Weekly Bulletin
Announcements
• The clergy and faithful of St. Hugh of Lincoln offer their sincere congratulations and fervent prayers for Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scheeler who received the sacrament of Matrimony yesterday afternoon.
• Please note the changes in this week’s Mass schedule. Tuesday Mass will be at 8:00 am. There will not be any Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Holy Hour is also cancelled this Thursday.
• Fr. Larrabee will be visiting us once again this weekend and will be offering Mass and confessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
• All the faithful of St. Hugh are dispensed from the abstinence this Friday, November 27th. It is the custom in many places to allow the faithful to eat meat on the day after Thanksgiving.
• Beginning the first week of Advent (Nov. 29th), only one Sunday Mass will be offered. The Holy Rosary and Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be recited at 8:30. Confessions will start at 8:15 and High Mass will begin at 9:00 am. This will be the normal schedule once again.
• Next week is the first Sunday of Advent. The blessing of the Advent Wreath will take place before Mass.
• The following Mass Intention will be offered in Ohio by Fr. McGuire on November 26th: “(+)David Heckenkamp” by Tom Heckenkamp.
Servers’ Schedule
Monday, Nov. 23
AC: Bob Poggel
Tuesday, Nov. 24
AC: Bob Poggel
Wednesday, Nov. 25
AC: Bob Poggel
Thursday, Nov. 26
No Mass
Friday, Nov. 27
AC1: James Mueller, AC2: Brian Kimpel
Saturday, Nov. 28
AC1: Brian Kimpel, AC2: John Minges
Sunday, Nov. 29
9:00- MC: Andrew Kimpel, TH: Brian Kimpel,
AC1: James Mueller, AC2: Bob Poggel,
CB: Jeff Kimpel
TB1: Michael Mueller, TB2: Peter Mueller
(Usher: Thomas Mueller)
Note from Father
My Dear Faithful,
This week has been a very grace-filled week. Tuesday we celebrated the feast day of our patron – St. Hugh of Lincoln. Then there was the beautiful Nuptial High Mass for Lawrence Scheeler and Mary Ann Minges (now Scheeler, of course!). Today is the Solemnity of St. Hugh of Lincoln. We thank Our Lord for giving us the opportunity to offer a High Mass and Benediction on this great day as well. We thank all who have done so much to help prepare for these days!
I also have some other news for all of you. Some of it is good, and some not so good (although, in the order of Divine Providence, all of it is good since it seems to be God’s Will). The first bit of news which Bp. Dolan wants me to tell you is that I have officially been “upgraded” from resident priest to pastor. The second part is that I will be dividing my time between St. Hugh and Ohio. For instance, I will be leaving for Ohio on Wednesday. There are some difficulties at our chapel in Columbus (St. Clare’s) which need to be solved. Bp. Dolan has asked me to assist him in this need since I am originally from that chapel (I was a parishioner there for about four years before entering Most Holy Trinity Seminary). Things will be this way at least for a little while. We hope we have your understanding and support on this sudden change of plans.
Although I will not be residing here full time anymore, it in no way means you are being abandoned by us. St. Hugh’s will still have Holy Mass each Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as Holy Days, special observances and other occasions. For example, I will be with you for the First Friday of December through the morning Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. I myself will be visiting for two weekends of the month. Other priests will alternate between the remaining weekends. Usually it will be Fr. Larrabee. I am sure you will all enjoy getting to know this excellent young priest. Sick calls, appointments and the other pastoral needs will still be taken care of.
If you need a priest for any reason – or just want to talk, don’t hesitate to call me at St. Gertrude’s (513-645-4212) or on my cell phone (352-573-8491). My email address is fathercharlesmcguire@gmail.com. The address at St. Gertrude’s is 4900 Rialto Rd., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Be assured of my prayers for you and your intentions. May I ask you to remember me in yours?
May God Bless You and Mary Keep You,
Fr. McGuire
Sayings from the Saints
(Taken from The Voice of the Saints)
“We must neither judge nor suspect evil of our neighbor, without good grounds.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
“When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side. It may be that thy judgment is false.”
-St. Catherine of Siena
“Do not condemn, even with your eyes, for they are often deceived.”
-St. John Climacus
“Let us be careful not to repeat to anyone the evil that has been said of him by another. For the Scripture warns that he who sows discord is hated by God.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
“Let us also pray for those who persecute us – this is the way the Saints revenged themselves. He who pardons anyone who has offended him is sure of being pardoned by God, since God has given us the promise: ‘Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.’ ”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
“At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.”
