St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church | Tullahoma, Tennessee

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 6, 2020

A Message of Love

In the final verses of today ’s Gospel reading Jesus says

that when two or three are gathered in his name,

“there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). So

we understand that fraternal correction is always

undertaken with Jesus present to us.

Likewise, encouraging the good in others is not only

the right thing for us to do, it is a necessity. The Lord

tells the prophet Ezekiel that if he “does not speak

out” to dissuade a person from evil, then he too will be

held responsible. We live in a “do your own thing” age

when moral objectivity is often ignored. Clearly when

the message we share with others is one of love, our

motives cannot ever be misinterpreted. As St. Paul

writes, “Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love

is the fulfillment of the law” (Romans 13:10).

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“If two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to

pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.”

— Matthew 18:19

Join us in praying

the Holy Rosary in

honor of our Blessed

Mother’s birthday

this Tuesday,

September 8th after

8:00 am Mass.

A truly American sentiment

recognizes the dignity of

labor and the fact that

honor lies in honest toil.

—Grover Cleveland

Thursday Night

Bible Study resumes this week,

September 10th at

6:30 pm in the Parish

Center. All are

welcome to join us!

Questions? Mary Frankowski

(931) 455-7271

Lord, hear our Prayer

PARISHIONERS Patsy Freeman, Betty Riddell, Anthony

Nguyen, David & Carmen Seward, Jerry Bailey, Loretta

McCabe, Leona Whitmore, Catherine Burhart, Jean

Matthews, Daniel Ayres, Beverly Pratt, Barbara George,

Billye Margowski, Bobby Fanning, Frank Lamon, Chris

Collins, Zack Sheeley, Carl Menako, Fred Battles, Mike

Gilliam, Manesha Walker, Mike Gattie, Carol Pratt.

FAMILY & FRIENDS Cindy Kinney & Danny Tarris, Sharon

Ruhlander, Ed Currington, Rev. Michael Murphy, Mary

Flanigan, Val, Steve, & Leah Eggert, Family of †Brennan

Buckner, Katie Bailey & Family, Mark Williams, Sue Ellen

Kilgallon, Tianna DiNatale, Special Intention of Marie

Guilliams, Delores Elizabeth Belzil Gendron, Tanny Crow,

Nancy Schwamb, Melanie Szabo, Steven Basiel, Marcetta

Chancey, Alan Groome & Heidi Beavers, Audrey Dee, Rick

Raths, Jackson, Amanda & Harlow Keené, Jamal Northcutt

& Family, Bob & Diane Barksdale, Erica Oakes, Jessa Alice

Whipple, Juan Astello, Joseph & Courtney Baltz, Diane

Schoenl, Owens Family, Blanton Family, Tate Family, Clay

Rees, Dayron Owens, Phyllis Atkins, Joan Penn, Bob

Russell, Family of Lynn Lieseke, Maria Leon, Lisa Gainey,

John Barker, Brennan Blanton, Jay Thomas, Suzanne

Byrom, Jennifer Jones, Teresa Brodowski, James Painter,

Ann Gore, Ken Nutt, Tim Ricoheroso, Ann Gattie, Rosie

Pensinger, D.R. Wyatt, Enzalee Painter, David Collins,

Jenny Worley, Steve Corkran, Steve Tipps, Grace Caps,

Jordan Teal, Alysia Peddy & Family, Jade Collins, Johnny

Morris, Dana Hill. HOMEBOUND/NURSING HOME Bea

Hensel, Valerie Gammon, Jean Branch, Jane Hargreaves.

This Week at St. Paul Parish

Sep 5 Saturday

6:00 No Public Mass

Sep 6 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:30 No Public Mass

Sep 7 Monday Labor Day

8:00 Mass | Church Office Closed

Sep 8 Tuesday

8:00 Mass followed by Rosary

Sep 9 Wednesday

8:00 Mass

Sep 10 Thursday

8:00 Mass followed by

Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:30 Bible Study | Parish Center

Sep 11 Friday

8:00 Mass

Sep 12 Saturday

6:00 No Public Mass

Sep 13 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:30 No Public Mass

9:30 Faith Formation Classes

Sacramental Grades (2,7,8) only

Sat Sep 5 Private Mass

Ken & Nancy Leners

Sun Sep 6 Private Mass

†Robert Richards, Jr.

Mon Sep 7 8:00 AM †Andrew Roberts

Tue Sep 8 8:00 AM Ladies Council

Wed Sep 9 8:00 AM

6:00 PM

†Mark Harlan

†Robert Richards, Jr.

Thu Sep 10 8:00 AM †Souls died by Suicide

Fri Sep 11 8:00 AM †Frances Klasek

Sat Sep 12 Private Mass

†Barbara Myers

Sun Sep 13 Private Mass

For the Parish

Mass Intentions for the W E E K

Mending Hearts

Peer-Led Suicide Survivor Group

Join us on Thursday evenings

6:00 pm—8:00 pm

St. Paul Church | Library

Contact Pam Belzil @ (661) 202-0933

September 10th is

World Sui c ide Prevent ion Day J o i n u s a f t e r 8 : 0 0 a m M a s s i n

p r a y i n g T h e D i v i n e M e r c y C h a p l e t f o r t h o s e w h o h a v e

d i e d b y s u i c i d e a n d f o r h e a l i n g o f t h e i r l o v e d o n e s .

