SAT. AUGUST 12, 2017— WEEKDAY 8 a.m. + Alicia Gutierrez (Familia Gutierrez) 3 p.m. QUINCEAÑERA– Soraya Reyna

5 p.m. + David Cremo 37th Anniversary (Margarita Cremo)

SUN. AUGUST 13, 2017— 19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8 a.m. Micheal O’Malley— Cumpleaños (Luz Sanchez) + Ernesto Velez (Concepcion Mares) + Jose Jesus Hernandez (Esposa y Familia) + Juan Luis Serna Garcia (Familia) 10 a.m. + Rogelio Jose Santos (Mother-in-Law) 12 p.m. Luis Castillo III, Renee Sepesi (For a successful school year)

Mike & Joann Treviño– 50th Wedding Anniversary Msgr. Tom Davis—For his health (Cordelia & Ricardo Flores)

+ Amada Garcia (Family) + Jesus Sepulveda (Wife & Family) + Leopoldo Martinez + Leopoldo Martinez Jr. For the Souls in Purgatory 2 p.m. PARA TODOS LOS PARROQUIANOS 4 p.m. + Juan Roberto Chaires (Mama) 6 p.m. Julian Campero—Birthday (Mom & Dad) MON. AUGUST 14, 2017— ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, PRIEST 7 a.m. Father Tom Davis– For his health 6 p.m. Vigil Father Wojciech TUE. AUGUST 15, 2017— THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 7 a.m. Father Tom Davis– For his health 12 p.m. + Lupe Medina (Herrera Family) 7 p.m. Victoria Lacy—Birthday (Family)

WED. AUGUST 16, 2017— WEEKDAY 7 a.m. + Rosa Campero (Familia) 6 p.m. + George Ramon (Sister, Agnes Guevara)

THU. AUGUST 17, 2017— WEEKDAY 7 a.m. Meagan Lacy– Cumpleaños (Familia)

6 p.m. Melissa Compean Ysaquirre– Birthday (Family)

FRI. AUGUST 18, 2017— WEEKDAY 7 a.m. + Jose T. Moncivais Jr.-Cumpleaños (Irma Moncivais & Family)

6 p.m + Marta Estringel (Family) SAT. AUGUST 19, 2017— ST. JOHN EUDES 8 a.m. Erika Perez— Cumpleaños (Abuelitos) 3 p.m. WEDDING - Megan T. Korrodi & Andrew T. Ochoa

5 p.m. + Florencio Gonzalez (Wife Olivia & Family)

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 13, 2017

“ I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for his word ”

MT 14: 22-23

Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s Story

“I don’t know what’s going to become of you!” How many parents

have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s reaction was, “I prayed very

hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared,

holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I

would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom.

I said, ‘I choose both.’ She smiled and disappeared.” He entered the

minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív–then Poland,

now Ukraine– near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice.

Though Maximilian later achieved doctorates in philosophy and

theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for

rocket ships. Ordained at 24, Maximilian saw religious indifference

as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He

had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was

to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and

suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the

Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary’s protection to preach

the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he

established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which

housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded another

one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine

ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and

subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to

Mary. In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed.

Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were

arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the

Immaculate Conception. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe was arrested again. The

Nazis’ purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end

came quickly, three months later in Auschwitz, after terrible

beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The

commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking

along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched

away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from

the line. “I would like to take that man’s place. He has a wife and

children.” “Who are you?” “A priest.” The commandant,

dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked

Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Fr. Kolbe to go

with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip

naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no

screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four

were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner

praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypoder-

mic needle filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the

others. Fr. Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982.

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

"Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the

water toward Jesus. But when he saw how strong the

wind was, he became frightened." How can we

describe Peter? At once faithful and fearful, his

jumbled responses remind us that he was no spiritual

superman, well intentioned though he may have

been. Peter wanted to believe, and in fact showed a

great deal of confidence in Christ, but the temptation

to doubt was strong enough to knock him off his feet,

literally.

"O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" Jesus

reprimanded Peter. The words seem harsh. After all,

Peter was the only one who had enough faith to even

try something as ludicrous as stepping out of the

boat onto the water in the first place. But perhaps

Jesus wanted to emphasize that our faith needs to be

strong enough to weather the storm, so to speak.

If we only believe in Jesus when the wind is calm and

the waves are gone, is that truly having faith in him?

Is that actually trusting in his supreme power over

the forces of the universe? Peter began to sink as

soon as a challenge appeared. Jesus called him, and

he calls us, to stay on our feet even when the winds

begin to blow.

So, what are the winds that threaten our faith? What

kinds of gusts are blowing today? Whatever it might

be--health problems, financial concerns, relational

struggles--none of it is too much for Jesus to

handle. But we must step out in faith and trust

him! And we need to keep our eyes on him as we

do so, instead of getting distracted by the force

of the challenges we face. Jesus is bigger than

any problem. We have nothing to fear as long as

we are walking towards him.