-St. John of the Cross
“Lord, make me an instrument of Thy 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. 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. It is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.”(St. Francis of Assisi)
The Duty of Gratitude
(Taken from the Catechism Explained)
Our Lord says: “It is better to give than to receive.” And why? Because the one who receives is bound to give thanks, whereas the giver has a right to a reward.
For every act of mercy done to us, we are bound to render thanks first to God and then to our benefactor; for God requires of us that we should be grateful for the benefits we receive.
It is our duty to be grateful; i.e., to show our sense of the benefit conferred upon us, and to endeavor to repay our benefactor. Gratitude is due to almighty God in the first place, because from Him comes down every best gift and every perfect gift (Jas. i. 17). Men are His servants, the instruments He employs; therefore we owe thanks to them in the second place. Whenever Our Lord received a favor from His heavenly Father He raised His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, I thank Thee.” This He did at the raising of Lazarus (John xi. 41). He never rose from table without giving thanks; after the Last Supper a hymn was said. All the saints did the same. David exclaims: “What shall I render to the Lord for all the things that He hath rendered unto me?” (Ps. cxv. 3.) The first words Tobias uttered when he was cured of his blindness were these: “I bless Thee, O Lord God of Israel, because Thou hast chastised me and Thou hast saved me” (Tob. xi. 17). Noe’s first act when he came out of the ark was to build an altar to the Lord and offer sacrifice (Gen. viii.). Columbus, when he beheld the continent of America, gave thanks to God; and in gratitude to Him he gave the name of San Salvador to the first island on which he set foot, and erected a cross on its shores. Accustom yourself to repeat the words Deo gratias or the Gloria Patri whenever any benefit is conferred on you. It is also incumbent on you to return thanks to your human benefactors as well as to God. David wished to take with him to Jerusalem and entertain at his court the wealthy old man who provided him with sustenance in the camp during the period of Absalom’s rebellion. And on Berzellai declining the honor, on account of his advanced age, the king took his sons with him instead, and showed them every kindness; and on his deathbed he bade Solomon to be mindful of his obligations to their father, and let them eat at his table (3 Kings ii. 7). Tobias wished St. Raphael to accept half of all the things they had brought back from their journey (Tob. xii. 5). Even
brute beasts show gratitude: witness the well-known story of Androcles and the lion. It is the will of God that we should in all things give thanks (1 Thess. v. 18). Our Lord was much displeased with the nine lepers because they did not turn back to thank Him (Luke xvii. 17). Almighty God frequently complains by the mouth of the prophets of the ingratitude of mankind: “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel hath not known Me” (Is. i. 3). St. Paul repeatedly exhorts the Christians to give thanks (Eph. v. 20; Col. iii. 15).
By our gratitude we obtain fresh favors, whereas ingratitude brings misfortunes upon us.
The husbandman scatters fresh seed in the fertile soil, knowing that it will yield an abundant harvest. God acts in a similar manner: nothing pleases Him more than thankfulness for His benefits. Gratitude for past favors prepares us for favors to come. God notices and takes especial care of those who acknowledge and appreciate His gifts (Ps. xlix. 23). Ingratitude, on the other hand, dams up the stream of divine grace; he deserves no fresh favors who is not at the pains to return thanks for those he has received already. Ingratitude is a hindrance to salvation; St. Bernard expresses the opinion that nothing is so displeasing to God as unthankfulness, especially on the part of His own favored children. He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house (Prov. xvii. 13). Judas had received the greatest kindness from Our Lord, yet he betrayed Him, and how terrible was his end! The grateful soul is a friend of God; whereas the devil takes possession of the thankless.
Ingratitude is a mark of ill-breeding and a bad disposition.
It is vain to look for gratitude from the world; its votaries take as their right the benefits conferred on them; they repay them with ingratitude, nay, more, they return evil for good. How thankless was Achitophel, who after sitting at King David’s table, and basking in the royal favor, joined in Absalom’s revolt! Of this David complained bitterly (Ps. liv. 13 seq.). Those who are ungrateful to their fellow-men are yet more so towards God. “He who loveth not his brother whom he seeth, how can he love God Whom he seeth not?” (1 John iv. 20.) However trifling the gift may be, show yourself thankful for it.