GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC PARISH PARISH STAFF

Fr. Deogratias Ssamba, AJ

Pastor

dssamba@goodshepherdchurch.us

Mary Jo McKinley

Administrative Assistant

secretary@goodshepherdchurch.us

Cecilia Cassady

Bookkeeper

bookkeeper@goodshepherdchurch.us

Ron Kelly

Facilities Manager

502-341-3788

Debbie Miles

Music Director

502-889-6105

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 4 PM

Sunday 11 AM

Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs 8:00 AM

Friday-Prayer Service 8:00 AM

Confession-Saturday 3-3:45 PM

SACRAMENTS

Please call the Parish Office at 502-749-9780

Anointing of the Sick, Baptisms, Communion to the

Sick and Homebound, Religious Education, and

Marriage

BUSINESS ADDRESS 3525 Rudd Avenue

Louisville, KY 40212

PHONE 502-749-9780

FAX 502-749-8935

www.goodshepherdchurch.us

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020

READINGS May 17, 2020

Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17 Ps 66: 1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 1 Pt 3: 15-18 Jn 14: 15-21

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER “...sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make a defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you.” 1 Peter 3: 15 Actions speak louder than words. Let your stewardship be your reply. Stew-ardship involves a change of heart, em-bodied not just in a single action, nor even a series of actions, but in a way of living. PUBLIC MASSES Good Shepherd will reopen for public Mass on Wednes-day, May 20, 2020 with morning Mass at 8 AM. All parishioners/attendees should wear a mask or face covering when attending Mass. Please enter the church through the open door and use hand sanitizer. Please be seated immedi-ately. The pews have been marked to allow for social distancing. Please stay in your place for communion. When the Mass ends please exit through the open door. MASS OF THE AIR 11 AM and 6:30 PM on the Faith Channel (Spectrum channel 19). 10:30 AM on WHAS-TV (channel 11). This Mass is also streamed live on the Faith Channel at www.faithtvlive.com MARRIAGE MOMENTS Deep ques-tions: Who is God? What is love? “Whoever loves me [Jesus] will be loved by my Father [God] and I will love them.” (John 14:21) Yes, God is love but we humans know love through physical, emotional, and intellectual commitment. How do each of you show your love for God and each other? PARENTING POINTERS Surpr ise someone with a compliment today. It can be someone in the family, a neigh-bor, or a stranger. Even if just one per-son in the family does it, maybe it’ll catch on. It’s the effort and thought that count. EMAIL UPDATE It is important that the church has your most up-to-date in-formation on file. We have very few email addresses and the ones that we do have are not current. Please phone the office at 502-749-9780 to make sure we have your current contact information.

PLEASE PRAY FOR...

OUR MILITARY... Spc. Eric Cotton, USCG, First Class Joseph Spanyer III Marines, Nich-olas Kane Trusty USAF, Corey Taylor US Army, Brian Luckett USAF, Gregory Wet-zelberger USAF, Matt Quiencheit USAF, Tony Sayre USAF, Alvin J. Hazelwood, Jason Cooper USA, Manfred Kraft, Eugene G. Her-ron, Gunnery Sgt. Greg Ashby, James Whaley, Perry Woosley, Gordon Stewart, Billy Wil-liams Jr., James Thomas Hofeloch USMC, Michael Rand Wilbert USAF, Jacob Cunning-ham, Brandon Luckett, Johnnie Barrett USAF, J.P. Flynn, Duane Cooke, Tom Stark, Colton Smith, Lt. Patrick McCoy.

OUR SICK... Ben Killmeier,Tony Recktenwald, Kyle Legg, Billy Robards, Barbara Hammond, Deacon Denny Nash, Rae Kessinger, Angie Gibson, Linda Koontz, Bobby Thompson, Tom Waskevich, Betty Doolan, Craig Reyn-olds, Diane Elliott Reynolds, Colton Ru-fing, Stephan Smith, Brian Redmon, Jim-my Kneisler, Norma Milby, Christa Hill, Liz Malick, Jane Harrington, Erma Moody, Mona Yates, Dirk Tackett, Sue Ayers, Janet Snow, Eric Stearman, Joyce McCauley, Joe Vetter, Michael Gammons, Wayne Watson, Carol Han-cock, Sharon Mattingly, Barbara Fields, Carol Barbee, Shannon Piercy, Theresa Edwards, Jay Wexler, Tommy, Brian Smith, John Gammons, David Griffin, Donna Shepperson, Geraldine Hartell, Genevieve Cahill, Norma Luckett Crain, Doris Wakeland, Brenda Baker, Pat Pier-att, Lucille Head, Joe, Barbara Bailey, Charlotte, Vincent Klein, Bill McBride, Linda Ashby, Scott Pritchett, Beverly Rodgers, Donald Hampton, Fernando, Lillie Mattingly, Derek Randolph, Mary Tucker, Mary Powell, Angie Gibson, Ju-dy Colgate, Paula Stearman, Joe Clifford, Kevin Recktenwald, Mary Hodge, Donald Hampton, Ann Harris, Susie Robards, Charlotte Hinkel, Robert Cripps, Margaret Williams, Harold Pence, Myra Pence, Kathy Elliott, Billy Hammond, Fr. John Lesousky, Patrick Boyle, Donna Howell, Daryl Leonard, George Hinkel, Shaun Kelly Magrue, Dale Ober, Lori Bouvier, Sylvia Crowe, Mary French, Fr. Reilly, Hadlee Hoelscher, Shawn Kelly McGrew, Teddy Harris, Amanda Keeter, Wanda Keeter.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK In the second reading, Peter tells his readers that they should “always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope” (1 Peter 3:15). Can I explain to others, “gently and reverently,” why I hope?

