The Friday Flocknote
This Week at Saint Andrew
Sat Aug 28 - Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor
2:30pm: Confessions
4:00pm: Vigil Mass
Sun Aug 29 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:30am: Mass
9:00am: Mass
7:30am: Mass
9:00am: Mass
10:30am: Mass
Mon Aug 30
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
8:00am: Divine Mercy Chaplet - Classroom C
6:30pm: The Men of Saint Joseph at Saint Andrew (offsite, if interested in attending contact David Olio: 772-919-2555)
8:30am - 1:00pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
8:00am: Divine Mercy Chaplet - Classroom C
6:30pm: The Men of Saint Joseph at Saint Andrew (offsite, if interested in attending contact David Olio: 772-919-2555)
8:30am - 1:00pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Tue Aug 31
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
8:00am - 1:00pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Wed Sep 1
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
8:00am - 1:00pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
10:00am: Rosary Ministry (Classroom C)
10:30am: Prayer Shawl Ministry (Classroom A)
10:00am: Rosary Ministry (Classroom C)
10:30am: Prayer Shawl Ministry (Classroom A)
Thu Sep 2
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass
* There is no Adoration this Thursday, Sep 2 due to a previously scheduled funeral
Fri Sep 3
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass - Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor
8:00am: Confessions (First Friday)
7:00am: Holy Rosary
7:30am: Mass - Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor
8:00am: Confessions (First Friday)
8:00am - 1:00pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
* The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed silently before the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday through Friday, and Monday in Classroom C while the church is cleaned.
The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.
Respect Life Volunteers Needed
Would you like to help to put an end to abortion? The Respect Life ministry is looking for more volunteers to signup for an hour to pray in front of Planned Parenthood in Port Saint Lucie. Please contact David Olio: 772-919-2555 if you're able to help.
Video of the Week
Can Science be Trusted?
Saint of the Week
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Feast Day - Aug 28
c. Nov 13, 354 - Aug 28, 430
c. Nov 13, 354 - Aug 28, 430
A Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: Many people are familiar with the biographical sketch of Augustine of Hippo, sinner turned saint. But to get to really know the man is a rewarding experience.
There quickly surfaces the intensity with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God. The tears of his mother, the instructions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself speaking to him in the Scriptures, redirected Augustine’s love of life to a life of love.
Having been so deeply immersed in creature-pride of life in his early days and having drunk deeply of its bitter dregs, it is not surprising that Augustine should have turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day. His times were truly decadent: politically, socially, morally. He was both feared and loved, like the Master. The perennial criticism leveled against him: a fundamental rigorism.
In his day, Augustine providentially fulfilled the office of prophet. Like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet. “I say to myself, I will not mention him/I will speak in his name no more/But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart/imprisoned in my bones/I grow weary holding it in/I cannot endure it” (Jeremiah 20:9).
There quickly surfaces the intensity with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God. The tears of his mother, the instructions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself speaking to him in the Scriptures, redirected Augustine’s love of life to a life of love.
Having been so deeply immersed in creature-pride of life in his early days and having drunk deeply of its bitter dregs, it is not surprising that Augustine should have turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day. His times were truly decadent: politically, socially, morally. He was both feared and loved, like the Master. The perennial criticism leveled against him: a fundamental rigorism.
In his day, Augustine providentially fulfilled the office of prophet. Like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet. “I say to myself, I will not mention him/I will speak in his name no more/But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart/imprisoned in my bones/I grow weary holding it in/I cannot endure it” (Jeremiah 20:9).
Is the Bible a historical book?
Sr. Anna Marie McGuan writes, “There are different sections within the Bible, each section with its own books. There are also diverse literary genres in the various biblical books and sometimes within the same book itself; these are all placed side by side within the one binding of the Bible. Instead of one book, there are 73 for Catholics. Each of those books has its own historical formation and its own story to tell. The important thing to remember is that one does not read every book nor every literary genre in the same way.”