Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

Listen to latest homily: http://fatheryoung.com/homily33sunot2020/

Lourdes' Bulletin - 15 November 2020 http://www.fatheryoung.com/15Nov2020Bulletin.pdf

Canadian ‘voter suppression’... The most effort i’ve ever had to do to vote (Saskatoon Municipal and Catholic School Board Elections)...saw a lady ‘dog-skiiing’

Listen to the latest Homily: FrYoung :: "The Bridegroom" http://fatheryoung.com/32sunot2020homily/

http://fatheryoung.com/lourdes-bulletin-8-nov-2020/

FrYoung :: ‘The Bridegroom’ 32nd Sunday OT Homily 2020

Childrens Catechesis Message (from Carolyn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKYEOc3ik9k&t=6s Parents cant pray with the scriptures with their kids until they learn to do it for themselves...

There is no longer a live-stream from Lourdes for Sunday Mass. For those unable to attend but would like to follow online, Id encourage you to follow the Bishops Mass which will continue in the coming months found at: http://saskatoonmass.com

http://fatheryoung.com/olol-bulletin-sep-13-2020/

www.fatheryoung.com/2020Sep6.pdf

N.B. Following this Fridays Mass (Latin - low mass at Lourdes Church) there will be a blessing for homeschoolers: Hello everyone! We are going to have a b...eginning of the school year homeschool mass this Friday at 8 am at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Fr. Geoff will say low mass, and after communion he will bless the students and their books (choose one, dont bring them all!) and the teachers. Have a great week and God bless! - Heather R This Weeks Bulletin - Online Version (Our Lady of Lourdes Parish). PDF (Printable): www.fatheryoung.com/2020Sep6.pdf

Prayers today in thanksgiving for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - and for a greater respect, dignity and gratitude for our elders in our culture.

For those interested...Adult Faith Enrichment: with a new approach and format available now for parishioners and Catholics in our diocese. Prayers and support for Jenny Peterson who is coordinating this to start the upcoming year. I am happy to be speaking next Saturday and to meet those participating. To sign-up or to contact Jenny, see below: https://rcdos.ca//adult-faith-/lay-formation-registration/

*N.B. MASSES THIS WEEKEND: if parishioners and guests can come rather on Saturday, it helps in spreading out our numbers. You will be rewarded with free bless...ings-exorcisms of salt, water, candles if you bring them on Saturday by Fr. Young. Time for Adoration beginning at 3pm for reparation for sins, for those who are sick, and an end to the pandemic..... -- Sat. Sep. 5 - 5pm (Mass Int. Norbert Flottemesh +) *Adoration begins at 3pm leading up to the evening Mass. -- Sun. Sep. 6 - 10.30am (Mass Int. Pro Populo) See more

This weeks MASS SCHEDULE below. *New Weekday Mass Time is 8am (Tuesday-Fridays) at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. I hope this offering of an earlier morning time will help with students, parents and workers attending Mass prior to the start of their day. No registration is required. But for the weekend - if people can come rather on Saturday, it helps in spreading out our numbers... This week (Saint Feast etc. & mass intention for the day if public) *Rosary & Confessions alw...ays 30mins. before: Tue., Sep. 1 - 8am Ferial (Mass Int. Norbert Flottemesh +) Wed. Sep. 2 - 8am Ferial (Mass Int. Norbert Flottemesh +) Thu. Sep. 3 - 8am *EF Latin Mass - Low Mass - Feast of St. Pius X (Mass Int. Norbert Flottemesh +) Fri. Sep. 4 - 8am Ferial (Mass Int. Norbert Flottemesh +) -- Sat. Sep. 5 - 5pm (Mass Int. Norbert Flottemesh +) *Adoration begins at 3pm leading up to the evening Mass. -- Sun. Sep. 6 - 10.30am (Mass Int. Pro Populo)

Donate here: https://dscf.ca/parish-offertory/ Sunday mass celebrated by Fr. Geoffrey Young at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Saskatoon SK

Live-stream of mass 10:30 (rosary 30 before).

Notice - unfortunately we unable to have the Mass live-streamed tomorrow. Please see www.saskatoonmass.com for other options to follow.

ANNUAL GARAGE SALE AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES STARTS THIS THURSDAY (AUGUST 20-22 2020) Thursday, August 20th: 12 pm - 6 pm Friday, August 21st: 9 am - 8 pm... Saturday, August 22nd: 9 am - 3 pm *Precautions for COVID-19 will be in place, including social distancing, hand sanitizing, wearing of masks etc. Our Lady of Lourdes: 1235 12th St East - on the corner of Wiggins and 12th St. Funds raised will support Our Lady of Lourdes Youth Ministry, Our Lady of Lourdes Resource Library, and Pure Witness Ministries. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! ABLE TO DONATE YOUR TIME??? Click Here to Sign Up as a Volunteer or contact Joan (306-227-4803) or Carolyn (306-612-2046) or Fr. Geoff (639) 471-3246. GOT STUFF? We can use it! Were looking for donations for a garage sale. Any items are gratefully accepted! Whatever youve been wanting to be rid of, from any room inside or from outside the house, we are happy to receive. We will even take your pop bottles/cans. It would save you a trip to Sarcan! Location is at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on the corner of 12 th and Wiggins. Please drop off items at your convenience (but 48 hrs before the rummage sale. So by Tuesday afternoon). Please contact us to arrange drop-offs. When dropping off your items please take the following into consideration. We do not accept car seats (because of health regulations) or hazardous materials (if it is +38C outside, just imagine how hot it would be in the storage unit). Please arrange your items as neatly as possible. If you have items to donate but have no way to deliver them, please let Joan know (306-227-4803) and we will arrange to have your items picked up. GOOD NEWS our Bins are getting FULL! Please save big stuff to drop off Wednesday, Thursday or even Friday during the Garage Sale. We cannot accept items on Saturday. Smaller bags and objects will still fit in bins. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

