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The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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        Journeying Together as a Family of God                                    Today, September 12, 2021
         Stewardship—doing the work of Christ                           Reminder: Saint Andrew will no longer be
                   August 29, 2021                                    recording Sunday Mass. The Sunday at Home
Weekly Income                               $ 4,450.00                resource will still be available on the website.
Online                                      $ 2,262.50                     Special Collection for Peter’s Pence
                                            $ 6,248.25
Weekly Budget                               $ 8,000.00                     Next Weekend, September 18/19, 2021
Weekly Deficit                             ($ 1,751.75)                               Catechetical Sunday
Poor Box                                           $   230.07                          Minister Schedule
                                                                         If you are unable to serve, please find a
                                                                                 substitute. Thank you.
This week: 9/12: Mo Stewart; The
Sanders Family; Bill Spigler, Robert Butt,                         Saturday, September 18, 5pm:
David Cauffman; Sarah Garner, Katie Gavin,                            EMHC—1 Needed; Altar Servers—3 Needed;
Nanette Amann, Lynette Walker, Katie                                  Lector—Mike Geoffroy; Gift Bearers—2 Needed
Richwine; Nathan Corvino; Stacy Patridge,
Anthony Yankowski; John Navolio, Jr.,                              Sunday, September 19, 8:00am:
Renee Britton, Katie St. Clair and her                                EMHC—1 Needed;        Altar Servers—Thomas
unborn baby; Jennifer Gregor, Paul Fagan,                             Clement; 2 Needed; Lector—Bob Lawn; Gift
Les Walten; Ally Frank; Donna Fath, Nolan                             Bearers—2 Needed;
Murphy, Brian Ulrich, Charles D. Cool, For                         Sunday, September 19, 11:00am:
the Intentions of the Jody Walker Family; Phyllis Valerio, Jean       EMHC—1 Needed; Altar Servers—Mary Jo Maheu,
Votral, Pam Cool, Allan Pickert, Richard E. Cool, Ellen Rose,
Travis Griffin, Dorothy Bonner, Jessica Barber, Ronald Paesch,
                                                                      Zach McCallum, 1 Needed; Lector—Ted Danyluk;
Michelle Wilhide; Robert Greger; Lynn Phenicie, Chuck                 Gift Bearers—2 Needed
Johnson, Jude Grohs, Charles E. Willhide, For the Intentions of        Please volunteer for the needed spots on the
Chessie Mathews & Family, Jim, Jackson, and Kathleen
Schlossnagle, Joseph and Kathy Stepulaitus, Alaina Sullivan
                                                                       Ministry Schedule on the Website.
Ingels, Mary West Kritikos, Richard E. Bouder, Atlee Constable,
Tammy Miller, Intentions of Linda & Russ Brezler; Caroline                                   Catechetical Sunday is a time for
Shreck, Robert Willhide, James Bowling, Robert & Anna                                        recognizing and thanking our cate-
Topper, George Myers, Paul Walter, Jr., Intentions of the Button                             chists for the vital work they do in
Family, Maureen Martz, Alan Hockenberry, Pete Kauffman,                                      handing on the Faith. This year,
Malcolm Bryan, Brehon Sweeney, Jo Pickert, Brian Shockey,                                    Catechetical Sunday is being
William Johnson, Christina Sentelle, Keith Wolfrey, Aliene                                   held on September 19th. The
Misitis, Kellie Reiber, Tom Lopresti, Adele Hanson, Lisa White,                              theme is, Say the Word and My
James J. Thomas, Ed Bryner, Earl Bennett, Robin L. Fraley, A       Soul Shall Be Healed. The witness to Christ of the cate-
Special Intention for Kathy Osbourn, Margaret (Peggy)
                                                                   chists in our parish religious education programs and their
Gillespie, Raylynn Gladhill, Jo Willard, Jim Barnes, Becky &
Jeffrey Schreck, Jr., Eileen Duke, Gladys Wetzel, Eliana Bettwy,   faithful transmission of His saving truths as they come to us
Catherine Hinkle, Donna Krietz. Prayer List Policy: To help        through His Church, has eternal significance for those whom
focus our prayers, names are kept on the list for one              they teach, and sometimes, for their families. No price tag can
month. If someone is still in need of prayer, notify the           be put on the importance of this. We need only look to Sacred
office to list them for another month for as long as               Scripture for its importance: And those who are wise
prayers are needed.                                                shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and
                                                                   those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars
                                                                   forever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)
                                        Peter’s Pence
                                         Collection                                             Special Collection—
                                  This weekend, Sep-
                                  tember 11/12, we will
                                  take up the Peter’s
                                                                                                   Haiti 2021
                                  Pence         collection,                                   In times of tragedy, the Church has
                                  which is a way to support                                   always been a primary source of
                                  the Universal Church and         healing and peace; however in Haiti, the Church herself is
                                  the work of the Holy See,        both a responder and victim. In the Diocese of Harris-
                                  including Pope Francis           burg, a second collection for the Haitian people and
                                  with the funds to carry          the Church impacted by the earthquake and Tropical
                                  out his charitable works.        Storm Grace will take place on the weekend of Sep-
                                  These works benefit our          tember 25/26. Please place your donations in an envelope
                                  brothers and sisters on          marked HAITI 2021. For online givers, please choose the
                                  the margins of society,          fund marked “Disaster Relief.” The road to restoration will be
