrantʹs Intention of Eucharistic spirituality that aempted to involve them developed, known as ʺocular communion.ʺ It put forth the notion A little bit of mercy makes the world l e ss cold and more just. Pope Francis We thank all who shared their financial resources with the Old Cathedral.
Scripture Reflection ʺWhoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.ʺ With more than offering advice. He was offering himself: ʺThe bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.ʺ Through the Eucharist, Jesus provided a way for his Unlike other prophets, Jesus did not just describe a ʺpathʺ to follow. He told people that he was ʺthe wayʺ (Jn 14:6). He made very bold claims about reaching spiritual fulfillment, and one of them involved receiving him in the Eucharist: ʺI am forever.ʺ We thus have a choice to make. Will we eat this living bread? Will we really miss out on Christʹs invitation to unity with him. Instead we would be like those in the crowd who ʺquarreled among themselves, saying, ʹHow can this man give us his flesh to eat?ʹʺ They thought Jesus couldnʹt have been serious about this. But he was. He insisted, ʺMy flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.ʺ Today on the solemnity of the Most Holy Body N AT I V I T Y O F S A I N T J O H N T H E B A P T I S T Feast Day: June 24 John is not worthy even to carry his sandals. His aitude toward Jesus was: He must one whom he already knew to be the Messiah. I need to be baptized by you (Mahew 3:14b). But Jesus insisted, Allow it now, for thus it is fiing for us to fulfill all righteousness (Mahew 3:15b). Jesus, true and humble human as well as eternal made prominently parallel to the same occurrences in the life of Jesus. John aracted through 53). John himself would share in the paern of messianic suffering, losing his SCRIPTURE READINGS S: M: T: W: T: F: S: N S: A Prayer for Healing
Help Us Help Others SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL ANNUAL HUMANAE VITAE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, EVENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE A ʺYouth and Young Adult Eveningʺ with Leah Darrow, former Americaʹs ʺWhere Truth and Beauty Meet to Transform Culture,ʺ featuring Catholic speaker Jimmy Mitchell and Catholic musician Michael James Mee; 7
RESTORING THE OLD CATHEDRAL As the Old Cathedral Restoraon Project connues, we use this space to focus on noceable changes in the Church. These past few weeks a team from Restoraon Plus has been on sight cleaning and polishing the marble Altars and Bapsmal fount. The mul step process includes cleaning the surfaces and ny nooks with a special the marble to its original sheen (boom le picture). Offsite they connue restoring other items, such as the historic Navity The restoraon of the Our Lady of Lourdes statue (boom right photo) was As the other statues connue to be restored at the workshops of Restoraon Musick Construcon carpenters.
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