WEEKEND SCHEDULE (Aug. 22/23) - Our Lady of Lourdes Parish: Saturday (Adoration starts at 3pm -) 5pm Mass Sunday 10:30am Mass *Parishioners are encouraged - if... they can - to attend the Saturday evening Mass instead of Sunday in order to spread out our numbers. *Rosary 20min. before every Mass **Confessions available 45min. before every Mass See more

Weekday Funeral mass for Martin van Rooy celebrated by Fr. Geoffrey Young at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Saskatoon, SK Donate to the parish offertory here: https://dscf.ca/parish-offertory/

Martin Van Rooy + Funeral Mass will be live-streamed at 10:30 this morning for those unable to attend.

Doing some spring cleaning and found this original photo (with beautiful 80s hair and dress...)

Donate online here: https://dscf.ca/parish-offertory/ Mass celebrated by Fr. Geoffrey Young at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Saskatoon, SK

Today Catholics honour St. Maximilian Kolbe, known as the Saint of Auschwitz. When a fellow prisoner had escaped, 10 men were selected to be killed. Kolbe heroi...cally volunteered his life and took the place of Franciszek Gajowniczek, a husband and father, who survived the camp and later witnessed the ceremony at which Maximilian Kolbe was declared a saint. See more

Happy Feast of St Clare of Assisi... Aug 11 (NO Calendar) Aug 12 (TLM Calendar) From a letter from Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin, to Saint Agnes of Prague... (Edit. I. Omaechevarria, Escritos de Santa Clara, Madrid 1970, pp. 339-341) Behold the poverty, humility and love of Christ Happy indeed is she who is granted a place at the divine banquet, for she may cling with her inmost heart to him whose beauty eternally awes the blessed hosts of heaven; to him whose love inspires love, whose contemplation refreshes, whose generosity satisfies, whose gentleness delights, whose memory shines sweetly as the dawn; to him whose fragrance revives the dead, and whose glorious vision will bless all the citizens of that heavenly Jerusalem. For his is the splendor of eternal glory, the brightness of eternal light, and the mirror without cloud. Queen and bride of Jesus Christ, look into that mirror daily and study well your reflection, that you may adorn yourself, mind and body, with an enveloping garment of every virtue, and thus find yourself attired in flowers and gowns befitting the daughter and most chaste bride of the king on high. In this mirror blessed poverty, holy humility and ineffable love are also reflected. With the grace of God the whole mirror will be your source of contemplation. Behold, I say, the birth of this mirror. Behold his poverty even as he was laid in the manger and wrapped in swaddling clothes. What wondrous humility, what marvelous poverty! The King of angels, the Lord of heaven and earth resting in a manger! Look more deeply into the mirror and meditate on his humility, or simply on his poverty. Behold the many labors and sufferings he endured to redeem the human race. Then, in the depths of this very mirror, ponder his unspeakable love which caused him to suffer on the wood of the cross and to endure the most shameful kind of death. The mirror himself, from his position on the cross, warned passersby to weigh carefully this act, as he said: All of you who pass by this way, behold and see if there is any sorrow like mine. Let us answer his cries and lamentations with one voice and one spirit: I will be mindful and remember, and my soul will be consumed within me. In this way, queen of the king of heaven, your love will burn with an ever brighter flame. Consider also his indescribable delights, his unending riches and honors, and sigh for what is beyond your love and hearts content as you cry out: Draw me on! We will run after you in the perfume of your ointment, heavenly spouse. Let me run and not faint until you lead me into your wine cellar; your left hand rests under my head, your right arm joyfully embraces me, and you kiss me with the sweet kiss of your lips. As you rest in this state of contemplation, remember your poor mother and know that I have indelibly written your happy memory into my heart, for you are dearer to me than all the others. RESPONSORY Psalm 73:26; Philippians 3:8-9 Though my flesh and my heart may fail, God is my strength and my portion for ever. I count all that this world offers as worthless, that I may gain Christ and be found in him. God is my strength and my portion for ever. CONCLUDING PRAYER O God, who in your mercy led Saint Clare to a life of poverty, grant, through her intercession, that, following Christ in poverty of spirit, we may merit to contemplate you one day in the heavenly Kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Cf. Yesterdays 1st Reading (NO) - Elijah & Silence...

