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Andrew Thevis

Keith Hensgens

Arnold Thevis

Lougon’s Shopping

Center

101 South First Street

Gueydan, LA 70542

(337) 536-9900 Fishing Tackle

Hunting Supplies

Meats

Groceries

603 Main Street - (P.O. Box 28) - Gueydan, La. 70542

337-536-9258 saintpeterchurch.org

Rev. Fr. Corey Campeaux-Pastor

Holy Mass Schedule Monday No Mass Tuesday 5:15 p.m. Wednesday Noon Thursday 5:15 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. (Gueydan Guest Home) Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. St. David 8:30 a.m.

Confession: Saturday 2:45-3:45 p.m. &

30 minutes before all other

Masses or by appointment.

Baptism:

Arrangements made by the

parents with the

Pastor. Godparents must be

Confirmed and practicing

Catholics.

Marriage

Arrangements made by the

couple with the pastor no

less than 6 months before

desired date.

Anointing:

Emergency calls are

answered immediately; call

office for Holy Communion

or Anointing of the Sick at

home or in a hospital.

Office Hours:

Monday: Closed

Tues-Thurs 8am-3pm

Friday-8 am-Noon

Lunch: Noon– 1pm

S aint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church

March 7, 2020 Second Sunday of Lent

The Transfiguration

Lenten Mission

March 10-12

7:00 p.m.

Presented by

Fr. Michael Champagne

Please pray for the following:

Offerings of the past week: St. Peter Church St. David Chapel First collection: $ 2561.00 $ 627.00

Second collection 2234.00 136.00

Second Collection this weekend is for the insurance and maintenance.

Tabby Broussard Benoit Anita Broussard Fannie, Stacy Broussard Dallas, Dru, Kaitlyn C. Tammy Broussard Cormier Dexter, Sydne Harris Felicia, Karine, Lance, Landon, Margaret, Walter Jolivette, Jr., III Willie Mae, Wilson LeJeune Jules Martin Mabel Martin Willie Martin Kilee Ned Sidonia Primeaux Aimee Sonnier Hubert Suire Mary Theriot & baby Macy Vallo Trent, MariAnne Vondenstein Leslie Watson

Think, O God, of our friends who are ill, whom we now commend to Your compassionate regard. Comfort them upon their sickbed and ease their suffering. We beg for deliverance, and submit that no healing is too hard for the Lord, if it be His will. We therefore pray that You bless our friends with Your loving care, renew their strength, and heal what ails them in Your loving name. Thank you Lord

DAILY PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

PRAYER FOR SEMINARIANS

O Lord Jesus Christ, great High Priest, I pray that you call many worthy souls to your holy priest-hood. Enlighten the Bishop and Vocation Director in the choice of candidates, the Spiritual Directors in molding them, and the professors in instructing them. Lead the seminarians daily in your unerring footsteps, so that they may become priests who are models of purity, possessors of wisdom, and heroes of sacrifice. May they be steeped in humility and aflame with love for God and man, apostles of your glory, and sanctifiers of souls. Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for us. Amen

March 8. Luke Kirk 9. Joshual LaFleur 10. Alex Lancon 11. Cole Laurents 12. Jacob LeBlanc 13. Bret Lee 14. Calvin LeMaire

March 8. Reverend Peter Emusa 9. Reverend Cyprian Eze 10. Reverend Richard Fabre 11. Reverend James Fallon, SSJ 12. Reverend Joel Faulk 13. Reverend Kendal Faulk 14. Reverend Emmanuel Fernandez

“I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you”

From the beginning, God wants to bless us. Our trouble is whether we trust God to allow him to bless us or try to achieve our goals without Him. Too often, we want God’s blessing without a relationship with God. There is no way to have God’s blessing without God. Original sin nourishes this attitude within us. It is what necessitates Jesus’ death on the cross. Jesus has to demonstrate the futility of our way and the trustworthiness of God’s love. Without suffering, we could never truly love nor be loved by God. In the Gospel, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain and is transfigured before them. The three apostles see a vision of Jesus in glory, speaking with Moses and Elijah. Peter says, “it is good that we are here.” He hardly knows what he is saying, but it is good. It is good to be in the presence of God. The presence of God changes every circumstance. However, it requires faith in God. From the midst of the cloud, God says, “This is my beloved son…listen to him.” Faith in Jesus is required. The apostles fell down in fear until Jesus spoke to them. Likewise, through the storms of life, it is faith in Jesus, which gives us the strength to stand. Some people say that suffering is a hard fact of life. This is meant to say that suffering is meaningless and we should just get over it. Who can just get over suffering? Christians are to face suffering bravely, but the suffering is not trivial or meaningless. St. Paul tells us, “Bear your share of hardship for the gospel.” He says this so that we can also be sharers in his glory. The world says to avoid suffering at all costs. Jesus invites us to follow God even if it means suffering. In the process, we learn that God is our strength even in the midst of suffering, a truth which opens us to glory in heaven. The anatomy of suffering is a heart constricted. Our hearts constrict in fear because we are afraid that what the world says is true, that suffering alone is our lot. Throughout Lent, we are invited to confront the lie that we are made for suffering and pain. We do this through voluntary fasting, in the knowledge that there will be an end to it. We suffer through Lent, but not for nothing. There is joy that comes as a fruit of our fasting. We also consider the example of Jesus. His trust in God was not in vain. Jesus' life demonstrates that suffering has immense value for the salvation of the world and that God does not abandon His own even when circumstances seem to the contrary. A wise man once said to me that in the midst of suffering, the call is to say, “FIAT.” Fiat is the response of Mary to the angel Gabriel from the Latin fiat voluntas tua [Let it be done unto me according to your will[. Fiat is the part of the phrase which means, “let it be done unto me.” Fiat takes some of the sting away from suffering because we place ourselves in God’s hands. The same man taught me that through his experiences the pain always lessened when he gave God his fiat like Mary. This is no easy task, and I do not wish to trivialize anyone’s pain. Rather, I want to point out there is a way through suffering, which is good for our souls. Throughout Lent, Jesus goes before us. He offers teaching, but more importantly, He suffers. Jesus suffers more than any human being. Jesus receives every human suffering so that in every difficulty, we can know Jesus goes before us. We also can know because of what Jesus did, the suffering we experience is changed forever. It cannot be meaningless. It has eternal value in the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Uniting our suffering to Jesus’ on the cross is the way we tap into this great gift. My brothers and sisters, we all sin, and we all experience suffering. Jesus offers us a new way to respond. It is the only way to live with lasting peace. Many or all of us have tried other ways to escape suffering. They lead us nowhere, end in despair, or bring us back to Jesus. The question before us is whether or not we will follow Jesus throughout the sufferings of this life. Do we trust God that He has a plan for us, including our suffering? Fr. Campeaux

