Stay Connected Website: stedwardandstpaul.org Email: [email protected]Mailing Address St. Edward’s & St. Paul’s P.O. Box 38 / 4905 State Hwy 84 Longville, MN 56655 Phone Numbers Office………………………..218-363-2799 Rectory……………………...218-363-3498 Office Hours Mon. Tue. & Fri. 9:00am-1:00pm St. Edward’s, Longville Mass Schedule Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions - Saturday................ 3:00pm or by appointment Saturday ........................................ 4:00pm Sunday ............................................ 8:30am Daily Mass Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Mass ................................................ 8:30am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 1 Hour following Daily Mass St. Paul’s, Remer Mass Schedule Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions before/after Sunday Mass or by appointment. Sunday .......................................... 10:30am Daily Mass— Thursday Mass ................................................ 8:30am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 1st Thursday of the Month 9AM—10 PM Prayer List If you, or someone you know or love, have a prayer need, please contact: Dianne Hipsher at 218-363-2969 ``Welcome to the Catholic Churches of Saint Edward’s & Saint Paul’s Longville, MN August 1, 2021 Remer, MN Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things. Since I am unable now to receive You sacramentally, come spiritually into my heart and stay with me forever. Amen Saint Vincent de Paul Saint Rose of Lima Conference Longville/Remer
Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions - Saturday ................ 3:00pm
or by appointment Saturday ........................................ 4:00pm Sunday ............................................ 8:30am
Daily Mass Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Mass ................................................ 8:30am
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 1 Hour following Daily Mass
St. Paul’s, Remer Mass Schedule
Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions before/after Sunday Mass
or by appointment. Sunday .......................................... 10:30am
Daily Mass—
Thursday Mass ................................................ 8:30am
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 1st Thursday of the Month
9AM—10 PM
Prayer List If you, or someone you know or love,
have a prayer need, please contact: Dianne Hipsher at 218-363-2969
``Welcome to the Catholic Churches of
Saint Edward’s & Saint Paul’s Longville, MN August 1, 2021 Remer, MN
Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things. Since I am
unable now to receive You sacramentally, come spiritually into my heart and stay with me forever. Amen
Saint Vincent de Paul Saint Rose of Lima Conference
Longville/Remer
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Weekday Masses
Monday, August 2 ~ No Mass Tuesday, August 3 - Robert Lowry + Wednesday, August 4 - Health of April Greene Thursday, August 5 - Bobby Archer + Friday, August 6 - John Klaseus +
Weekend Masses Saturday, August 7 Saint Edward’s - Diane Casey +
Sunday, August 8 Saint Edward’s - Bill Berger +
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “You cannot see the forest for the trees” is a widely known saying that can bring wisdom to our understanding of our journey. Of-ten, our sight becomes limited to what is immediately before us. We lose touch with lessons and experiences from the past and promises and hope for the future. As human beings, we have the privilege of being able to choose things. What I like and don’t like, want, and don’t want can be major preoccupations of our minds and hearts. Our preferences and desires begin to define us more than the simple fact of our being. Who we are matters more than what we are or what we have. If we don’t move beyond the external and superficial stuff to what really is of essence, we risk becoming very unsettled, disorientated, angry, and unhappy. We fail to see the bigger picture of hope and promise that lies ahead and the Divine Presence that has sustained and carried us before.
We like it when the “now” time of our lives satisfy us. Even the people who witnessed Jesus feed the five thousand got confused and distracted. It felt good when thousands of people were able to eat. They wanted to know what they could do to get this to happen again! But Jesus quickly reminds them that this is not the point of this sign. As much as the now time of our lives is of con-cern, it is not what is ultimately important. We need to learn the difference between being and doing, drawing more strength from who we are and who God is rather than what is happening around us and the choices we can make. Jesus is the true bread that came down from heaven. Jesus is the very incarnate presence of God who sustains life and assures us that we will not perish. This is not easy to understand and feel. We have to practice being in the presence of ourselves, others, creation, and God. We are brought to a holy place when we encounter the sacredness of be-ing. This is real prayer.
