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416 12th Street, Suite 311
P.O. Box 2317
Columbus, GA 31902
Res. 866 598 7968 Bus. 706 596-1138
Fax. (706) 221-2571 Cell 706 575 5662
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The Men’s Club of St. Benedict
is open to all male members
of the parish.
Join us the second Tuesday of each month in the
Parish Hall at 7:00PM.
Service
Fellowship
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Bishop Gross Council 1019
To all Catholic men over the age of 18, we would like to have
you in the Knights of Columbus, a world-wide Catholic,
family-oriented organization promoting
Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism.
Contact: Louis “Rusty” Hurst, Grand Knight 706-563-9925
Jaime Herras, Membership Director 706-569-7878
Dearest Jesus,
Teach me to be generous,
To love and to serve you as you deserve,
To give and not to count the cost,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To labor and not to ask for any reward,
Safe only to know that I do your sacred will. Amen.
Columbus,
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Mary, Mother of the Church, Pray for us.
St. Paul, Pray for us. St. Benedict, Pray for us.
St. Benedict the Moor
Catholic Church
Served by the Missionary Society of St. Paul: www.mspfathers.org
Pastor: Fr. Donatus C. Mgbeajuo,
MSP
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[email protected]
Religious Ed. Directors:
Brett Murphy-Dawson & Gary Dawson:
706-464-5490
Rectory: 2939 9th St., Columbus, GA 31906
Church: 2930 Thomas St., Columbus, GA 31906
Office, Hall & Mailing Address: 2935 9th St., Columbus, GA 31906
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-5pm,
E-mail Address [email protected]
Phone: 706- 323-8300
Fax: 706- 324-2641
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-5pm,
Friday: 9:00am-3:00pm
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Phone: 706- 323-8300
Fax: 706- 324-2641
August 7, 2011
“O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31
Parish Weekly Activities:
Sunday Masses: 8am &11am
Daily Masses: Tues.-Thurs. 7:30am
Friday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and
Adoration: 6pm;
Mass: 7pm First Friday: Benediction
Saturday: 10am
Holy Days of Obligation: 7:30am & 7pm
(Exceptions will be posted)
Confession: 5-6pm on Saturday and anytime on
request
Religious Ed. Classes (Sept.-May)
Sunday
Bible Study: Wednesday, 7pm
Emergencies: Please call the Office or the Rectory
anytime
The Church in Latin America faces
many difficult challenges. Powerful
earthquakes devastated Haiti and
Chile last year, creating lasting
damage to the Church, while a
significant loss of parishioners to
migration and other faiths, the inability
to support itself financially, and a lack
of priests and religious to effectively
minister to the large number of
Catholics continue to trouble the
region. Please help to keep faith. Be
generous in next week’s Collection for
the Church in Latin America.
As Christians we are called to
be compassionate as our God
is compassionate. (Luke 6:36)
What does the compassion of
Christ look like in the modern
world? The JustFaith program,
which will begin its fifth year
this September, will help
answer this question through
reflection, study, prayer and
community.
Parish Council Executive Meeting:
2nd Sunday of every month
Parish Council Meeting: 3rd Sunday of every month
Office Hours:
Pastor: Tuesday-Friday 9-5pm
Secretary: Monday 10-2pm
Tuesday 1-5pm
Wednesday 1-7pm
Friday 10-4pm
Web Site - sbtmcol.parishesonline.com
ANNOUNCEMEnts
Save the Date
Silent Auction
September 10, 2011
(Donated items should
be turned in to the office
or to Nicole Buffong by
August 21, 2011.)
SEEDS OF ST. BENEDICT
Recruitment for the "Seeds of St.
Benedict", our youth choir, is
ongoing. Plant a seed by signing up
today. Open to youth ages 5 to17. Call
Jackye: 706 568-2999
DAILY READINGS:
Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Rom 9:15; Mt 14:22-33
Monday: Saint Dominic Dt 10:12-22;
Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mt 17:22-27
Tuesday: Saint Teresa Benedicta of
the Cross Dt 31:1-8; Dt 32:3-4, 7-9, 12;
Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
Wednesday: Saint Lawrence 2 Cor
9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26
Thursday: Saint Clare Jos 3:7-10a, 11,
13-17; Ps 114:1-6; Mt 18:21-19:1
Friday: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
Jos 24:1-13; Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21, 24;
Mt 19:3-12
Saturday: Saint Pontian and Saint
Hippolytus Jos 24:14-29; Ps 16:1-2, 5,
7-8, 11; Mt 19:13-15
Next Sunday: Is 56:1, 6-7; Rom 11:1315, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28
God’s Gifts for July 31, 2011
(2010)
Ejinkonye Anekwe
Jewel Nettles
Rana Gunderson
Latrella Conwell
August 9
August 10
August 11
August 13
Offertory:
Church Repair:
Votive Candles:
Poor Box
Project 2004:
Project 2004 Bal:
(2011)
$3905.78
$18.00
$6.00
$10.00
$110.00
$18,483.70
Visitors to the Holy Land like to
take a boat ride across the Sea of
Galilee, the sea on which Jesus
walked. A certain tourist wanted
such a ride and the boatman told
him the fare was fifty dollars.
