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PARISH STAFF P Rev. Fr. Christopher Chike Amadi, S.S.J. P A A Mrs. Martha S. Creecy (985) 536-2613 ****************************************** P P C Mrs. Charlotte Hooker (504) 559-4573 P F C Mr. Edward Phillips (985) 536-2613 D R E Mrs. Myrtle Lucas (985) 536-2028 D Y M (CYO) Mrs. Tracy Watson (504) 296-7852 E M H C Mrs. Vanessa Noble (504) 220-7674 P W Mrs. Precious A. Joseph (985) 536-3115

RCIA CLASSES Any adult interested in joining the Catholic Faith or knowing more about the Catholic Religion should contact the parish Office to sign up for RCIA faith classes. ******************************************Announcements for the bulletin can be brought to the parish office, faxed or sent via email to olgchurch@arch-no.org The deadline to submit announcements to be placed in the bulletin is on Mondays by 12 noon.

MASS SCHEDULE 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

VIGIL MASSES

Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday NO MASS Tuesday 6:00 PM Wednesday 5:00 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 6:00 PM Sick of the Parish Thursday 8:30 AM Special Intentions Friday 8:30 AM Parish Mass Saturday 8:00 AM (1ST SATURDAY ONLY)

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Begins 1 Hour before each Mass and ends 15 minutes before Mass or by appointment anytime.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parents and god-parents preparation is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Baptism will take place on the 4th Sunday of each month. Baptismal registration takes place ONLY at the Parish Office prior to baptism preparation class.

MARRIAGES Please notify the Priest at least six to eight months prior to planning the wedding.

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK Please call the rectory if someone is sick or hospitalized.

FUNERALS Please call the rectory before making arrangements with the Funeral Director.

780 Hwy. 44 • P.O. Box 464 Reserve, Louisiana 70084

Rectory: 985-536-2613

Fax: 985-536-1819 Email: olgchurch@arch-no.org

website: olgcommunity.com

Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our purpose, at Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, is to provide a place of spiritual worship and growth for our members, our children, and all visitors. We wish to instill a spirit of prayer, integrity and generosity in each other, with a special concern for the poor, sick, elderly, disabled, the unborn and the weak. We especially encourage our parish members and organizat ions in their practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy with the poor and infirmed.

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Agnes Hall, Joshua J. Morgan, Joseph Dupas, Olga Leblanc, Alethea Bardell, Kenisha Anderson, Leroy Houston, Joann Gray, Victoria Dominique, Michael Lipps, Ernest Morgan Jr., Catherine Twine Simon, Craig Watson, Michelle Marcadel, Cornel Jones, Montrelle Dennis, Romond Taylor, Devon Walker, Rosalee Sylvas, Donald Lipps, Donna C. Jackson, Sandra Simoneaux, Elizabeth Hebert, Sr. John Mary Jackson, Tierney Smith, Torriel Charde Smith, Karen Duhe-Wilson, James Jackson, Travis Thomas, Ceola Gerard, Gary Sylve, Arthur D. Parquet, Felton Parquet, Lorita Savoie, Shelia P. Melancon, Gloria Ferrygood, Chandra Johnson, Lindsay Marts, John Sylve, Sr., Sharon Parquet, Jeniffer Sylve Banks, Hilton Farlough, Monique Joseph, Theresa Fleming, Beverly Harris, Lois Gray, Wilhelmina Armour, Emile Rousseve, Amanda Cole, Johnny Bee Griffin, Thomas Parquet, Jr., Melvin Parquet, Tiana Roussell, Marjorie Schnyder Noble, Louise Joseph, Bryan Austin Plunket, Chesney Jones, Jr.

According to Jesus, the first (most important) commandment is to love God with heart, mind, soul, and strength. This is usually taken to mean loving God with your whole being. But it wouldn’t hurt to look at the modern meanings of those words to see how we can apply them.

The heart is the one organ that all others depend on to keep living. It is also a symbol of our desires and love. So to love God with all your heart can mean that you recognize God as the one source of your life. Now, that is easy to say as a philosophical concept. But it also means that you love God above everything and everyone. How many of us can say we would rather spend time with God than with our friends, family, or loved ones?

To love God with all your mind can mean that you never stop thinking of God. That is not as difficult as it sounds. You can ask God to help you any time you make a decision, whether it is what to watch next on TV, or what to do for a living. Loving God with your mind can also mean knowing God. The better you know God, the more likely you are to hear God in your decisions. You can get to know God through the scriptures and other spiritual reading. Hearing God may require you to consider the next way to love: with your soul.

