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April 18, 2021
Volume 5, Issue # 19
The Daily Prayer of Saint Teresa Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of You. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.
Celebrants: Our Pastor - Father Victor Ray Chapel at 3803 Haines Road North St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, Live Mass at 10:30 am Live Stream: YouTube: Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community and Facebook: St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community Website: stoccc.org
Cream Cards available in the Pew Pocket to follow along with the Mass.
All of us at Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community want to take a moment to extend a Very Warm Welcome to everyone who is visiting us for the first time this morning. Whether you are just having a look, or are searching for a place to worship, we are delighted to have you here. Enjoy the rest of your worship time with us, and
May God Bless You!
Wisdom From Our Pastor Once we fall in love, we can’t keep quiet about it, can we? Most people when they are engaged, tell their family and friends. When Jesus engages our hearts, our minds, our very being and fills us with his saving love – we shouldn’t be quiet about it either! Once the Apostles prayed and received the Spirit, they couldn’t stop preaching and teaching about Jesus – they gave their whole lives over to the mission of spreading the Gospel. Gone were their fears, gone was their confusion – they went out and proclaimed the message even at the cost of their lives. And it was not they who spoke but rather it was Jesus speaking through them, as we see in today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Pope Francis, like his predecessors, urges you and me to be missionary disciples, to follow in the footsteps of these Apostles in spreading the faith. Once we have opened our hearts to the Lord and as we grow in our understanding of the faith, let us not keep this message to ourselves but let us spread it. Often we say that we will spread the faith only by our example and we cite a saying attributed to St. Francis of Assisi – “Preach always, and when necessary, use words.” Actually St. Francis didn’t say those words and they are only partially true. Of course, we need to give good example – never underestimate its power – for one who has hope lives differently and this attracts people to the faith. But we also have to be prepared to give an accounting of our hope – to speak about our Catholic faith with confidence and love, even though we know that some who will write us off because we are believers. So we have the message and the mission – what about the means? Imagine the Apostles being told by Jesus to spread the Gospel far and wide. They had no money, no education, and they were considered troublemakers. But before he sent them out, Jesus sent them to the Upper Room to pray, to watch and wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit gives the Church many gifts for the sake of the Lord’s mission but the key to unlocking them all is prayer – prayer in the silence of our rooms, prayer as we read Scripture, prayer as we repent of our sins and prepare to receive the Sacrament of Penance, prayer as we enter upon Holy Mass with all our hearts and souls. When we pray, the Lord shows us the way and gives us the strength and wisdom as well as the gifts that we need to bear witness to him and to our faith. For in the end, not even the best Easter Sunday sermon will win back the unchurched. It’s a good start but there has to follow up and it’s our job to be rooted in the message and to go on mission with all the means the Lord has placed at our disposal. May God bless us and keep us always in his love! Father Victor Ray
Let Us Pray For Rick Hamilton, Bp. Peter Hickman, D.A. Marx, Dee Spano, James Meeks, Mark Talboom, Greg Reuss, Melvin Baker, Jose Mejias and Roy, Paula and Buddy Baker PRAYERS RECEIVED BY THE AIR WAVES Bruno Fernanda, Jack/Susan/Billy Fabien, Wesley, Javier, AnnMarie Shahana, Eugene, Eoghan, Nelson, Annette/Don Husband, Beverly, Victor Adolfo, Mike Ifeanyi, Daughter/Sister Tequila, Ann, Aditya, Amanda DEVOTIONAL CANDLE LIGHTED FOR Earl “Bud” Miller, Howard Laubscher
Sunday, April 18, 2021 HYMNS GATHERING #167 Hallelujah Is Our Song OFFERTORY #646 Down To The River We Pray COMMUNION #321 In The Breaking Of The Bread SENDING #567 Join In The Dance ************* READINGS P. 151 1st Reading Acts 3: 13-15, 17-19 Responsorial Psalm PS 4 Rs. Lord let you face shine upon us, shine upon us, shine upon us. 2nd Reading 1 John 2:1-5a Gospel Acclamation: Rs. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Gospel Luke 24: 35-48
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Sunday, April 18, 10:30 am, Third Sunday of Easter LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Sunday, April 25, 10:30 am, Fourth Sunday of Easter LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Sunday, May 2, 10:30 am, Fifth Sunday of Easter LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Wednesday, May 5, Cinco de Mayo Sunday, May 9, 10:30 am, Sixth Sunday of Easter LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Monday, May 10, 7:00 pm, F.A.S.T. Joshua Assembly Sunday, May 16, 10:30 am, Seventh Sunday of Easter LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS DO I HAVE MY STOCCC PARKING LOT GANG MASK YET ?
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ANNIVERSARYS
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