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WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE
Wednesday- 8:30 am | Friday- 8:30 am | Saturday- 4 pm | Sunday- 9 am
( Mass changes in effect August 1, 2024)​
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays 2:45-3:30
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Fr. Anthony's
Word of the Week
What kinds of situations do we spend most thought or attention on? Easy ones? That would be too easy. What relationships do we allow to take up hours of our concentration? The ones that are going well? If you do, you are wiser than most. For many of us, we spend too much time, thought and energy on those we are concerned for, situations that bother us, relationships we are struggling to fix and those we feel need our prayers most. These are good things to be concerned for, which shows we have a conscience. However, “Be obsessed” or “worry away” wasn’t ever said by the Jesus. I think He said “trust” or “hope” was better. Well intentioned as we are, the
devil wants to use these things that bother us to distract us from the Lord. So easily, “weeds and thorns” in life can choke off our faith, prayer, peace and hope from Him who keeps calling us to just
“Focus on Me.”
When an encounter goes badly, whether it was us that did the bothering or them, we can allow the situation to keep going around and around in our head. With a situation that we so desperately want to work out, we can obsess over what needs to be said, what needs to happen or how to fix it. Even when we are praying about what we can do or what we are asking the Lord to do, we can still let it distract us from Him, Himself. Distracted thoughts or disturbed emotions can easily become spiritual oppression from the enemy, that can distract us for days, all week, even as we sit in church to pray. Worrying through problems makes perfect sense, were it not
for Jesus being Lord. Seeking our own peace by choosing not to worry would seem selfish, were it not for faith…and faith gives God more power. If we don’t believe this, perhaps that is why we worry so much. Our peace means “Jesus, I trust you” with them and myself. Prayer is the strength that keeps us close. If we trust the situation entirely to Him, if He wills us to do something, it is only a cooperation with His plan already at work. Jesus said to a priest at prayer: “The things that weigh upon you most heavily, the things that cause you the most anxiety and distress, are the very things I want you to abandon to Me. When someone becomes for you a cause of worry or distress, give them to Me and represent them before My Eucharistic face. You will see changes in them that only My grace can produce. When something becomes a cause of anguish, makes you fearful or robs your heart of peace, give that thing to Me immediately, and once you have, think of it no more.” (In Sinu Jesu, 261)

Souper Sunday
February 16 after Mass
Bring a soup try a soup!


Prayer to Holy Mary,
Fountain of Light and Life
Lord, from the chaste womb of the baptismal font the Church, our Mother, has given to children of this earth
a new birth as children of heaven.
Grant that through the life-giving Gospel
and your grace-filled sacraments
the Church may form its daughters and sons
in the likeness of Christ, its founder,
who was born of a Virgin Mother
as the firstborn of many brothers and sisters
and the Savior of the whole human race.
Who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen


Saints of the Month
Who are the Saints for the month of February?
St. Blaise , February 2, Patron of throat illnesses, wool combers and animals
St. Agatha, February 5, Patron of breast cancer, rape victims, nurses and fire prevention
St.Paul Miki , February 6, Patron of Japan and Japanese Catholics
St. Jerome Emiliani , February 8, Patron of orphans and abandoned children
St. Scholastica, February 10, Patron of Benedictine nuns, education and convulsive children
St. Cyril, February 14, Patron of theologians and scholars
St. Peter Damian, February 21, Patron of Faenza and Font-Avellano
St. Gregory of Narek, February 27, Patron of the Armenian Catholic Community
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Becoming Catholic through O.C.I.A.
To any of our Non-Catholic brothers and sisters,
How has the Lord been moving your heart lately? Where is He leading you? If you or
someone you know journey towards God feel drawn towards the Catholic faith, we invite you to simply explore how you might become fully initiated into the Catholic Church. Please inquire about our Order of Christian Initiation for Adults program. (RCIA) Wherever God is leading us or whatever movement He has placed our heart is necessary to follow. We have nothing to lose in seeking to discover His will. Remember, this is not a class. This is a journey of faith, of love and fellowship! For any questions or additional information, please contact the office or
Fr. Anthony Simone at (216) 481-8200 / asimone@stjeromecleveland.org . God Bless

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