REST IN PEACE Please remember in your prayers all loved ones of our parish family who have died, especially Jerry Brinson, father of Matthew Brinson. Mr. Brinson’s funeral was May 14, 2020 at Spring Valley Funeral Home, New Al-bany. God grant him eternal joy and peace. Please keep the Brinson family in your prayers. AMAZON SMILE Shop at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/30-0550469 and AmazonSmile donates to Good Shepherd Catholic Parish! KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS Thank you to all who have signed up! You may sign up any time online at Kroger. Our Community Rewards number is TW133. GIVE ONLINE Giving online is easy and allows you to set up automatic recur-ring contributions and view your complete online giving history from anywhere you have access to the Internet. Simply follow these easy steps: Visit the church website at www.goodshepherdchurch.us Click on the Giving heading, Click on the Create Pro-file button, then Follow the onscreen in-structions to create an online profile and to schedule your recurring contributions.

PUBLIC MASS SCHEDULE AT GOOD SHEPHERD

Public Masses will resume Wednesday, May 20, 2020

at 8 AM Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 4 PM Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 11 AM

Parishioners are asked to wear a

mask or face covering when attending Mass

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday May 16 +George R. Nix, Jr. +Buddy & Carolyn Cassady Sunday May 17 +James Noonan Monday May 18 Mass Tuesday May 19 Mass Wednesday May 20 Mass Thursday May 21 Mass Friday May 22 No Mass Saturday May 23 +James, Dorothy & Rita Reynolds Sunday May 24 +Sippy Ludwig

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE 2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR

Weekly Collections Weekly Collections Needed For 2019-2020 Budget $3,576.92 May 10, 2020 $2,487.00 Electronic Giving $175.00 Surplus/(Deficit) ($914.92) Annual Collections (52 weeks) Estimated Collections Needed For 2019-2020 $186,000.00 Estimated Collection Needed YTD $160,961.40 Actual YTD Collection $165, 159.18 Surplus/(Deficit) $4,197.78 Donuts No donuts-cancelled Benevolence Fund– May $1,485.00 Church Painting Fund $1,978.00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:

May 17 Kenneth Hall

May 18 Andrea Murphy

May 20 William Bowman Jr.

May 21 Amanda Keeter

May 22 Diamen Riddle

May 23 Teresa Nash

Best wishes to all!

MAY 17, 2020 JESUS DOES NOT LEAVE US ALONE.

Dear parishioners of Good Shepherd, The peace and the love of the risen Lord be with you all. I hope you are safe and you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend, though it was not the same! On that day, at Good Shepherd, we had a wonderful celebra-tion, but simple. It was attended by five people including the main cele-brant, and watched online by 326 viewers who offered 37 comments. I wish to thank Debbie and Gina Eberenz for the good music, Rick Thomas for live streaming the mass and Dave Jewell for reading and serving in the mass. Special thanks go to the parishioners and friends of Good Shepherd for sharing your precious time and following the mass on our Facebook page. This encourages us especially during this time of COVID-19. “I will not leave you orphaned.” At this time of isolation due to COVID-19, we all need to hear these words. They speak directly to some of our greatest fears and challenges, abandonment and isolation, loneliness. These words remind us that we do not stand alone, Jesus does not ever leave us alone. What I mean is that we are accompanied by the Holy Spirit. Just take an example, try to imagine how God has been so gra-cious to us since the lockdown due to COVID-19 that I have not heard of any cases of Corona virus or of any parishioner testing positive in our parish. This means that we are not alone during this pandemic period. God is with us and he will continue to be with us. He promised to be with us always until the end the time (Matthew 28:20). Today, in the gospel, Jesus tells us that he will not leave us as orphans. An orphan is a child deprived by death of one or both parents. It is sad and very pain-ful! Jesus has great concern for his disciples. He will not leave them “orphans” with no one to care for them. So he assures his fearful disci-ples that I am going away but “I will ask the Father, and He will give you a helper, counsellor, witness, judge Advocate to be with you al-ways”, and He said, “I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.” He promises us the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the helper whom Je-sus will send to be alongside the disciples as an encourager, a counsel-lor, and advocate, a witness, and as a judge. The Holy Spirit will remain forever with the disciples. He will abide with them. And this is the Spir-it of truth. But this Spirit is given only to those who receive the Son, love the Son, and keep the Son’s commandments. Keeping the commandments is our access to Jesus’ promise that we will not be left orphaned. Keeping the commandments does not make Jesus present to us. It makes us present to the already ongoing reality of Je-sus’ presence. The commandments do not earn us Jesus’ love they re-veal our love for Him, a love that originates in His abiding love and presence within us. Jesus says “I will not leave you as orphans” over and over, day after day, regardless of what is happening in our lives right now. We have not been abandoned. Do not abandon yourselves or others or your church or your parish Good Shepherd. Have a wonderful weekend. Fr. Deo Ssamba.