November 23, 2014 - Solemnity of Jesus Christ the King Baptisms Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de- lays of the sacrament 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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November 23, 2014 - Solemnity of Jesus Christ the King
Baptisms
Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de-
lays of the sacrament
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
Solemnity of Jesus Christ the King
November 23, 2014
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, November 22--Vigil of the Solemni-
ty of Jesus Christ the King
4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau;
Monty & Pierre Montagnet; Paul LeBlanc
Sunday, November 23--Solemnity of Jesus
Christ the King
8:30 AM: In Thanksgiving to God; Mary
Jane Belfie (living); Special Intention; Mac
10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s
Monday, November 24--St. Andrew Dung-
Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs; Last
Week in Ordinary Time
7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Agnes Duplechain;
Gussie Hernandez
Tuesday, November 25--St. Catherine of Alex-
andria, Virgin and Martyr
7:30 AM: Carmen Murillo;
Christi Ana Alvergue; Adam Hernandez
Wednesday, November 26--Weekday (Msgr. C. Mallet)
7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;
Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);
Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)
Thursday, November 27--Thanksgiving Day
7:30 AM: Mary Broussard;
Pat & Jessie Gardner; Albert M. Hebert
Friday, November 28--Weekday
7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Altar Flowers In Memory of:
Monty & Pierre Montagnet
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—Wednesday, November 26: Glo-
ria Boudreaux; Maggie Sonnier; Stephanie
Bacque; Jossette Delahoussaye; Charlotte Privat
Photos
For those interested, pictures from Fr. Keith's lat-
est travels are available at www.keithlabove.com
Come and See!
Have you ever thought about priesthood or religious
life? Then join us for an informative day at Our Lady
of Sorrows Retreat Center (103 Railroad Ave. St.
Martinville) on Saturday, November 29th, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Includes Mass, Confessions, Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament, and testimonies from men
& women who have responded in faith to a religious
vocation. There is no cost and no registration is re-
quired. Please bring a brown bag lunch. Participants
Once more we find ourselves experiencing the transition from one liturgical year to another. This Sun-day, the Feast of the Christ the King, ushers us into the last week of the year, with the ‘New Year’ beginning with the First Sunday of Advent on November 30th. It is time to be purple (or violet) for a while.
Now I suspect all of us think of Advent as a season of preparation, which it most certainly is. If asked for what we are preparing, we might well respond, Christmas. It’s an obvious response, since all around us are the decorations of the Christmas season, cropping up as they have been since Halloween. (I saw a TV station was al-ready showing a Christmas movie this last Thursday night!)
But here is where it gets interesting. If one looks at the Scripture readings for Mass for the Advent sea-son, one sees no mention of or reference to the birth of Christ until December 17th, Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent, the ninth day before Christmas. Consider just the Sunday readings. The first Advent Sunday fo-cuses on warning us to be ready, for we know not the day nor the hour. The next two Sundays are all about the ministry of John the Baptist. Now John’s preaching was all about preparation, to be sure. But it came some 30 years after the Nativity, and was focused on being ready for the public ministry of Jesus. Not until the fourth Ad-vent Sunday do we hear anything about the birth of a child, as we listen to the story of the Annunciation.
Now it might seem that we are giving short shrift to Christmas, but we are not. We just don’t start cele-brating the birth of the Savior until, well, until Christmas. Then we have several weeks, with the Feast of the Holy Family and Epiphany, to celebrate Christ’s birth. (You can tell that the Christmas season has begun because the Christmas trees are already out at the curb and the home decorations are already up in the attic.)
What all this means to me is that the mystery we celebrate during these days really centers upon the com-ing of Christ into our midst. While the birth of a Savior is a truly glorious and heart-warming event, Christ comes to us in many, many ways. We do wait for his return at the end of time, we rejoice that the Virgin was with Child, we are instructed and guided by the public ministry and teaching for which John prepared the way. And at each and every Eucharist, we celebrate his Real Presence in priest and people, Word and Sacrament. We have much to celebrate.