                                  including victims of war,        long. Your donations will help provide water, food, shelter,
oppression and disasters. Should you wish to contribute            medical care and fund long-term efforts to restore communi-
to this collection, please remember to use the special-            ties after widespread destruction.
ly marked envelope for this collection or select the               Please prayerfully consider giving generously to this
fund labeled “Peter’s Pence” online. For more infor-               disaster relief collection for the people of Haiti and
mation, visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence.                          the Church.
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Mass Schedule                                                                                    Extraordinary Minis-
                                                                                                 ters of Holy Commun-
                                                                                                 ion are men and women
The Rosary is prayed ½ hour before                                                               who bring to life their love
each Mass.                                                                                       of the Lord present in the
                                                                                                 Eucharist and in God's
Mass of Anticipation                                                                             people. These men and
  3:30 PM Confession                                                                             women help to bring com-
  5:00 PM For the Intentions of                                                                  munion to those members
          Les Little                                                                             of our Parish who cannot
                                                                                                 attend Mass because of
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time,                illness or age. The call to serve the Body of Christ (His people)
September 12                                              has been placed in their hearts and therefore through great
  8:00 AM For the Intentions of Rick & Judy Baker on      prayer, they have stepped out in faith to serve their Christian
           the Occasion of their 57th Wedding             brothers and sisters.
           Anniversary                                    If you have an interest in this most special ministry, please let
  11:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo                    Father Robert know and we will find a new training session
                                                          for extraordinary ministers for you to attend.
Monday, September 13
Saint John Chrystostom, Bishop & Doctor of the
Church                                                                Parish Ministries Directory
  8:00 AM † Dorothy Willhide                             Boy Scouts                    Fred Shetter 717-762-2462
                                                         Cemetery                        Joe Baker 717-762-2452
Tuesday, September 14                                    Church Cleaning Crew         Kathy Osbourn 717-352-3472
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross                         Council of Catholic Women Elaine Sneeringer 352-8697
   8:00 AM † Evelyn Church                               Finance Council Chair        Charles Frame 717-762-6702
                                                         Knights of Columbus            Eric Krinks 412-848-0289
Wednesday, September 15                                  Music Director           Kathy Bourdeau 717- 765-0791
Our Lady of Sorrows                                      Ministry Scheduler       Kathy Bourdeau 717- 765-0791
   8:00 AM † Holy Souls in Purgatory                     Natural Family Planning Jeff & Marcia Moyer 717-360-6740
Thursday, September 16                                   Parish Council Chair         Dave Wishard 717-387-2251
Saints Cornelius, Pope, Cyprian, Bishop, Mar-            Parish Nurse Program          Margy Cook 717-749-0012
tyrs                                                                                   Betty Green 717-404-6814
   8:00 AM For the Intentions of Morgan Smarsh           Prayer Chain                  Bernie Null 717-762-1471
                                                                                       Judy Baker 717-762-5642
Friday, September 17                                     Pro-Life Committee           Marcia Moyer 717-360-6740
Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church   SCRIP                           Lisa Skehan 717-762-3221
   9:30 AM † Joan & Alan Malz                            Saint Andrew Board of Education
Saturday, September 18                                                              Lesley Quesada 717-387-9656
   8:00 AM † Patrick Boyle                               Social Outreach & Advocacy Ministries
   3:30 PM Confession                                                  Marie “Maisie” DiGiammarino 717-762-2641
                                                         Spirited Singles             John Hoffman 717-552-9681
Mass of Anticipation                                     Saint Andrew Seniors     Sonnie Medevich 717-749-3837
   5:00 PM † Claire Strasner                             Waynesboro Fellowship of Churches                  Open
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sep-           Youth Group              standrewsyouth316@gmail.com
tember 19
   8:00 AM For the Intentions of Father Peter Rettig                         September is dedicated to the Seven
                                                                             Sorrows (or Dolours) of Mary. The
  11:00 AM For the People / Pro Populo                                       Seven Sorrows of Mary represent the suffer-
                                                                             ing that Our Lady endured being the moth-
                                                                             er of Jesus. It is a beautiful devotion. It
                                                                             would be good for us to remember more
                                                                             often the sufferings Mary endured as the
                                                                             mother of the Savior. Let us remember this
                                                                             devotion year-round, but particularly
                                                                             through the month of September.