Then, we learn to trust. It is when we cease trusting that we start to become afraid, uncertain, apprehensive, and doubtful, and overly self-concerned. We even start to grumble. God has our back. That is the essential powerful message of the living bread come down from heaven. God, who is alpha is also omega, the beginning and the end, and has everything in between in his care as well. A woman once remarked that her most powerful God moment happened when she and her husband cuddled with their new baby for a time. Without exchanging words and using only the affection communicated through sight and touch, they rested in being with each other. This brought them to the sacred, where they realized that a greater Being was with them. It was real. They knew that they were part of something bigger, intimate, and profound. When we rest in the Living Source of life, we will find that our souls are no longer hungry or thirsty.
Mary Group Bible Study at Saint Edward’s will start a new book (The Words of the Risen Christ) in August. If you are interested in joining this wonderful group of women, please let the parish office (218-363-2799) know, so that a study book can be ordered for you. We meet one Saturday a month. Next meeting is August 14th at 9 AM.
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Women’s Council of St. Edward’s Meets on the 2nd Wednesday
of each month @ 9 AM. Next Meeting – August 11th
St. Paul’s Ladies Council Meets on 2nd Tuesday
every other month @ 4 PM Next Meeting - September 14th
Prayer Shawl Ministry If someone you know is ill, depressed, dying, is
in counseling, lonely, is going into a nursing home; anyone who is in need of our prayers,
love and care.
Contact the parish office at
218-363-2799
First Friday Mass St. Edward’s
Adoration 7:30 am Benediction & Mass 8:30am
First Saturday Mass St. Edward’s Rosary 8:00 am Mass 8:30 am
Home Visitors Ministry are privileged to bring Holy
Communion to parishioners who are homebound or for any
reason unable to attend Mass on Sundays. If you know someone in need of this Ministry, please
contact Sharon Thole at 218-363-3811
Here to Serve You Saint Edward’s and Saint Paul’s Parishes
Pastor….…………….…..Father Keith Bertram Deacon……….……………...…….Mike Knuth Secretary/Bookkeeper…….…..…..Deb Stock
Joint Pastoral Council Saint Edward’s Saint Paul’s Diane Hipsher Pat Bettenberg Needs 2 members Elizabeth Frick Jerry James
Finance Council Saint Edward’s Saint Paul’s
Phyllis Eck —Trustee Ted Frick –Trustee Jim Carey —Trustee Dennis Schloeder—
Trustee Janice Prucha Sue Bettenberg Pat Boen Jerry James
Dale Gregory Doris Gish Sharon Thole Alan Rajdl Roseanne Gregory Tony Collins Jenn Spartz Mike Baltus
Deanery Vocation Ministry Father Keith Bertram Rod Schloesser
Larry and Diane Holter Bob Bechtel
Saint Vincent de Paul / Saint Rose of Lima Conference Longville/Remer In today’s Gospel the disciples ask for a sign like the bread Moses had received in the de-sert. Jesus tells them that He is the true Bread of Life. Through your gift to the Society of St. Vin-cent de Paul you enable the members of the Society to bring bread to the hungry as a sign of God’s love.
Next meeting: You are welcome to join us!!
August 3, 2021 - 1 PM at St. Paul’s
Saint Vincent de Paul Poor Boxes are now installed in both churches. Please consider a donation of change or use an envelope for a recorded donation. Thank you.
Sunday Coffee Ministry We are in need of volunteers to
help with our Coffee Socials following Mass on Sunday.
Please, sign up to host for this great time of fellowship.
If you are new to hosting, help is available.
EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS
Practicing Graciousness in the Desert Looking back over my journey of parenthood, I know there were days when I traveled the extra mile for my children. I made their toast the way they like it, let them play in the park an extra ten minutes, or let them go to the movies with their friends and I finished up the chores on my own. And then, it happened: the attitude. The request for the smallest thing from one of them is met with disdain or bewilderment. Sometimes you can be made breathless with the in-gratitude of another person who takes so much and with so little shame, only to scoff at the idea that they, too, give even the smallest amount. But if we’re being honest with ourselves, we will admit that we do the exact same thing to God. Haven’t we all been the Israelites in the desert at one point or another? God has parted our Red Sea in some way. He’s led us out of some great trial, given us some great blessings. But then we run into a little resistance somewhere along the way and we throw up our hands. How could you do this to us, Lord? How could you ask this of us? No, I can’t go any further. No, I won’t do any more. Persisting in the blindness to the many ways God continues to protect us is nothing short of a temper tantrum. It robs our Everyday Stewardship of its graciousness, of our ability to accept with joy the trials of life because we are also constantly aware of its blessings. — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
