108 1/2 Main Street

Gueydan, La. 70542

603 Main Street - (P.O. Box 28) - Gueydan, La. 70542

337-536-9258 saintpeterchurch.org

Rev. Fr. Corey Campeaux-Pastor

Holy Mass Schedule Monday No Mass Tuesday 5:15 p.m. Wednesday Noon Thursday 5:15 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. (Gueydan Guest Home) Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. St. David 8:30 a.m.

Confession: Saturday 2:45-3:45 p.m. &

30 minutes before all other

Masses or by appointment.

Baptism:

Arrangements made by the

parents with the

Pastor. Godparents must be

Confirmed and practicing

Catholics.

Marriage

Arrangements made by the

couple with the pastor no

less than 6 months before

desired date.

Anointing:

Emergency calls are

answered immediately; call

office for Holy Communion

or Anointing of the Sick at

home or in a hospital.

Office Hours:

Monday: Closed

Tues-Thurs 8am-3pm

Friday-8 am-Noon

Lunch: Noon– 1pm

May 26, 2019

S aint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church

Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Growing in Faith

Offerings of the Past Week: St. Peter Church St. David Chapel First collection $ 1568.00 $ 301.15

PRAYER FOR SEMINARIANS

DAILY PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You in Jesus ’ name we pray. Amen May

Reverend Michael Champagne, CJC STDReverend Gregory ChauvinReverend Durel Blaine ClementReverend Ugochukwy Cletus, SSJReverend Nathan ComeauxReverend Gregory Cormier

1. Pope Francis

Please keep the sick and healing of our community in your prayers:

Tabby Benoit Tammy Cormier Rose Crochet Pam Darbonne Jimmy Elliott Bruce Fruge Larry Geater Kade Guidry Johnny Hebert John D. Istre Willie Mae, Wilson LeJeune Ariel Luchin Jules Martin Mabel Martin Joan Ogden (Callen George) Sidonia Primeaux Karen Roger’ Joyce Stagg Aimee Sonnier Hubert Suire MariAnne Vondenstein

0 Think, O God, of our friends who are ill, whom we now commend to Your compassionate re-gard. Comfort them upon their sickbed and ease their suffering. We beg for deliverance, and submit that no healing is too hard for the Lord, if it be His will. We therefore pray that You bless our friends with Your loving care, re-new their strength, and heal what ails them in Your loving name. Thank you Lord

Why do we need the Holy Spirit

We need the Holy Spirit for many reasons. One major reason we need the Holy Spirit is that Jesus told us that we do. Jesus says, “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whose the Father will send in my name, will teach you eve-rything and remind you of all that I told you.” The Holy Spirit is our helper. He aids our weakness. We are not strong enough to live the entirety of Christian life or combat the devil, so God sends us his own Spirit. The Holy Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness. He teaches us. He strengthens us He fills us with God’s love. In the 40 days of Easter, Jesus renews the faith of the Apostles. At his Passion, the Apostles fled, they denied Jesus, and they lost their faith after Jesus died. In His Resurrection appearances, Jesus forgives their sin, illumi-nates their hearts to the truth, and prepares them to go out and spread the Gospel in a new way. Jesus removes the obstacles to the Holy Spirit so that they would be ready to receive Him at Pentecost. What are the obstacles which Jesus had to remove? It is easy to note that sin is an obstacle. To betray Jesus and swear, you don’t even know Him is a sin. Jesus forgives their sin, but underneath their sin is other damage that needs repairing. For example, Peter has distorted thinking. He believed that he was superior to the other apos-tles and would stay with Jesus when the others would not. We know how this turned out, but did you ever imag-ine the impact it had on Peter? When the Jesus’ prophecy of Peter’s betrayal came true, Peter wept, but what next? I imagine he was living in shame. I think this is why he wanted to go back to fishing. He could not see ANY way forward to life with Christ. Jesus delivered Peter from this not so much through confession or the forgiveness of sins but through means of renouncing the lies and confessing the truth. The truth is that Peter is a weak man, but that Jesus loves him anyway and meets him in his weakness. In the light of the truth, Peter is able to resume the role Jesus gave him. We, too, have distorted thinking which gets in our way. It is not so much unconfessed sins as lies, judgments, and false beliefs which we embrace and obscure from us the truth about God. In this last week of Easter before the Ascension, let us prepare our hearts through Hope in God. Of ourselves, we have little hope of change. Myself, I often feel the poverty of my weakness. It causes me pain. I sometimes wonder also if there is any path forward from them. There is a way, but that way requires faith. The Apostles had to take into their hearts what Jesus revealed in Easter and put it into practice. Namely, Jesus said for them to remain in the city and pray until the advocate came. The Apostles remained in the city until Pentecost when the Spirit overcame their weakness. Finally, as we approach Pentecost, let us also pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit. I realize that prayer to the Holy Spirit is often exclusively associated with the Charismatic Renewal. I think God has done significant work in the church through them. However, the Holy Spirit does not belong to them. The Holy Spirit is not an op-tional spirituality in the church. The Holy Spirit is God, and if we are to live the Christian faith and certainly if we are to evangelize, we need him. It is alright to not fully understand this, as long as you pray and ask God to fulfill it for you. The Apostles did not understand either, and they prayed, and God overcame their weakness. Finally, let us look to Mary. Her presence with the Apostles at Pentecost and Easter is often overlooked. From the scriptures, all we know is that Mary was present at Pentecost. My faith tells me, however, she was an indis-pensable aid in assisting their prayer. Therefore I propose that we also turn to her. Let us ask Mary to introduce us to the Holy Spirit in the way that God intends for us. I highly encourage everyone to make the Pentecost Novena concluding with the Pentecost vigil on Saturday June 8th. Let us together invite the Holy Spirit into our lives and our parish and see what he does in us. Fr. Campeaux