The Flowers on the Altar are for the Intentions of Ri-                          Social Outreach Ministry Zoom
ly and Olivia Lisko, twin granddaughters of Charles                                            Meeting
Stefanic, Jr. of our Parish.                                                  The Social Outreach Ministry will meet
                                                                              Monday, October 11 via zoom to dis-
               Food for the Spirit:                                           cuss food collections, agency updates, and
                                                                              Christmas giving. Mary Rocks will be our
             The service you do for                                           zoom host. To receive an emailed zoom
                                                          invitation and directions for the meeting, please contact Mary
 others is the rent you pay for your room here            with      your     email      address     via     her     email
                   on Earth.                              (mc_rocks@comcast.net) or land line (717-762-4021).
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              Sunday, September 12, 2021                              easily forgotten just to what extent—in our thinking, customs,
     The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time                        and actions—we are rooted ‘in this world’ where totally differ-
      Isaiah 50:5-9a; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35                     ent rules apply” (Night of the Confessor).
                                                                        Jesus offers us the things of God, the things in which we
                                                                      save our lives by losing them and build a kingdom whose div-
                                                                      ing power is seen as human weakness.
                                                                                                               From Living Liturgy

                                                                      From our Pastor’s Pen...
                                                                        I know that I am often accused of being political by many
                                                                      when I write or preach about the evil of abortion, most espe-
  Jesus bluntly rebukes Peter, telling him, “You are thinking         cially when promoted and endorsed by Catholic politicians,
not as God does, but as human beings do.” Mark does not tell          who because of their public offices, have the opportunity to
us what Peter had actually said to Jesus, but given Jesus has         lead many astray. I am also accused of only speaking about
just disclosed that “the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be        abortion; yet, I feel that if the reality of killing the most inno-
rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be    cent of all human life is not understood, and accepted, then
killed, and arise after three days,” it is not a stretch to believe   nothing else will be seen as being terrible, even the reality of
that Peter rejected the need for the Son of Man to suffer and         leaving untold numbers of helpless American and Afghani
die. Jesus’s divinely ordained and freely chosen destiny is, in       people at the hands of ruthless terrorists. I am willing to hap-
this context, God’s “thinking.”                                       pily take the criticism, because I know that in teaching the
  And what is human beings’ “thinking?” What is the thinking          truth I am fulfilling my duty to try to save souls. I will also
that draws us away from God’s ways and desires? Although              include a recent article by Archbishop Cordileone this week
human “thinking” in itself is not necessarily negative—               on this duty following a few more statements of my own, and
avoiding suffering and death is not inherently wrong—what             another, including a Saint, who was willing to openly tell a
seems to be the case is that whenever (divine) values and             President in person, before hundreds of guests that
(human) preferences come into conflict, one chooses God’s             “abortion is murder!”