SAVE THE DATES: Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Yard Sale Thursday, August 20th: 12 pm - 6 pm Friday, August 21st: 9 am - 8 pm Saturday, August 22nd: 9 am - 3 pm... *Precautions for CoVid will be place including social distancing etc. **For families and parishioners looking to donate items for the sale - and those willing to help in any capacity as volunteers, please co-ordinate by contacting Joan (306-227-4803 or Fr. Geoff (639) 471-3246.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE (Aug. 8/9) - Our Lady of Lourdes: Saturday (Adoration starts at 3pm -) 5pm Mass Sunday 10:30am Mass *Parishioners are encouraged - if they can - to attend the Saturday evening Mass instead of Sunday in order to spread out our numbers. **Rosary 20minutes before each Mass. Confessions also available prior.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon her...

St. John-Mary Vianney - Patron of Diocesan Priests-Pastors, Pray for Us... From the Catechetical Instructions by Saint John Mary Vianney, priest (Catechisme sur... la prire: A. Monnin, Esprit du Cur dArs, Parish 1899, pp. 87-89) The glorious duty of man: to pray and to love My little children, reflect on these words: the Christians treasure is not on earth but in heaven. Our thoughts, then ought to be directed to where our treasure is. This is the glorious duty of man: to pray and to love. If you pray and love, that is where a mans happiness lies. Prayer is nothing else but union with God. When one has a heart that is pure and united with God, he is given a kind of serenity and sweetness that makes him ecstatic, a light that surrounds him with marvelous brightness. In this intimate union, God and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can ever pull apart. This union of God with a tiny creature is a lovely thing. It is a happiness beyond understanding. We had become unworthy to pray, but God in his goodness allowed us to speak with him. Our prayer is incense that gives him the greatest pleasure. My little children, your hearts are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer we receive a foretaste of heaven and something of paradise comes down upon us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness. It is honey that flows into the soul and makes all things sweet. When we pray properly, sorrows disappear like snow before the sun. Prayer also makes time pass very quickly and with such great delight that one does not notice its length. Listen: Once when I was a purveyor in Bresse and most of my companions were ill, I had to make a long journey. I prayed to the good God, and believe me, the time did not seem long. Some men immerse themselves as deeply in prayer as fish in water, because they give themselves totally to God. There is not division in their hearts. O, how I love these noble souls! Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Colette used to see our Lord and talk to him just as we talk to one another. How unlike them we are! How often we come to church with no idea of what to do or what to ask for. And yet, whenever we go to any human being, we know well enough why we go. And still worse, there are some who seem to speak to the good God like this: I will only say a couple of things to you, and then I will be rid of you. I often think that when we come to adore the Lord, we would receive everything we ask for, if we would ask with living faith and with a pure heart. RESPONSORY 2 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 2:9 Our troubles pass quickly, and their burden seems light when we compare them to the weight of eternal glory which far exceeds the burden of our suffering. No eye has seen, no ear heard, nor has the heart of man conceived, the marvels God has prepared for those who love him. Which far exceeds the burden of our suffering. CONCLUDING PRAYER Let us pray. Almighty and merciful God, who made the Priest Saint John Vianney wonderful in his pastoral zeal, grant, we pray, that through his intercession and example we may in charity win brothers and sisters for Christ and attain with them eternal glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lourdes Weekday Masses: Wed - 2:30pm Thu - 11am Fri - 4:45pmLourdes Weekday Masses: Wed - 2:30pm Thu - 11am Fri - 4:45pm

You can donate to the online parish offertory here: https://dscf.ca/parish-offertory/ Sunday mass celebrated by Fr. Geoffrey Young at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Saskatoon, SK Holy God We, We Praise Thy NameText: Ignaz Franz, 1774; Translation: Clarence A. Walworth, 1820-1900Tune: GROSSER, Katholisches Gesangbuch, 18th C... Kyrie XVI: Text and music: Chant; Graduale Romanum, 1974 Used with Permission Glory To God: Text and Music from the Chants of the Roman Missal Used with Permission Psalm 145 The Lords My Shepherd: Text: Scottish Psalter, 1650; Tune: CRIMOND, Jessie Seymore Irvine, 1836-1887 Holy: Text and Music from the Chants of the Roman Missal Used with Permission We Procaim Your Death: Text and Music from the Chants of the Roman Missal Used with Permission Agnue Dei XVIII: Text and music: Chant; Graduale Romanum, 1974 Used with Permission ADOROTE TE DEVOTE: St Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1274 Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow Text: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711; Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH Genevan Psalter, 1551 Salve Regina: From the Parish Book of Chant Copyright CMAA 2008 Used with permission

WEEKEND SCHEDULE (Aug. 1/2) - Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes: Saturday Adoration 3pm - 5pm Mass Sunday 10:30am Mass *Parishioners are encouraged - if they can - to attend the Saturday evening Mass instead of Sunday in order to spread out our numbers.... **Rosary 20minutes before each Mass. Confessions also available prior. See more

You can donate online here: https://dscf.ca/parish-offertory/ Sunday mass celebrated by Fr. Geoffery Young at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Saskatoon, SK