PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHOLIC CHURCH

3306 Fenmore Street, Owensboro, KY 42301 Website: Precious-blood.net

270-684-6888 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—AUGUST 9, 2020

Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation. PS85:9

Brandon and Jill McHenry had their son Eliah Jay McHenry Baptized on Saturday August 1st. Top picture is Eliah with his family and Godparents On Sunday August 2nd Travis and Amanda Van Bussum had their daughters Ella Catherine and Olivia Claire van Bussum Baptized. Bottom picture is of Ella Cate and Olivia with their family and Godparents. Congratulations and God’s many blessings to the McHenry and VanBussum family.

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—AUGUST 9, 2020

N0. 32 VOL. LIX MASS INTENTIONS: August 10-16 Tues. 7:00a.m. Allie & Parker Tenbarge Dec. Wed. 6:00p.m. Daryl (Dec.) & Sandra Self Thur. 7:00a.m. Lorene Glenn Dec. Fri. 7:00a.m. Betty Howard Dec. Sat. 5:00p.m.. Paul & Ima Axley Dec. Sun. 8:00a.m. Paul Westerfield Dec. 10:30a.m. Steve Crisp Dec.

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Weekly Budget to meet Expenses $9,000.00 August 2, 2020 Contribution $9,592.89 Under/Over this week $ 592.89 Online Giving for July $3,257.84 Under/Over (July 1, 2019 to present) In Regular Collections $4,796.01

Parish Renovation Fund August 2, 2020 $ 705.00 Online Giving July $ 625.00 Total Parish Renovation Funds $35,491.55

Elijah recognized the voice of God not in the strong and heavy wind, not in the earthquake, and not in the fire, but in a tiny whispering sound. May we find enough quiet in our clamorous world to hear His voice and discern what He is calling us to do and be.

Special Prayers: Please remember Sandra Midkiff, Carol Rineys sister Kathy,Allyson Renfrow, Kenny Kelley’s nephews Terry Anderson and Jimmy Dennison, Janie Payne, Glenn Young, Marie Hester, Jerry Blandford, Mary Ellen VanVactor’s brother, Sharon Bumm’s mother, Mary Kittinger & mother & brother, Janie Howard’s brother, Charlene Meadows, Tony Powers, Guy Connor, Earl Hayden, Bill & Rita Elder, Doris Schrecker, Jim Head, Richard & Liz Hawkins, Mike Thompson, Jess Lowe, Jamie Berry, Ron Boarman, Anna Carol Murphy & daughter Oleta, Gary Murphy’s brother, Helen Byers, Mary June Cecil, Kay Berry’s son-in-law, Robert Johnson’s mother, Mary Edna Payne, Mary Hartz, Lillian Taylor, Gene Bunch, Angela Gentry, Sandra Self, Karen Osborne’s mother, Otis & Rita Webb’s daughter, Linda Jackson & Vickie Payne’s granddaughter, Kenny Kelley, Barbara Magan, Vickie Osborne’s brother, Ed Sullivan’s brother, Leo Schwartz, Joe Bittel, Mary Murphy, Nelda Bickwermert’s daughter, Ashley Adams, Joyce Young’s friend, Mary Ellen Vanvactor, Jordan Mclnthosh, Mary June Cecil’s son, Liby Girten, Cindy Clouse, Mamie Mc Daniel’s great niece and Eric Fulkerson ASSISTED LIVING: Please remember Shirley Jarboe, Doug Howard, Debbie Sapp, Clara Gilles, Lois Sims, Mary Ann Postlewaite, JB Smith, Barbara Mingus,

RELIGIOUS ED NEWS: This year our program will look a li le different because of the pandemic, but we will take all precautions to be safe while we are here. There will be a parent meeting and registration on Wednesday, Au-gust 16, 6:45 p.m. in Parish Hall. Our catechists will meet on Tuesday to go over the plans for the year. Pray for all involved in this program as we share our faith with the children in our program. If you have any questions or concerns please call or text Sr. Rosanne (270-925-3712).

