STS. CYRIL & METHODIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH – MARAK
Church Office: 20120 Fm 485, Burlington, Texas 76519
Rectory (254) 985-2280 Church (254) 697-4861
Parish Website: http://marakchurch.org Diocesan Website: WWW.austindiocese.org
Deacon Bob Snigger BJSNI@hotmail.com or phone 254. 913.1125
Bulletin information: Merlene Slavik (254) 697-3801 or slavik@farm-market.net
MASSES:
Monday No Mass
Tuesday 7:00 A.M. Lucille Greener by M/M Marvin Wilde
Wednesday 6:00 P.M. (Marak) Vlasta Dohnalik by M/M Larry Reinders
Thursday 7:00 A.M. Florence gage by Gerry Wolfe
Friday 7:00 A.M. Elaine Kruppa
Saturday 5:30 p.m. For all Parishioners
Sunday 8:15 a.m. Sr. Rose Doskocil by Viola Doskocil
MINISTRIES SUNDAY July -27th
Eucharistic Judy Vaculin
Lector Lisa Hanel
Offertory Mark & Nancy Michalka
Altar Server K Laurence, A Laurence & Caleb Tomek
Ushers Richard Brenek & Robert Plachy
Offering Reg. Offering $ 753.00 Building Fund $380.00
CHURCH CLEANING FOR Sunday Listed for July
July 27 Sarah Goeres, Monica Marek & Debbie Shelton
Aug 3 Joetta Ehler, Lillian Mikulec, Annie Mae Vansa
Aug 10 Liz Jungmann, Margaret Vrazel & Anna Teague
SANCTUARY LIGHT 7/14 – 7/27 Marak & Jistel Families by Ethel Marak
PRAYER CHAIN: For peace, for our serviceman, parishioners in Nursing homes, homebound and those on our prayer chain. Thanks to the prayer chain for numerous prayers. Each of you is a blessing to many in need of prayers. Continue the good work.
CEDARBRAKE RETREATS ----Call 254.780.2434 for more information
Marriage Preparation Dates –August 1st – 3rd; November 21st – 23rd.
Retrovaille For struggling couples------Oct 24th -26th Call 512.267.6127
KJZT Jrs Meeting after Mass today
Parish council Meeting –Tuesday, 7/22 7:00 Pm at the Hall
Things to do
PRAHA PICNIC –Friday August 15th @11 A.M
KJZT Back to School Breakfast--- Sunday , August 17th after Mass.
Vocation Weekend for Catholic young men Aug. 8th-10th grades 8th-12th at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Frenstat. Call for info at The Diocese of Austin Vocation Office @512.476.4888.
PICNIC NEWS:
Auction, Altar Society, REP, etc----Start pulling your donations together.
Clean up and set up day --Two weeks before the picnic ----Saturday, August 9th.
Potato Salad Making Day.—Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 21st. Need volunteers to come together to help make the potato salad for the picnic. Also, we need about 10 Turkey Fryers with Full propane tanks to cook the potatoes. Contact Ethel or Cecilia for more information.
Imitating the Lord
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and Gracious
Slow to anger, abounding in kindness and fidelity. Psalm 86:15.
One morning, several months ago, I read the words of Psalm 86 about God being slow to anger. I resolved to live that one day by also being slow to anger. As a reminder I placed a rubber band around my wrist. A disturbing article in the morning newspaper irritated me, but I snapped the rubber band to remind myself this was “slow to anger day.” I refused to let the traffic annoy me. Waiting in line at the bank I read a brochure on current interest rates instead of being critical of the slow moving line. Thus, I persevered.
That evening I felt a pleasant calmness. I liked being slow to anger, so I tried it the next day and the following. If we are slow to anger in small matters, we will be able to stay more calm and rational when major problems beset us. We will also be imitating the Lord.
Lord Jesus, thank you for being slow to anger when we offend you by our sins. Fr. James McKarn
Opening Prayer
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard: ‘Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says,” Woe to those who call evil good,” but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
Amen!’