Monday 5-27 Memorial Day Remember to pray for those who died in active military duty. Tuesday 05-28 5:15 P.M. St. Peter Church Wednesday 05-29 Noon St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Buck, Ouida Campbell, Vorice Cormier, Theresa Falcon, Flex Guillory, Denise Hampshire, Alicia, Brant Istre, deceased members of Morvant, Leleaux family, Deanna LeMaire, Amar, Jane, Sarah, Zeodie Richard, Living: Haley Cambell, Fr. Jason Vidrine, Sr. Clairette, Tim LeBlanc, special intention. Thursday 05-30 5:15 P.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Joseph Boatner Hebert, Andrew, Dallas, Paul, M/M Whitney, Wilsey Hebert, M/M Clarence J., Clarence Sr., David, John, Theresa, Walter Bertrand. Friday 05-31 10:00 A.M. Gueydan Memorial Guest Home Mass Intention: M/M Clarence J., Clarence, Jr., David, John Theresa, Walter Bertrand Also remembered: Dwayne, Wayne, C.P. Zaunbrecher families, Lucille, Wilbur Guidry, Reynold Thibodeaux

Mass Intention: Lori LeDoux Also remembered: • M/M Wilfred Broussard, Sr., Marvin Compton,

Susan Earls, Memory of Jude Fluitt, Robert Paul Francez, Barbara, Faye, Francis, George, Henrietta, Jim, Lenia, Mildred, Bob, Pat Klein, Cathy Langley (Bday 5-7), Betty, Percy LaPoint, M/M Sidney Lounsberry, Carrie Walpole

• Joseph “Buster”, Wanda, Kathleen LaPointe, Ryan (Bubba) Laseter, Buford, Dorothy Marceaux, Agnes Suire

• Kathryn M. Hatch, Nolan LeBlanc family, Doro-thy, Ellis Toups, Joseph Zaunbrecher family

• Carole Badon

• Andrew, Everna Cormier • Jackie Scanlan • Crip, Edith Bertrand, B.B., Evelyn Breaux, Aldis

Marie, Bernice, Jane, Clevenis, Eriste, Craig, Brenda, Robert P., Wanda, Wilfred “Blanc” Broussard, Joe Gaspard, Johnnie B. Hebert, Ryan Henry, Ruby, Wallace Istre, Donald, Shawn Linscomb, Jule, Wayne Martin, Albay, Anite Thibodeaux

• Dwayne, Wayne, C.P. Zaunbrecher families, Lucille, Wilbur Guidry

• Ladie Altar Society living and deceased • Andrew, Boatner, Dallas, Paul, M/M Whitney,

Wilsey Hebert

Sunday 06-02 7:00 A.M. St. Peter Church

8:30 A.M. St. David Chapel Mass Intention: Velma Trahan Also remembered: Anna Mae, Bert, Johnny Darbonne, Karl, Dr. Reno Petry, Will Hardee, Guy LeDoux and deceased family members, Hubert, Velta Gaspard,

Mass Intention: Parishioners of St. Peter Church 10:30 A.M. St. Peter Church

First Saturday 06-01 8:00 A.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: World Peace

Mass Intention: Joseph Boatner Hebert Also remembered: • Dunice, T-Joe, Brenda, Faye, Neelis Bertrand,

Anastasie, JD, Joseph Simon, James Smith family, Rodney Stelly, Jr. & Sr., Lela Suggs, Father Donald Theriot

• Arnold, Duci, Steve, Jr., Theresa Meaux • Rod Boudreaux, Ruston, Terry Weekly • Deceased Vance Benoit family, deceased

Alexon Cormier family, Jerry Cormier, M/M Elly Fuselier, Freddie, Helen LeBeouf, Melisa LeJeune, Darrell, Wilson & Oneita Marceaux, deceased Dupree Marceaux family, deceased Leon Schexnider family, Caina, Martha, Elma, Wilson Smith

• Jean Beard, Dane Broussard, Claude, Lisa Campbell, Dorothy, Melisa, Rodney Jr., Sr., Ramona LeJeune

4:00 P.M. St. Peter Church

Perpetual Adoration Let us love being with the Lord! There we can speak with Him about everything. We can offer Him our petitions, concerns, our troubles, our joys, our gratitude, our disappointments, our needs, and our aspirations. Above all we can remember to pray! “Lord send laborers into Your Harvest! Help me to be a good worker in your vineyard!”

Adorers for adoration needed

Monday at 7:00 P.M.

Please call Andrea Robinson at

223-0640 to commit spending an hour with the Lord.

Mission for the Love of God

Worldwide Rosary

Recited at St. Peter Church

June 1, 2019 @ 3:20 p.m.

June 2, 2019 @ 9:50 a.m.

At St. David Chapel

June 2, 2019 at 7:20 a.m.

Please join us

VACATION BIBLE

SCHOOL June 17-21 from 8 a.m. to noon

Kindergarten through 5th grade at St. Peter School

Watch for more information in

the coming weeks!

It’s Going to be Wild!!!!

May 26 One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what

you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

- Joan of Arc (1412-1431), Patron of soldiers, Feast Day May 30

Grand Lake Faith Renewal

St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church

July 19-21, 2019

Call Grayson Benoit for registration form and/or information.

337-368-6953