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Remedy for endurance during storms in our life: In the middle of a dark winter's night in a small Mid-west farming community, the two-story home of a young family caught fire. Quickly, parents and children followed their well-practiced emergency plan and made their way through the smoke-filled home out into the front yard. There the father quickly counted heads and realized that their 5-year-old son was not among them. Suddenly he heard a wail and looked up to see the boy in his bedroom window, crying and rubbing his eyes. Knowing the danger of reentering the house to rescue his son, the father called, "Jump, Son! I'll catch you!" Between sobs, the boy responded to the voice he knew so well. "But I can't see you, Daddy!" The father answered with great assurance. "No, Son, you can't see me, but I can see

you! Jump!" At that, the boy jumped into the smoky darkness and found himself safely cradled in his father's arms. Our Scripture readings for today are about trusting – about having Faith – about being able to discern the fact that our God is always with us, even in storms of life. We all need to call Jesus in the storms facing us in our lives. We need to realize that it is the presence of Jesus which gives us peace even in the wildest storms of life: the storms of anxiety and worries about the future we are suffering now in the ongoing Corona Virus Pandemic (Corvid-19), storms of sorrow, storms of doubt, tension and uncertainty, storms of anger and despair, storms of temptations, and storms in family relationships. But this peace flows only from a personal relationship with God, with Jesus, enhanced through prayer, meditative read-ing of Scripture, and active participation in the Holy Mass and reception of the Sacraments when these are available to us.

God sometimes whispers: There is a story told about a young man and an old preacher. The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So he went to see the old preacher. Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his problem. Finally, he clenched his fist and shouted, "I've begged God to say something to help me. Tell me, Preacher, why doesn't God answer?" The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply – something so hushed, it was indistinguishable. The young man stepped across the room. "What did you say?" he asked. The preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So, the young man moved closer until he was leaning on the preacher's chair. "Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you." With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke once more. "God sometimes whispers," he said, "so that we will move closer to hear Him." This time the young man heard, and he understood. We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our problem. But God's is the still, small voice… the gentle whisper. Perhaps there's a reason. Nothing draws human focus quite like a whisper. God's whisper means I must stop my ranting and move close to Him until my head is bent together with His. Then, as I listen, I will find my answer. Better still, I find myself closer to God.

Feast of Assumption: Jesus is walking around Heaven one day, and notices several people on the Heavenly streets who shouldn't be there. He finds St. Peter at the gate and says to him, "Peter, you've been remiss in your duties. You're letting in the wrong sort of people." "Don't blame me, Lord," replies Peter. "I turn them away just like You said to. Then they go around to the back door and your mother lets them in." On August 15, we celebrate the feast of the As-sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, which commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay—a foretaste of our bodily resurrection at the end of time. Belief in the Assumption of Mary flows immediately from the belief in her Immaculate Conception-- if Mary was preserved from sin by the gift of God, she would not be bound to experience the consequences of sin--death--in the same way we do. Since the feast falls on a Saturday this year it is not a holiday of obligation. As we celebrate this feast let us continue to seek the intercession of our heavenly mother. Familiar story. In one of his books, Mark Twain recalls a visit to the Holy Land and a stay in Capernaum. It was a moonlit night, so he decided to take his wife on a romantic boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Twain asked a man in a row-boat how much he would charge to take them out on the water. The man saw Twain's white suit, white shoes, and white hat and supposed he was a rich Texan. So, he said the cost would be fifty dollars. Twain walked away as he said, "Now I know why Jesus walked on water." God's blessings Fr. Suneesh Mathew Psalm 16: You Are My Inheritance O Lord

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—AUGUST 9, 2020

All Young Adults!! You are invited to: Holy Hour Where: Immaculate Parish When: Monday, August 17.

Safe Environment To report suspected abuse, call the Kentucky child Protection Hot Line:1-800-597-2331 (Toll Free) or contact your local Commonwealth Attorney to report abuse to the diocese, current or past, by anyone acting in the name of the Church, call Louanne Payne, Pastoral Assistance Coordinator (English) at 270-852-8380, or Nuria Elizondo, Pastoral Assistance Coordinator(Spanish) at 270-880-8360. You may also visit the Office of Safe Environment (owensborodiocese.org/safe) for mor information.