FUND 8/09/2020 8/16/2020 8/30/2020

Church Offering

Charity

Church Maintenance

$3,235.00

$40.00

$50.00

$3,511.00

$176.00

$270.00

$2,041.00

$120.00

$0

PASTOR Rev. Stephen A. Klasek

DEACON Rev. Mister Ronald Munn

SACRAMENTAL SCHEDULE

Eucharist:

Saturday

4:00 PM St. Mark

6:00 PM St. Paul

Sunday

8:30 AM St. Paul

10:30 AM St. Mark

1:30 PM San Marco en Español

Weekdays (Monday —Friday)

8:00 AM St. Paul

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Baptismal and Marriage,

contact Church Office to make

arrangements.

First Holy Communion and

Confirmation are celebrated

Every year in the Spring.

In order to participate, child

Must be enrolled and active in

Our Faith Formation Program.

PARISH FACILITIES

304 W. Grizzard Street

Tullahoma, TN 37388

Phone: (931) 455-3050 (Office)

Fax: (931) 461-9652

Email: stpaulchurch@cafes.net

Office Hours: M—F 9:00 am-3:00 pm

Susan Blackburn, Secretary

WEBSITE: www.stpaulstullahoma.com

Webmaster: Melissa Thompson

melgthomp@gmail.com

Readings for the Week

Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11, or, for Labor

Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Blessings of

Human Labor,” nos. 907-911

Tuesday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16,

18-23 [18-23]

Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26

Thursday: 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab,

23-24; Lk 6:27-38

Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42

Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49

Sunday: Sir 27:30 — 28:7; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Rom 14:7-9;

Mt 18:21-35

B IRTHDAY Ble ss ings

Sep 5 Janie Mirtes Sep 6 Barbara Pate, Matthew Smith Sep 8 Blessed Mother, Jose Guzman Sosa Sep 9 Arianny Castaneda, Julissa Castaneda, Sophia Guzman Sep 10 Rhiannon Cullen, Bryan Sarabia, Jose Villamar Sep 11 Jody Baltz, Dwight Freeze Sep 12 Amada Alamilla, Gabriel Guzman, Matt Headley Sep 13 Edith Buenrostro, Nora Geraghty, Dylan Honorato, Anne Schwamb

We can never love our neighbor too much. —St. Francis de Sales

MON SEP 21 | 4PM

At the request of Pope Francis, the 2020 Pontifical Holy Land Good

Friday Collection is to be taken up next Sunday, September 13, 2020.

If you would like to donate, please make check payable to St. Paul the

Apostle Catholic Church and write “2020 Good Friday Collection” in

memo section of check. Checks may be dropped off at daily Mass or

mailed to Church Office, 304 W. Grizzard Street. Thank you!

SAINT PETER CLAVER (1581-1654) September 9

Nearly two hundred years before the Declaration of Independence proclaimed “that

all men are created equal,” two hundred fifty years before the Emancipation

Proclamation mandated an end to slavery, three hundred fifty years before Martin

Luther King’s “I Have a Dream,” and four hundred years before the election of an

American president boasting African heritage, Peter Claver left his native Spain

behind to volunteer for the Jesuit missions in Colombia. There, he was horrified both by slavery as an

institution and by the inhuman brutality inflicted upon the slaves. He solemnly vowed to become “the slave

of the slaves,” and lived that vow heroically for close to forty years. Not knowing their language, Peter began

his ministry among the slaves by using the universal language of practical charity, providing medical care

and a tangible though wordless assertion of their human dignity: “We spoke to them not with words but with

our hands, kneeling beside them, bathing their faces and bodies, encouraging them with friendly

gestures” (see Liturgy of the Hours, Volume 4, p. 2018). Then came evangelization and baptism. Holiness as

human wholeness: Peter Claver’s enduring witness.

O God of love,

compassion, and healing,

look on us, people of

many different faiths and

traditions, who gather

today at this site, the

scene of incredible

violence and pain. We

ask you in your goodness

to give eternal light and

peace to all who died

here-- the heroic first-

responders: our fire

fighters, police officers,

emergency service

workers, and Port

Authority personnel,

along with all the

innocent men and women

who were victims of this

tragedy simply because

their work or service

brought them here on

September 11, 2001.

We ask you, in your

compassion to bring

healing to those who,

because of their presence

here that day, suffer

from injuries and illness.

Heal, too, the pain of still

-grieving families and all

who lost loved ones in

this tragedy. Give them

strength to continue

their lives with courage

and hope. We are

mindful as well of those

who suffered death,

injury, and loss on the

same day at the

Pentagon and in

Shanksville,

Pennsylvania. Our

hearts are one with

theirs as our prayer

embraces their pain and

suffering. God of peace,

bring your peace to our

violent world: peace in

the hearts of all men and

women and peace among

the nations of the earth.

Turn to your way of love

those whose hearts and

minds are consumed

with hatred. God of

understanding,

overwhelmed by the

magnitude of this

tragedy, we seek your

light and guidance as we

confront such terrible

events.

Grant that those whose

lives were spared may

live so that the lives lost

here may not have been

lost in vain. Comfort and

console us, strengthen us

in hope, and give us the

wisdom and courage to

work tirelessly for a

world where true peace

and love reign among

nations and in the hearts

of all.

Pope Benedict XVI--

Prayer at Ground Zero

New York, 20 April 2008