thinking. Values and preferences are not always at odds, but            I know that some probably think that I hate President Biden
when they are, the choice must be made for the things of God.         but I harbor no hatred for him; I am honestly trying to under-
  What things did Peter tell Jesus to choose? When we reflect         stand how as a Baptized Catholic he can so openly, and vehe-
on Peter telling Jesus to choose human “thinking,” it is hard to      mently, oppose life. I think I finally found my answer from
avoid considering the concrete temptations Satan offered Je-          his own words that he doesn’t believe life begins at con-
sus in the synoptic gospel narratives, since it is Jesus who          ception. In a question by a reporter on September 3rd con-
raised the specter of Satan here in Caesarea Philippi. It seems       cerning the US Supreme Court upholding the Texas Heartbeat
likely that Jesus does not consider Peter as Satan, but that the      Bill, the President stated: “I respect those who believe
temptations Peter offers in the guise of helping Jesus are con-       life begins at the moment of conception.” Biden fur-
nected to the temptations of Satan that we know from Mat-             ther said, “I don’t agree, but I respect that. I’m not
thew and Luke—that is, the basic temptations that underlie all        going to impose that on people.” ...I have been and
“human thinking.”                                                     continue to be a strong supporter of Roe v Wade,
  In the temptations accounts, Jesus is offered the power to          number one...I respect them, those who believe life
satisfy all his earthly hungers, the power to presume upon            begins at the moment of conception and all, I respect
God’s will and favor, and the power over all kingdoms. Wealth,        that. Don't agree, but I respect that.” He further went on
authority, and fame—what more could a person want? Did                to say: “The Supreme Court's overnight ruling is an
Peter tempt Jesus with a plea for him not to die at the hands of      unprecedented assault on constitutional rights and
foreign oppressors, the Romans, but to institute God’s king-          requires an immediate response. We will launch a
dom by conquering them militarily and installing himself as           whole-of-government effort to respond, looking at
king? While it is impossible to know precisely what temptation        what steps we can take to ensure that Texans have
Peter called upon Jesus to accept, it is not too much to believe      access to safe and legal abortions.”
that he asked him to act on his power and authority and bring           From these words come a sad reality: if you don’t believe
about the kingdom of God in a way that aligned with “human            that when a woman is told she is pregnant, that it isn’t a hu-
thinking,” that involved shows of force, might, and revenge.          man life that that has been conceived in her and is beginning
  When Peter identified Jesus as the Messiah, he must have            to develop in the same way that he was and so was everyone
had particular ideas not just of what this meant for the Messi-       else who is alive on the face of this earth, then there is an urge
ah, God’s Anointed One, but for those who were the Messiah’s          to give up trying to teach the truth. But, we can’t!
closest friends, his apostles and disciples. Whatever kingdom           Back in 1994, Mother, now Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was
Peter’s mind conjured, it probably did not involve denying            invited to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washing-
himself and taking up his cross to follow Jesus or losing life for    ton, D.C. on February 5, 1994. Mother Teresa stood before
the gospel. What kind of kingdom is that? Feel for Peter a mo-        President and Mrs. Bill Clinton, Vice President and Mrs. Al
ment. What kind of ridiculous kingdom is built on the broken          Gore, along with 4,000 others in attendance, and called abor-
body of a defeated Messiah?                                           tion “murder.” Here is what she said:
  This is the kingdom of “God’s thinking,” the kingdom is a              “I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abor-
paradox. Tomáš Halik, the Czech priest and theologian, says,             tion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing
“If we never had the feeling that what Jesus wants of us is ab-          of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.
surd, crazy, and impossible, then we’ve probably either been             And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own
too hasty in taming or diluting the radical nature of his teach-         child, how can we tell other people not to kill one anoth-
ing by means of soothing intellectualizing interpretations, or           er? How do we persuade a woman not to have an
(mostly naïvely, illusorily, or even hypocritically) we have too
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   abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love and              October is Respect Life
   we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give                   Month!
   until it hurts. Jesus gave even His life to love us. So, the     On Sunday, October 3 from 2—3
   mother who is thinking of abortion, should be helped to          pm on the square in Waynesboro,
   love, that is, to give until it hurts her plans, or her free     Saint Andrew Parish will participate in
   time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that       the Life Chain—a peaceful and
   child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts. ...By       prayerful public witness (not a protest)
   abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even      of pro-life individuals all around our
   her own child to solve her problems. And, by abortion,           nation who stand for 60 minutes pray-
   that father is told that he does not have to take any re-        ing for our nation and for an end to abortion. It is a visual
   sponsibility at all for the child he has brought into the        statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abor-
   world. The father is likely to put other women into the          tion kills children and that the Church supports the sanctity of
   same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion.           human life from the moment of conception until natural
   Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its peo-       death. There will be a Holy Hour including Adoration
   ple to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.      and recitation of the rosary from 1-1:45pm in the church.