“Fifty dollars!” exclaimed the
tourist, “No wonder Jesus walked!”
A proper understanding of the
gospel story of Jesus walking on
the sea has a lot to teach us about
who Jesus is, but also about the
church in its journey through the
world, and about the life of faith of
the individual believer.
About Jesus: The miracle story of
Jesus walking on the sea, together
with the one that goes before it, the
multiplication of loaves, shows that
Jesus is Lord and has authority
over all forces natural and
supernatural. The Jews believed
that the sea was the domain of
supernatural demonic forces. A
rough and stormy sea was regarded
as the work of these hostile spirits.
By walking on the raging waves
and calming the stormy sea Jesus is
showing himself to be one who has
power and total control over these
hostile spiritual forces. Do you
know Christians who have
surrendered their lives to the Lord
but who still live in constant fear of
evil spirits, sorcery, witchcraft,
potions and curses? Today's gospel
brings us the good news that these
powers of darkness stand no
chance at all when Jesus is present
and active in our lives and affairs.
About the Church: The boat on
the sea is one of the earliest
Christian symbols for the church in
its journey through the world. Just
as the boat is tossed about by the
waves so is the church pounded
from all sides by worldly and
spiritual forces hostile to the
kingdom of God. In the midst of
crises Jesus comes to restore peace
and harmony in his church. But he
comes in a form and manner in
which he is easily mistaken for the
enemy. He comes in a way that
makes many well-meaning
Christians cry out in fear “It is a
ghost!” (Matthew 14:26) as they
try to keep him out. But if we listen
carefully we shall hear through the
storm his soft, gentle voice
whispering in the wind, “Take
heart, it is I; do not be afraid”
(verse 27). If we believe his word
and take him on board, the storm
immediately subsides and the crisis
is resolved.
How can we be absolutely sure that
it is Christ and not a hostile ghost?
We can’t. We must act in faith. We
must stand on the promise of
Christ that if we are busy going
about the duty he has assigned us,
just as the disciples were busy
rowing their boat to the other side
of the shore as Jesus had instructed
them, then Jesus himself will come
to us riding on the very waves that
threaten to swallow us up. As the
church in the modern world, like
Peter’s boat, sails through the
stormy seas of our time, we need to
keep an eye on those very seas for
Jesus who comes bringing
deliverance and solace. We must
strive to recognize him even when
he comes in the unseemly and
utterly unexpected form of a ghost.
About the Individual Believer:
From the point of view of the
individual believer, the story of
Jesus walking on the seas,
especially the involvement of Peter
in the story, is a lesson for
disciples who are tempted to take
their eyes off Jesus and to take
more notice of the threatening
circumstances around them. Peter
had said to Jesus, “Lord, if it is
you, command me to come to you
on the water” (verse 28). Jesus
gives him the word of command,
“Come” (verse 29). It would seem
like Jesus is commanding the
impossible. Yet whatever Jesus
commands us to do he gives us the
power to do it. And the ordinary
man, Peter, begins to walk on
water, coming to Jesus. “But when
he noticed the strong wind, he
became frightened, and
beginning to sink” (verse 30)
While Peter kept his eye fixed on
Jesus, and his mind focused on
Jesus’ word, he walked upon the
water all right; but when he took
notice of the danger he was in, and
focused on the waves, then he
became afraid and began to sink.
“For we walk by faith, not by
sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7).
May the Lord increase our little
faith so that in all the storms of
life we shall have our eyes and
our trust constantly fixed on Jesus
and his power and not on
ourselves and our weaknesses.
On behalf of the entire parish, Fr.
Donatus extends prayers and deep
concerns to our sick parishioners
and their families: Ann Perry,
Clarence Johnson, Evelyn and Debra
Pough, Susie Cameron, Debra Pierce,
Eleanor Jones Stansfield, Georgetta
and Lillian Leonard, Jocelyn
Chambers, Mable Craig, Alice Austin,
Donald Julien, Mary Ellison.