Infant Jesus Catholic Church

Mass Schedule

Saturday—5:00 PM Sunday—8:00 AM; 10:30 AM;

6:00 PM [Life Teen Mass] Daily Mass

Tuesday—6:00 PM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday—

8:30 AM “Cry Room” is open during all Masses.

Confession

Saturday: 4:00-4:30 PM and by appointment

Office Hours 755-1734

Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Church offices are located at

243 S. LHS Dr.

Blessed Sacrament Chapel Persons wishing to use the Adoration Chapel should contact the Parish Office

for more information.

Religious Education Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 9AM to 2:00PM

Grades K-8: Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 PM Grade HS: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 PM

Pastoral Staff Rev. Andrew Moore Pastor ext. #103 Rev. Duc Duong Parochial Vicar ext. #102 Rev. Mr. L.D. Keen Deacon ext. #100 Rev. Mr. Garry LeBlanc Deacon ext. #100 Rev. Mr. Bruce Grimes Deacon ext. #100 Dianne Maxey Secretary ext. #100 Virginia Fischer Receptionist Stacy Keen Director of Rel. Ed. ext. #114 Reagan Gear Dir. of Music/Liturgy ext. #105 Lectors/Eucharistic Ministers Jim Maxey Maintenance ext. #100 Joan Garza Catholic Youth Ministry 791-0710 Shelia Kane Bereavement Committee 755-3073 Ellen Hancock Baptism Preparation 673-3622

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P O Box 8180 Lumberton, TX 77657 Phone: (409) 755-1734

Fax: (409) 755-2833 Office E-mail:

infantjesus@gt.twcbc.com Website:

www.infantjesuscclumberton.com To reach a priest in an emergency

409-755-1154

PRAYER GROUP Pray for the sick Melissa, Darby, Savannah Lovell, Blake Seals, Robin Perez, Thelma Luke, JoAnn Jeukins, Jason Megia, Dylan Courts, Phillip Loretta, Michael Watkins, Dcn. Anthony Goudeau, Mary Jo Hebert, Cass Faykus, Ralph Gonsoulin, Ryleigh Kate Chilek, C. M. Bahnsen, Fr. Martin Nelson, Peggy Myers, Janet Horton Smock, JoAnn Sonnier, Virginia Schlihab, Marciano Guerrero, Michael Carbello, Billy Campbell, Frank Snider, Dylan Glorioso, Joe Farve, Kenny Fretz, Lois Lockwood, Margaret Darby, Peggy Parrie, Mary Huggins, David Norton, Patrick Maher, Sandy Taggert, John Darby, Daniel Begnaud, Justin LeGros, Karen Getz, Eileen Chapman, Donald Poche, Debbie Desmond, Florence Paladino, Gail Montalbano, Lee Summers, Margie Poche, Trevor Reeves, Johnnie Foret, Judson Stone, Jackie Bonvillion, Ronnie Vincent, Hunter Oney, Teutsch family Names placed on the prayer list will remain for one month unless

the Parish Office is notified otherwise.

Second Sunday of Easter

(or Sunday of Divine Mercy)

April 19, 2020 “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

— John 20:29b

CATHOLIC I.Q. (Catechist.com Magazine) Fun fact about our mission Which prayer teaches us to pray as Jesus prayed? a) singing praise and worship songs b) Rosary c) Our Father d) Hail Mary

BIBLE STUDY Breaking Open the Sunday Readings

A BIBLE STUDY WITH DEACON KEEN has been CANCELED until further notice.

Daily Mass is CANCELED until further notice

Fr. Andy will be offering Mass @ 7:00pm Monday-Friday & Sunday Mass @ 11:00am (central time) and live stream on his Facebook page. Anyone

can watch, if you do not have a face book account go to www.facebook.com/fr.andy

Msgr. Kelly Catholic High School Job Openings

Full-time Director of Admissions/Recruiting

Full-time Development Administrator Part-time School Bus Driver

Send letter of inquiry and/or resume to principal@mkchs.com

GET REAL! Those of us who flatter ourselves that we have a “realistic” view of the world may listen to the first reading today and say, “Get real!” when we hear Luke’s account of the early, Elysian days of the Christian movement. All seems to be rosy, lots of wonders are performed, everyone shares selflessly, they eat together in “exultation,” and the Lord added to their numbers? Well, who wouldn’t be attracted to a group like this? From the wind that swept through the upper room at Pentecost as the Spirit of God blew over the face of the waters in Genesis, and the fire that appeared over each disciple as the light appeared at the dawn of creation, Luke’s intent in Acts is to show a new creation, a restoration of creation’s original goodness through the working of the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit who continues to make us into the Body of Christ. We may occasionally, like Thomas in the Gospel, say, “Get real!” but our ultimate reality in the Spirit is to work continually to make our Christian community a new creation, one in which others will find God’s joy and beauty. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co