   This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is
   abortion.”                                                                             During the month of October, Saint
  She concluded her speech with words of hope, and a remind-                              Andrew parishioners will have the op-
er that we are called to use our freedom for higher purposes                              portunity to help our local Pregnancy
than murder:                                                                              Resource Center. It is once again open
                                                                                          in Waynesboro, and the director has
    “If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love                               given us a list of needs in order to help
   others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of                               women in a crisis pregnancy situa-
   peace for the world. From here, a sign of care for the                                 tion. There will be a tear off sheet on
   weakest of the weak — the unborn child — must go out                                   the bulletin board of the needed
   to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and                             items. Please choose what you can do
   peace in the world, then really you will be true to what                               to help and place it in the designated
   the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!”                                box in the back of the church.
  Here is a brief excerpt of an article from November 20,
2020, entitled “If We Don’t Teach the Faith, the Man in the         “I believe that life is valuable, even
Oval Office Will” from Helen Alvare, a Catholic wife, mother,
attorney, and Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law            when it is unwanted, even when it is
School at George Mason University :
   “The United States has just elected its second Roman
                                                                    physically imperfect. I believe our soci-
   Catholic President. One thing is certain. He will be
   “teaching” Americans and the world what it means to be
                                                                    ety has a responsibility to defend the
   Catholic, whether or not he intends to, and whether or           vulnerable and the weak. And I be-
   not what he teaches accurately characterizes the faith.
   This is how teaching happens today: It’s a function of           lieve our nation should set a goal that
   the media’s willingness to provide a microphone and
   favorable coverage to an important, successful person            unborn children should be welcomed in
   with a point of view the media likes. Expertise and nu-
   ance are often optional.”                                        life and protected in law.”
 This week’s insert is the article by Archbishop Cordileone’s:         President George W. Bush (June 7, 1999)
“Opinion: Our duty to challenge Catholic politicians
who support abortion rights.”
                                                                                            ARE YOU A CRAFTER, know of a
                                                                                            crafter or love to shop for hand-
  And please remember that this right and duty comes directly                                          made items?
from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Par. 2246: “It is                              Saint Andrew's Council of Catholic
part of the Church’s mission, ‘to pass moral judg-                                        Women will hold their Annual Christ-
ments even in matters of politics, whenever the fun-                                      mas Bazaar and Craft Show on Sat-
damental rights of man, or the salvation of souls re-                                     urday, November 6th from 8:30
quires it.’”                                                                              am—3:00 pm right here on our parish
                                                                                          and school campus. We are looking
  So, let us always pray for our President and our government                             for vendors to sell their handmade
that they will always uphold life, and seek to do the will of God                         crafts. We will have lots of raffles,
in the safeguarding of our citizens and governing of our coun-                            homemade soup and bread-stick lunch,
try.                                                                                      and a great variety of crafts to pur-
                                                                    chase. Vendors include Fall and Christmas home decorations,
                                                                    fabric crafts, stained glass, crochet animals, jewelry, art and
        God Bless You, Father Robert                                much more. For more information, contact Peg Wagaman
                                                                    at PWagaman@SaintAndrewSchool.org.

             I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living.
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                                                                     number of countries continue to oppress, harass, and even kill
Daily Readings & Reflections                                         Christians. There is pressure today, as there was in the era of
                                                                     the early martyrs, to deny the faith in order to survive. With
                              Monday, September 13, 2021             Cornelius and Cyprian in mind, stand in solidarity with coura-
                           Memorial of Saint John Chrysos-           geous Christians everywhere. Learn what their needs are and
                              tom, Bishop & Doctor of the            how the worldwide church can help.