If the soul is the center of your spiritual life, then loving God with all your soul can remind you to listen to God when you pray. If prayer is a conversation with God, you might remember how annoying it can be to converse with someone who does all the talking. At first it is easy, but eventually you find yourself getting nervous because you have things you would like to say also. Think of that when you pray; give God a chance to put in a few words, too.

Finally, to love God with all your strength can mean you put as much energy into loving God as you do with exercising, doing your day-job, cleaning the house, or mowing the lawn. Fortunately, none of those activities has to replace loving God, for you can do each of them as if you were working for the Lord. Just remember that no matter how hard you work for the Lord, God loves you even more than you love Him.

SCRIPTURE VERSE: You shall love the Lord, your God,with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.— Deuteronomy 6:5

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READING (NOVEMBER 4, 2018 TO NOVEMBER 10, 2018)

Sunday: Dt 6:2-6; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Heb 7:23-28; Mk 12:28b-34 Monday: Phil 2:1-4; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26b-30ab, 30e, 31-32; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Saturday: Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9; Lk 16:9-15

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2018 4:00 PM Shirley Ann Johnson, Olivia Fenroy Carter, Vivian Tassin, Albert Desselle, Mary Ann Parquet, Willi Hall, Cecile Ogretta Wilson-Hall, Melvin Charles Hall, Joseph Bert Hall, Special Intentions, Agnes Hall (L), All White, Wilson, Hall Living & Deceased Fly, Albert Desselle, Joyce Vampran (L), Ricardo & Corin Wallace, Charles Rodney (L), Gabriella Rodney (L), Corynn Rodney (L), Payton Rodney (L), Monica Cook, Larry Gauff SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2018 8:00 AM Brandon Garrett 11:00 AM Our Lady of Grace Parishioners TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018 6:00 PM Albert Desselle WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2018 5:00 PM HOLY HOUR 6:00 PM Walter Gerard III, Walter Gerard, Jr. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2018 8:30 AM Isadore Sylve FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2018 8:30 AM Albert Desselle

OUR LADY OF GRACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RESERVE, LA

SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHURCH The Sanctuary Light will be lit for:

Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Sylve Requested By: Carolyn & Eulice Garrett

From: November 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018

SANCTUARY LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL The Sanctuary Light will be lit for:

Olivia Fenroy Carter Requested By: The Louper Family

From: November 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018

OCTOBER 27, 2018 TO OCTOBER 28, 2018 REGULAR COLLECTION $3884.00 CLARION HERALD $ 287.00 TOTAL $4171.00

BIBLE STUDY: Tuesday’s at 6:30 PM in the Fr. Joseph C. Rodney Parish Hall. All are invited and welcome to attend.

PRAYER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST STORMS AND HURRICANES

Our Father in Heaven through the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, spare us during this Hurricane season from all harm. Protect us and our homes from all disasters of nature. Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

POPE FRANCIS PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER

IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE: That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK Our Lady of Grace Church Parish continues to partner with Second Harvest Food Bank to distribute food to those in need. Food will be distributed from the Fr. Joseph C. Rodney Parish Hall Thursday, November 8, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Tuesday, November 20, 2018 from 500 PM to 7:00 PM.

SERRA CLUB A Serra Club is forming in the River Parishes. Serra Club is an organization established to promote and foster vocations to the priesthood and consecrated religious life. All Catholic men and women are invited to be charter members of the River Parishes Serra Club. A Representative of the forming River Parishes Serra Club will speak at each Mass on November 10 and 11, 2018. The Representative will be available after Mass to answer questions and provide additional information. All are invited to attend the next Club Meeting on November 15, 2018 at 7pm at St Charles Borromeo in Destrehan, La. The meeting will be in one of the meeting rooms located east of the Church.

BLUE MASS On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 8:30 AM, Our Lady of Grace Church along with St. Joan of Arc Church will celebrate the Annual Blue Mass to honor the civil servants of St. John the Baptist Parish. It is truly an honor and a privilege to recognize and acknowledge the members of our community, Sheriff Department, Fire Department and all First Responders who provide safety and care to all citizens. We recognize and thank them for their dedication and commitment they demonstrate to a l l . Everyone is invi ted to par t icipate in the celebration.

NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH November is National Adoption Month and our Respect Life Focus! Please join in the Celebrate Adoption at the November Respect Life Gathering on Wednesday November 7, 2018, at 6:30 PM at St. Francis of Assisi Parish Center in the chapel at 611 State ST in NOLA. Danna Cousins of Catholic Charities Adoption Services will be presenting. There will be an evening of prayer, networking, and learning about Adoption! Light refreshments will be provided. If you have questions, please contact the Respect Life Office at respectlife@arch-no.org. Please see the flier on the bulletin board in the foyer of the church for additional information.