April 22, 2012 - Third Sunday of Easter Baptisms Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de- lays of the sacrament 406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727 Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor www.stpat.org Weddings Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time for preparation Office Hours Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
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April 22, 2012 - Third Sunday of Easter
Baptisms
Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de-
lays of the sacrament
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor
www.stpat.org
Weddings
Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time
for preparation
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon
Celebration of the Eucharist
Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
Welcome to St. Patrick Church
Third Sunday of Easter
April 22, 2012
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, April 21 -- Vigil of the Third Sunday
of Easter
4:00 PM: August Lanclos; Edna & Melba
Parker; Hebert & Domingue Families
Sunday, April 22-- Third Sunday of Easter
8:30 AM: Louise Troyanowski
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, April 23--Easter Weekday
7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Agnes Duplechin;
Gussie Hernandez
Tuesday, April 24--Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Don Pat Descant; Barbara & Cor-
nelius Reid; Pat & Louis Michot
Wednesday, April 25--St. Mark, Evangelist (Msgr.
Charles Mallet)
7:30 AM: Dr.Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col.
Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly
Fedele (living)
Thursday, April 26--Easter Weekday
7:30 AM: Ewing Latimer
Friday, April 27--Easter Weekday
7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Altar Flowers
To donate Altar Flowers in memory of a loved one,
please call the office. Arrangements are $45 and are
purchased at “Flowers by Rodney”, Ambassador
Cafferey and Kaliste Saloom Rd.
Non-Liturgical Devotions
Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday
7:15 a.m
Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m.
Pro-Life Rosary: First Friday of the month 7:00
a.m.
Shamrocks—Friday, April 27: No cleaning this
week. All volunteers who show up on Fridays to
clean the church: Thank You for your generosity
of Spirit!
Mass Honoring Elderly of the Diocese of Lafayette. The Diocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of the
Elderly, will host the annual Mass to Honor Senior Citi-
zens on Sunday, May 6, 2012, 2:00 p.m. The Mass will be
celebrated by Bishop Jarrell inside the Immaculata Chap-el, 1408 Carmel Drive, Lafayette. All are invited to bring
their elderly loved ones to attend this special celebration.
A reception hosted by the Ladies of Grace of the Knights of Peter Claver will follow the Mass.
Near the conclusion of the Mass, Bishop Jarrell will also present certificates of appreciation to recognize those who
are actively dedicated and involved in service programs to
benefit the elderly. Nominations for this honor were re-
viewed by the Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Elderly as well as Bishop Jarrell, and certain individuals
may receive the bishop’s Devoted Service Award. This
medal will be presented during the Mass to Honor the El-derly.
For more information, please call the Office of Justice and Peace: 261-5545
Requiem Mass of Christian Burial A Requiem Mass of Christian Burial will be held on
Saturday, April 28, at 10:00 a.m. in the Cathedral of
St. John the Evangelist to lay to rest 92 of Acadiana’s less fortunate who died over the last several years with-
out the benefit of family to see to their final rest. Bishop
Michael Jarrell, Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, will be the celebrant of the funeral Mass and will con-
duct the services. Father Chester Arceneaux, Rector
of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, will con-
celebrate this special Mass. Burial will take place on the hallowed grounds of St. John’s historic cemetery in a
columbarium built to respectfully bury the cremated
bodies of our brothers and sisters in Christ. A prayer vigil will take place in the Cathedral Center beginning at
9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 28; which will include
praying of the Holy Rosary, an honor guard provided by the Vietnam Veterans of America. To honor those de-
ceased who served our country in military service, an
honor guard will provide a twenty-one gun salute, play-
ing of Taps, and full military rites for the funeral Mass. We at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist would
like to invite and encourage the community’s participa-
tion in this noble and most worthy act of charity towards our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and encourage
everyone to remember these and all the faithful departed
in your prayers. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord … and let perpetual light shine upon them. For additional
information, please call 232-1322.
Rosary for Autism
A rosary for those affected by autism as well as
those who care for, teach, treat and support them,
will be prayed at St. Edmond Church on Saturday,
April 28, at 1:00 p.m. The rosary will be lead by a
variety of persons who have been impacted by au-
tism. All are invited to come and pray this special
Ok, I will admit that I never really thought of myself as actually having a roof. And I hope the roof isn’t sup-
posed to be one’s hair, because then I’m in trouble. But our new translation has gotten me thinking about what it
means for a person to have a roof. Of course I’m referring to our response in the Communion Rite, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter
under my roof. But only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” The words have gotten a lot more familiar, and
therefore more comfortable, and I don’t find myself wanting to slide back into the old response nearly as often. But it’s left me wondering, what does it mean for a person to have a roof?
Now, many things have a roof: barns, offices, stadiums, doghouses, cars and even one’s mouth. But since the
phrase comes from the Scriptures, we can focus on the man who said he wasn’t worthy to have Jesus under the roof of
his house. Unlike all the other things that have roofs, a house is a dwelling place. It’s a place to eat and sleep, to be together with family, to take refuge in the storm. It is place where one abides, where one stays. Though we might
spend the majority of our day out and about, if someone asks us where we live, we tell them about our house – which
of course has a roof. Here is where it gets kind of interesting. If I have a roof, then I am a dwelling place. As a matter of fact, I was
made to be a dwelling place, and more specifically a dwelling place where God can abide. I think this is what St. Paul
was talking about when he said, “It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Paul realized that he had a roof, and worthy or not, his life was Christ dwelling within him. Especially during this Easter season, when we rejoice in the
resurrected and ascended Christ, we want Christ to dwell within us, under our roof.
That desire for Christ to enter under our roof brings us back to the question of our unworthiness. We admit
it. And we can’t fix it. Try as I might, I can’t make myself worthy for such an honor. So I pray that the Lamb of God might say the Word, and that through that Word, my soul might be healed. So my unworthiness is essentially my bro-
kenness, my being wounded (by sin), for which God is the only remedy. Christ is the healer of our souls, and he brings
that healing about by coming into our hearts, and dwelling within us. Without Christ, there is no healing of our souls. With him, there is life in abundance, precisely because Christ lives in me. So maybe being a person who has a