                                          Church                                              Friday, September 17, 2021
                                1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 7:1-10                            Memorial of Saint Robert Bellarmine,
                          Glossophobia—fear of public speak-                                Bishop & Doctor of the Church
                          ing—is one of the most common forms                                 1 Timothy 6:2c-12; Luke 8:1-3
                          of anxiety, affecting a sizeable portion                    Today is the Memorial of Saint Robert Bellar-
                          of the population. Saint John Chrysos-                      mine, a Jesuit theologian and doctor of the
tom was not a sufferer. His name means “golden-mouthed”—                              church. His scholarly work inserted him into a
and was he ever. Renowned as a preacher, his sermons could                            number of the controversies of his day (late
last up to two hours. (Think about that the next time your pas-                       1500s to early 1600s). One of his many works
tor runs a bit long!) Few of us are that eloquent as speakers,       still in publication is The Art of Dying Well, whose advice
but all of us are called to be witnesses to our faith in words and   starts with the concept that dying well (in peace, connected to
deeds. There’s no need to impress—let your actions speak for         God) depends on living well. Take a cue from this brilliant
you. Never fear living your discipleship humbly and sharing          saint and contemplate whether you need to make changes to
what’s in your heart. The truth always speaks volumes.               be living well by Christian standards. It’s never too late to get
 Tuesday, September 14,                                              right with God.
            2021                                                                    Saturday, September 18, 2021
Feast of the Exaltation of                                                            1 Timothy 6:13-16; Luke 8:4-15
      the Holy Cross                                                 On the eve of Catechetical Sunday, it’s good to reflect on our
 Numbers 21:4b-9; Philippi-                                          task of teaching the next generation matters of the Spirit. One
   ans 2:6-11; John 3:13-17                                          comment heard too often when bad things happen is that “God
After ending Christian perse-                                        must have a reason for doing this.” Or, “It must be God’s will.”
cutions in 313, Constantine                                          Looking at the biblical testimony, however, leads to the reali-
sent his mother, Helena, to                                          zation that most of the bad things that happen are not God’s
the Holy Land where her                                              will at all but the work of sinful people. God says, “Feed the
team is said to have unearthed Christ’s tomb. Here, the Church       hungry” and children starve. God says, “Do not kill” and peo-
of the Holy Sepulchre was built. Excavations also reportedly         ple murder. Let’s teach our kids what’s on God, and what’s on
unearthed the three crosses of Mount Calvary, the wood of the        us.
“True Cross” being the instrument of Jesus’ Crucifixion and
associated with miraculous healings. Whether it’s the crucifix,
the Jerusalem cross, Maltese cross, Celtic cross—or countless                    Diocese of Harrisburg
others—no other symbol represents Christian faith better. And          Relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina to Visit the
so we pray: “We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, be-
cause by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”                            Diocese of Harrisburg
                                Wednesday, September 15,             The Saint Pio Foundation announces that the tour of
                                              2021                   the relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina will make
                                  Memorial of Our Lady of
                                            Sorrows                  a stop in the Diocese of Harrisburg on Sep-
                                 1 Timothy 3:14-16; John 19:25       tember 21 and 22, 2021, on the occasion of the
                                      -27 or Luke 2:33-35            53rd anniversary of the saint’s passing. The relics
                                Being a strong companion or          will be available for public veneration at St.
                                having great compassion is           Patrick Parish, 219 S. Beaver Street, York, PA
                                essential for discipleship. Mary     on Tuesday, September 21, from 9:30am to
                                had both. Notice the “com-”
prefix of those qualities, which means “with.” Under the title       11:00am and again from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Our Lady of Sorrows, Mary is the first witness of the church         On Wednesday, September 22, public venera-
and stood with Jesus through his pain and glory—his life,            tion will be held from 4:00pm to 5:15pm and
death, and Resurrection. The church uses “sorrows” here not          then again from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. A Mass
so that we would be sad and weighed down but to lift up what         in honor of Padre Pio will be celebrated at
it means to really be “with” another person and to share deeply      5:30pm celebrated by the Very Rev. John
their joy and sorrow. Mary continues to stand alongside us.
How do you experience Mary’s companionship and compas-
                                                                     Bateman, JCL, VF, Pastor of St. Patrick Par-
sion in your own life?                                               ish.
Thursday, September 16, 2021                                         For additional information, please call (717) 848-
Memorial of Saints Cornelius,
 Pope & Cyprian, Bishop, Mar-                                        2007 or visit: https://www.saintpiofoundation.org/
                tyrs                                                 the-tour-of-the-relics-of-padre-pio-2021
  1 Timothy 4:12-16; Luke 7:36-50
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