May 13 , 2012 - Sixth 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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May 13 , 2012 - Sixth 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
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 13, 2012
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, May 12 -- Vigil of the Sixth Sunday
of Easter 4:00 PM: Edna & Melba Parker
Sunday, May 13 -- Sixth Sunday of Easter
8:30 AM: Louise Troyanowski; Donna Andre
Theall; Cecelia Ledet; Elnora Jordan;
Julia Phillips (living)
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, May 14-- Easter Weekday
7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Agnes Duplechin;
Gussie Hernandez
Tuesday, May 15 --Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Beverly Latimer (living)
Wednesday, May 16-- Easter Weekday (Msgr.
Charles Mallet)
7:30 AM: Dr.Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col.
Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly
Fedele (living)
Thursday, May 17 -- Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Ewing Latimer
Friday, May 18--Easter Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Altar Plants In Loving Memory of:
Dr. Tommy Comeaux and Dorinne
Daniel Sonnier
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, May 18: Dee Boudreaux;
Andre Arceneaux; Anne Meleton; Betty Fournet
Mother’s Day was first observed soon after the
turn of the twentieth century in the Methodist
Church as a memorial service for those who had
lost their mothers. The observance spread to oth-
er churches, and in 1914 became a civic holiday.
Since the Middle Ages Roman Catholics had long
observed the Fourth Sunday of Lent as
“Mothering Sunday,” with the liturgy’s imagery
of a mystical homecoming in “Mother Jerusa-
lem.”
Pastor Away
Fr. Keith will be taking some time away for vacation,
and will be out of the parish from Sunday, May 13th.
Through Friday, May 25th. Please keep him in your
prayers for a safe arrival and return.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit.
—John 15:16
Congratulations
—Parishioner Patsy Robicheaux received the Bish-
op’s Medal (for Devoted Service Award), on May
6, at the Mass to Honor Senior Citizens. Nomina-
tions for this honor were reviewed by the Commis-
sion for the Pastoral Care of the Elderly. Her pas-
sion to serve the elderly spans over 30 years.
—Parishioner Una Hargrave, former director of
the diocesan Office of Justice and Peace, was hon-
ored recently as the Outstanding Volunteer of the
Year by the Lafayette Community Health Clinic.
—Cantor Claire Gamble will be graduating from
College this month and
—Lector Jessica Hamsher will be graduating from
High School. Congrats to both and to all who attend
St. Patrick and are graduating this year!.
St. Joseph Diner Needs Your Help!
Are you looking for a way to help those in need?
St. Joseph Diner’s homebound meal service brings
hot lunch time meals to the homebound in our com-
munity Monday through Friday. At this time there
is a desperate need for Friday drivers. This service
“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.”
A number of years ago, Pope John Paul II wrote a series of reflections on marriage, taking up in particular the passage from Ephesians 5 which is most remembered for saying, “Wives, be subordinate to your husbands.” His reflec-tion is important because of the way that this passage has been misread and misunderstood. I have actually had men in my office claiming this passage as justification for abusing their wives. That is despicable. Spousal abuse is never justi-fiable, period. (They never seem to read far enough, missing the part that says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church . . .”)
Pope John Paul began his reflection by pointing out strongly that this whole section of Ephesians begins with these words, in 5:21: “Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.” There is intended to be a mutuality in all that follows, so one could also read, “Wives, love your husbands as Christ loved the church”, and “Husbands, be sub-ordinate to your wives”. A love as precious as that of marriage simply has no place for any kind of domination, includ-ing physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Rather it is intended to be a safe place, where reverence for Christ is expressed in mutual love, respect, support and understanding.
While it is true that all our relationships should be rooted in our love for Christ, I feel this kind of abuse de-mands special attention, precisely because it is often justified, tolerated and hidden. In addition, sometimes it rises to the level of murder or murder/suicide. The tragic fact is that abusers do not stop, and it always escalates. And as horri-ble as that is, it takes on a special character when it is justified in the name of false religion. That simply cannot be tol-erated.
Which bring us back to the quote from this Sunday’s Gospel with which we began. When asked for the greatest commandment, Jesus quoted two from the tradition: Love God, and love your neighbor. But here we have a new com-mandment, which could not have been given until Jesus was incarnate among us and walked the earth. It is a com-mandment that flows directly out of his example. In other words, now that God had actually walked among us in hu-man form, Jesus could say, Do what I have shown you, in my very own actions. Love as I have loved. Again we see that mutuality that we spoke of above. He loves us first, and we are called to return that love, as best we can. Moreover, the command to love one’s neighbor does not go away. But now we have actually been shown how to do that. We don’t have to figure it out. We have an example to follow in Jesus himself.
Will we do it perfectly? Of course not. But by his grace, we continue to try. That is how we remain in his love.