Sunday 03-15 7:00 A.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Dwayne, Wayne, C.P. Zaunbrecher families

03-15 8:30 A.M. St. David Chapel Mass Intention: Anna Mae, Bert, Johnny Darbonne, Karl, Dr. Reno Petry

03-15 10:30 A.M. St. Peter Church

Mass Intention: Parishioners of St. Peter Church

Tuesday 03-10 5:15 p.m. St. Peter Church Wednesday 03-11 Noon St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Jerry Bourque (BD) Thursday 03-12 6:30 a.m. St. Peter Church Mass Intention: Guy LeDoux and deceased family members Also remembered: Rose Benoit, Dennis Boulet, Cleveland, J.C. Hoffpauir, Olampe, Oliver Marceaux, Irene, O’Neil Nunez, Arlene, Lester, Robert Potier, Jr., Sr., Richard Taber Friday 03-13 10:00 a.m. Gueydan Memorial Guest Home Mass Intention: Dwayne, Wayne, C.P. Zaunbrecher families, Lucille, Wilbur Guidry Way of the Cross Noon St. Peter Church Way of the Cross and Mass 5:30 p.m. St. David Chapel

Saturday 03-14 4:00 P.M. St. Peter Church Mass Intentions:

• Arnold, Duci, Steve, Jr., Theresa Meaux • Irvin, M/M Wilfred Broussard, Sr., Marvin Compton, Susan Earls, Jude Fluitt, Robert Paul Francez, Bar-

bara, Faye, Francis, George, Henrietta, Jim, Lenia, Mildred, Bob, Pat Klein, Cathy Langley Betty, Percy LaPoint, M/M Sidney Lounsberry, Carrie Walpole

• Deceased Vance Benoit family, deceased Alexon Cormier family, Jerry Cormier, M/M Elly Fuselier, Freddie, Helen LeBeouf, Melissa LeJeune, Darrell, Wilson, Oneita Marceaux, deceased Dupree Marceaux family, deceased Leon Schexnider family, Caina, Martha, Elma, Wilson Smith

• Carol Badon • Kathryn M. Hatch, Nolan LeBlanc family, Dorothy, Ellis Toups family, Joseph Zaunbrecher family • Joseph “Buster”, Wanda, Kathleen LaPointe, Ryan (Bubba) Laseter, Buford, Dorothy Marceaux, Agnes

Suire • Huland, Rachel Breaux • M/M Clarence J. Bertrand family, Tereasa Fuqua, Joseph Boatner, Paul S., M/M Whitney Hebert

family, Mark Anthony LeBlanc, Elsie Thibodeaux • Renee Benoit • Evelyn Landry • Wendy Rizzuto • Violet Meaux (BD 3-13) • Rose Marie Telley (BD 3-11) • Eunice, Harris, Otto LeMaire, • Brenda S., Maurice Bourque • M/M Clarence Bertrand family, Teresa Fuqua, Joseph B., Paul S., M/M Whitney Hebert family, Mark

LeBlanc, Elsie Thibodeaux

Adorers for perpetual adoration needed

Monday 9:00 a.m. Tuesday 10:00 a.m. “Come to me, all you that labor, and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Please call Andrea Robinson at 223-0640 to commit spending an hour with the Lord.

Perpetual Adoration In union with Christ’s passion, we offer up as sacrifice upon the fleshy altars of our hearts all that we lack. In return we receive from on high the fullness of Christ’s body, blood, soul and divinity in the Eucharist, and we see the Word become flesh in our own lives.

Bishop Deshotel Declares “Year of St. Joseph”

150 years ago, Pope Pius IX declared St. Joseph as the Universal Patron of the Church. In light of this anniversary, Bishop Deshotel has established a year of St. Joseph in the Diocese of Lafayette from March 19th of this year until March 19th of 2021. During this year, we as a diocese will med-itate on St. Joseph’s life, befriend him in prayer, and seek his protection. Be on the lookout for events celebrating this year in your parish, in one of the 13 Church parishes named for St. Joseph, and across the entire diocese. Join us as we kick off the Year of St. Joseph on Thursday, March 19th, 2020. Bishop Deshotel will celebrate the year’s Opening Mass at St. Joseph’s in Patterson (1011 First Street, Patterson, LA) at 9:00am on Thursday, March 19th. That same day at 6pm, Bishop Deshotel will celebrate Adoration and Evening Prayer at St. John’s Cathedral in Lafayette

Baptism class on March 17 @ 6:30 pm. Call office to register.