Precious Blood Men’s Club is ready to cook Are you craving some PB BBQ??

August 29, 2020 Pre-order your barbecue by August 21st

Burgoo $20.00 Pork $12.00

Mutton $14.00 Chicken $8.00

Pick up and pay safely through our socially distanced drive-thru on August 29, at 3 PM Precious Blood Catholic Church

3306 Fenmore Street Owensboro KY 42301 Message order on Facebook, call the office 270-684-6888 Gary 270-302-1440

Or Bruce 270-929-5071

Mount Raffle

The Mount Raffle has been a tradition for 50 years and is one of our largest fundraisers. We are asking for your support again this year so the Sisters can continue their ministries of education, prayer, Christian formation and serving those in need. Proceeds also go to support the Sisters in their retirement.

The Mount Raffle drawing is at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, in the Mount Gymnasium. Raffle tickets are $5 per chance to win cash prizes of $10,000, $3,500, $1,000, $500, $250 or $100. We have added a new prize this year of a dia-mond ring valued at $5,000. A handmade quilt valued at $1,000 will also be included in the raffle. You can go to this web page to purchase tickets: https://ursulinesmsj.org/mountraffle.

Women Shaped by Faith

Shaping Bodies & Hearts for God’s Purpose With Theresa Rowe

Join us for an inspiring and motivating day of whole –person wellness, developing and nurturing our spirit, mind and body.theresa Rowe will teach on the health benefits of combining our faith, mindest and fitness, using biblical principles for daily application. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 9am-3pm Mount Saint Joseph Gym

Why didn’t they play cards on the Ark?

Because Noah was always standing on the deck

Why didn’t Noah ever go fishing?

He only had two worms.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PARISHIONERS

8-10 Monti Millay 8-13 Dennis Blair, Hazel Johnson and Kelly Vanover 8/15 Deborah Durbin 8/16 Nolan Lowe

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 8-10 Michael & Amanda Murphy (19) 8-11 Larry & Donna Kamuf (48) 8-12 Stephen & Donna Cecil (42)

8-13 Otis & Rita Webb (36) 8-14 David & Valerie Coomes (16) 8-16 Scott & Barbara Clites (40) Please pray for these and all married couples.

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—AUGUST 9, 2020

INCOME July 19 - June 20 July 19 - June 20 Actual Budget Over/Short

Collections $474,769.98 $473,200.00 $1,569.98 Parish Building Fund $25,417.81 $20,000.00 $5,417.81 Interest/Fees/Other Income $18,652.20 $9,900.00 $8,752.20 Fundraising - Other $10,896.98 $40,000.00 -$29,103.02 Fundraising - Raffle $18,849.04 $40,000.00 -$21,150.96 Total Income $548,586.01 $583,100.00 -$34,513.99

EXPENSES July 19 - June 20 July 19 - June 20 Actual Budget Over/Short

Staff Salaries $143,076.54 $146,008.00 $2,931.46 Staff Benefits $44,421.86 $46,319.00 $1,897.14 Property Insurance $17,398.92 $15,351.00 -$2,047.92 Utilities $37,809.65 $43,200.00 $5,390.35 Repairs/Maint. $16,062.05 $24,671.00 $8,608.95 Office supplies $22,263.26 $21,450.00 -$813.26 Worship/Ed. Materials $17,728.85 $15,900.00 -$1,828.85 Misc Outreach $10,108.91 $1,800.00 -$8,308.91 Fundraising Expense - Other $10,680.46 $25,000.00 $14,319.54 Fundraising Expense - Raffle $5,750.00 $25,000.00 $19,250.00 Schools Assessment $159,032.64 $159,033.00 $0.36 Diocesan Assessment $59,368.08 $59,368.00 -$0.08

Total Expenses $543,701.22 $583,100.00 $39,398.78

Income minus Expenses $4,884.79 $0.00 $4,884.79

to Sister Rosanne on celebra ng 59 years of being an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph. She made her vows and entered on August 15, 1961. Blessings and con nued prayers!