March 22, 2015 - Fifth Sunday of Lent Baptisms Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend- ance is suggested during pregnancy. 406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727 Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: 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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March 22, 2015 - Fifth Sunday of Lent
Baptisms
Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. Attend-ance is suggested during pregnancy.
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor
Parish Website: 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
Fifth Sunday of Lent
March 22, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, March 21--Vigil of the Fifth Sunday
of Lent
4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau;
Jules, Isola & Bart LeJeune; M/M Eugene Mon-
tagnet, Sr.; M/M Charles Bachus;
Dr. & Mrs. Pierre Silvan
Sunday, March 22--Fifth Sunday of Lent 8:30 AM: Lorraine Day;
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, March 23--Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Mike Guilbeau
Tuesday, March 24--Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Toni Doumit Kalifeh
Wednesday, March 25--The Annunciation of the
Lord
7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;
Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);
Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)
Thursday, March 26--Lenten Wekeday
7:30 AM: Julia Phillips
Friday, March 27--Lenten Weekday
7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Friday—7:10 a.m.
I will place my law within them
and write it upon their hearts;
I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
— Jeremiah 31:33
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: 1st. Friday of the month 7 a.m.
Shamrocks—Friday, March 27: Gloria Bou-
dreaux; Maggie Sonnier; Staphanie Bacque; Jo-
sette Delahoussaye
Gratitude
Fr. Keith wishes to thank all of you for the birth-
day wishes and gift, grateful for the generosity of
so many.
After the Breakfast
Our yearly breakfast gathering in honor of our patron
saint, St. Patrick, was a success, as always. We thank
the faithful organizers who make this event possible
each year, as well as those who attended and graced
the gathering with their presence. We congratulate
Jerry and Dee Boudreaux who this year received
the Shamrock Award in recognition for their service
to our church and community. Fr. Keith’s talk can be
found at our website stpat.org.
Antique Fair in Washington
Visit Washington, LA on April 10th – 11th for the
spring Antique Fair. Parking will be available at Im-
maculate Conception Catholic Church for a suggest-
ed $5.00 donation. BBQ sandwiches and drinks will
be sold as well. Help Immaculate Conception defray
Wednesday Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38
Thursday Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59
Friday Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42
Saturday Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56
Sunday Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 — 15:47 [15:1-39]
From the Pastor’s Desk
Back in the days surrounding the beginning of this Lenten season, I remember saying in one of my homi-lies, “I don’t know what God has in store for you this Lent.” I still don’t know that. Truth be told, I’m not even sure exactly what God is doing with me during this season of grace, but I’m working on it. Hopefully, you perhaps have some idea of where God has been leading you, and what God’s grace has been stirring around in your heart.
Perhaps your Lent has gone very well this year. Perhaps you’ve not only been spending more time in prayer, but your prayer has even gotten richer and deeper. Perhaps you’ve been able to reach out to someone in need, and in the process become a more charitable person. Perhaps you’ve actually given something up, totally and completely, throughout these days of Lent, and maybe you’re thinking that you can keep that going after the purple of Lent has been stored away. I really hope any or all of those things have been part of this desert time.
It’s also quite possible that your Lent hasn’t gone quite that well. Perhaps things started out with sincere intentions and honest commitments. Then life happened, or you got busy, or you forgot, or it just seemed to take too much effort to get to Mass every single day (or even one extra day a week!) Perhaps that favorite food or en-joyable activity has some how wormed it’s way back into your life or onto your plate, and you just don’t know what you’re going to do. If I had to guess, this second kind of less than Olympic level Lenten observance may be more the norm. If so, I’d offer two thoughts.
The first is, quite simply, Lent isn’t over. Whatever has happened since Ash Wednesday, the days be-tween now and Easter can be different. Maybe 14 days is easier for us to manage than 40! Recommit to what you decided, or choose some other path. In either case, strive to make the most of what’s left of this season of grace. Whatever we’ve been doing, or not doing, God hasn’t thrown up his hands and walked away.
The second is particularly fitting if you feel like you’ve just failed. I’d suggest, embrace the failure. If you decided that that you were going to give something up, for example, and just couldn’t do it, then let that experi-ence become a moment of grace. What life has taught you is that you are incomplete — that you do not have within you the power or strength or self-discipline to transform your own life. You have come face to face with your need for God. Let the failure and shortcomings be both motivation and opportunity to once more surrender to God in your need. Quite simply, ask for God’s help. Then do it again. And again, and again. You get the picture.
You and I alone are not enough. Let this Lent teach us about our abiding need for God.