EASTER It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls. —Katharine Lee Bates FIRE Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. —St. Catherine of Siena

19 Divine Mercy Sunday 8:00am Mass People of the Parish 10:30am Mass Arnold Armstrong 6:00PM Mass Elmer Faykus

20 8:30AM Mass Jim Fischer Parish Offices Open 9:00 AM-2::00 PM

21 6:00PM Mass Winn LeLeux Parish Offices Open 9:00 AM-2:00PM St. Anselm, Bishop

22 8:30AM Mass Wayne Rabalais Parish Offices Open 9:00AM-2:00PM

23 8:30AM Mass Dcn. Anthony Goudeau Parish Offices Open 9:00AM-2:00PM

St. George, Martyr

24 8:30AM Mass Parish Offices Open 9:00AM-2:00PM

25 5:00PM Mass Vigil ~ The Third Sunday of Easter Etta Will

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

FAMILY OF THE MONTH Rickey and Leila Melancon

April, 2020 BIRTHDAYS

Frank Domino, Greg Kuykendall, Dustin Thomisee, Jim Venable, Tod Treme, Mike Chilek, Boyce Barnes,

Johon Blackmon, Dcn. Keen, Business Meeting every 2nd Monday of each month at 6:00pm in Dollinger Hall. Family Night meets every 4th Monday of each month at 6:30pm in Dollinger

Hall. ALL PARISHIONERS ARE INVITED. Bring your favorite covered dish.

FH-Fellowship Hall, DH-Dollinger Hall, CR-Conference Room, D-Drexel Building, B-Bosco Building, AS-Altar Society Rm

NOTE FROM PASTOR History of Divine Mercy and Mary Faustina Kowalska

On September 13, 1935, while Faustina was in Vilnius, she wrote of a vision of Jesus about the chaplet in her dia-ry. Faustina stated that Jesus asked her to pray the chap-let and instruct others to do so. Although the chaplet is said on beads like the Rosary, it is about a third of the length of the Rosary, and unlike the Rosary that has evolved over the years, the form and structure of the chap-let has remained unchanged since Faustina attributed it to a message from Jesus. According to Faustina’s vision, written in her diar, the chaplet’s prayers for mercy are threefold: to obtain mercy, trust in Christ’s mercy to oth-ers. Faustina wrote that Jesus promised that all who re-cite this chaplet at the hour of death or in the presence of the dying will receive great mercy. She wrote that Jesus said: “...When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying not as the just judge but as the Merciful Savior.” Faustina stated that Jesus also promised that anything can be obtained with this prayer if it is compatible with His will. In her diary Faustina recounted a vision on September 13, 1935 in which she saw an angel sent to a city to destroy it. Fausti-na began to pray for God’s mercy on the city and felt the strong presence of the Holy Trinity. After she prayed the internally instructed prayers, the angel was powerless to harm the city. In subsequent visions, Faustina learned that the prayers she spoke were to be taught to all the people of the world. According to Roman Catholic tradi-tion, the chaplet may be said at any time, but it is said es-pecially on Divine Mercy Sunday and Fridays at 3:00pm. The Chaplet is prayed daily at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In the Phil-ippines, the opening portion of the chaplet known as the “3 O’Clock Habit” is broadcast on radio stations and televi-sion networks daily since June 16, 1985 at 3:pp in the af-ternoon.

Quiz Question Answer: C) “[The Our Father] is called “the Lord’s Prayer” because it comes to us from the Lord Jesus, the Master and model of our prayer” (CCC, 2775). It is the prayer Jesus taught his disciples when they asked him to teach them how to pray (Luke 11:1-4).

In 2000, Pope John Paul II ordained the Sunday after Easter Divine Mercy Sunday, where Roman Catholics remember the institution of the Sacrament of Penance. The hour Jesus died by crucifixion, 3:00pm, is called the Hour of Mercy. In a novena, the chaplet is usually said each of the nine days from Good Friday to Divine Mercy Sunday. Pope John Paul II was instrumental in the formal establishment of the Divine Mercy devotion and acknowledged the efforts of the Marian Fathers in its promotion in the Papal Blessing in 2001, the 70th anniversary of the revelation of the Divine Mercy Message and Devotion. Although the prayers said on the beads of the rosary chain share specific similarities between the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Chaplet of Holy Wounds, these are distinct chaplets and were introduced over 20 years apart, one in Poland, the other in France.

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