19º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

Las lecturas que escuchamos cada domingo en Misa nos muestran a Dios siempre actuando. La respuesta que nosotros damos depende mucho del

movimiento de Dios hacia nosotros y del movimiento nuestro hacia Dios para dar respuesta. En la primera lectura vemos al profeta Elías en búsqueda de descubrir el

verdadero rostro de Dios. En la soledad de la montaña es donde se da el encuentro. Dios escoge revelarse a él en la brisa suave y en

calma. Elías al escuchar la voz de Dios se cubre la cara con su manto. ¿Por qué Elías se cubre el rostro con su manto? Recordemos

lo que Dios dijo a Moisés en el Éxodo 33, 20: "Pero mi rostro no lo podrás ver, porque no puede verme el hombre y seguir viviendo". Gesto del profeta que explica el respeto por

la presencia de Dios. En el Evangelio, por el contrario, los

discípulos y las gentes que seguían a Jesús lo podían ver cara a cara. Y así es como

Pedro al sentir que se hundía en el mar pudo asirse de la mano de Jesús. "'¡Sálvame,

Señor!' Inmediatamente Jesús le tendió la mano, lo sostuvo y le dijo: 'Hombre de poca fe, ¿por qué dudaste?'" (Mt 14, 30). De igual

modo para nosotros cuando estemos hundidos en las penas de la vida, en la falta

de fe y esperanza. Solo giremos nuestro corazón hacia Dios y nos extenderá su

mano, conduciéndonos de nuevo a la suave brisa de su amor. Ojalá que como los

discípulos confesemos de rodillas, "Verdaderamente tú eres el Hijo de

Dios" (Mt 14, 33).

The Sanctuary Lamp is burning this week for :

Religious Vocations

August 5th & august 6th, 2017

Total Sunday’s Offering $ 26,681.42 St. Patrick Catechists

Save the date, Sunday September 17th

beginning with Mass at 10 a.m. followed by a

Luncheon after Mass at 11 a.m. in the Parish

Hall. Please make plans to attend. Blessings!

Late C.C.D. Registration for 1st– 5th Grade Students will be available August 14th & 15th, 6p.m.– 8p.m. in the

C.C.D. Office. If you have any questions please contact Javier Compean at (956) 722-6215 ext. 215 . Late fee of $20 will apply .

Comunidades de Evangelizacion

Invita a la comunidad de St. Patrick a registrarse para

su Retiro annual de Evangelizacion programado el 08

al 10 de Septiembre despues

de todas las Misas apartir del

13 de Agosto. Para mas

informacion favor de

comunicarse con Bertha Serna

al (956) 612-7500. Bendiciones.

Lord, Teach Me To Pray

is a prayer series based on Ignatian Spirituality. Part 1, “Praying Christian Virtues”, helps deepen prayer life, and discover what to do for dryness and obstacles in prayer. It also introduces the different methods of Ignatian prayer, meditation, contemplation and Consciousness Examen.

A small group will meet with 2 trained facilitators for 1 - 2 hours once a week for 12 weeks to pray and faith share.

Pt. 1 for Women begins date: August 29, 2017. Place: St. Patrick’s Parish Hall Room 5 Time: 6:30 P.M. To register contact Cynthia Snyder at 956-763-5065 or

Ada Montalvo 956-236-9377

The Choice Wine

The Choice Wine: “7 Steps to a Superabundant Marriage”

is an online marriage program that consists of video

sessions over 9 weeks and teaches couples ways of “divorce-

proofing” their marriages. After each video, the couples

break up into groups to analyze and discuss content.

Sessions are faith-based. The program is free of charge.

Fall session starts on September 5th on Tuesday’s starting at

7:00 pm and ending at 8:30 pm at St. Patrick Parish Hall.

For more information and to register, please visit https://

stpatricklaredo.org/the-choice-wine

Attention Adults lacking Sacraments. Registration

for Adult Sacrament Classes will begin Monday

08/14/2017 in the Parish Office. Anyone 18 yrs. of

age or older are welcome to attend. For any

questions please call Tina at (956)722-6215 or

Email: reception@stpatricklaredo.org

Parish Office will be closed Tuesday, August 15th, in

observance of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin

Mary. Office will resume it’s regular hours on

August 16, 2017 at 8 a.m.

Tips to have a reverent attitude at Mass

Observe the silence. Rem ain silent or in prayer as

a personal preparation, as well as respecting the moment

of others as they are also with God in prayer. The

Eucharist is something sacred. Turn off or silence your

cell phones. Avoid unnecessary conversations. Quietly

raise and lower kneelers to avoid making excess noise.

Attention all Certified Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion of St. Patrick Church.

There will be a Day of Reflection on Saturday August 26th from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Please make plans to attend. Blessings!

Help us pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ-

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the sick, we turn to You in this time of

illness. O’ dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with Your gentle love, and grant us the grace and

strength to accept this burden. Dear God,we place our worries in Your hands. We place our sick under Your care and humbly ask that You restore your servant to health again. Above all, grant us the grace to

acknowledge Your holy will and know that whatsoever You do, You do for the love of us.

Adolfo De Luna Richard Camacho Rene San Miguel Aurora González Michael ‘Mikey’ Leija Jr. Refugio ‘Cuco' Escobedo Jesse Rodríguez

Francisco Velasquez Alex de la Garza Frances Rizo Rosa Vidaurri Dora L. Singer Adolph Puig