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Michael the Archangel
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From the Priest's Desk
“In truth reasons both numerous and most weighty were not lacking to justify this resistance of Ours. For, beside the fact that We deemed Ourselves altogether unworthy through Our littleness of the honor of the Pontificate; who would not have been disturbed at seeing himself designated to succeed him who, ruling the Church with supreme wisdom for nearly twenty-six years, showed himself adorned with such sublimity of mind, such luster of every virtue. as to attract to himself the admiration even of adversaries, and to leave his memory stamped in glorious achievements. Then again, to omit other motives, We were terrified beyond all else by the disastrous state of human society today. For who can fail to see that society is at the present time, more than in any past age, suffering from a terrible and deep-rooted malady which, developing every day and eating into its inmost being, is dragging it to destruction? You understand, Venerable Brethren, what this disease is -- apostasy from God, than which in truth nothing is more allied with ruin, according to the word of the Prophet: "For behold they that go far from Thee shall perish" (Ps. 1xxii., 17). We saw therefore that, in virtue of the ministry of the Pontificate, which was to be entrusted to Us, We must hasten to find a remedy for this great evil, considering as addressed to Us that Divine command: "Lo, I have set thee this day over the nations and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down, and to waste, and to destroy, and to build, and to plant" (Jerem. i., 10). But, cognizant of Our weakness, We recoiled in terror from a task as urgent as it is arduous.E Supremi Encyclical of Pope Pius X On the Resoration of All Things in Christ October 4, 1903
4. Since, however, it has been pleasing to the Divine Will to raise Our lowliness to such sublimity of power, We take courage in Him who strengthens Us; and setting Ourselves to work, relying on the power of God, We proclaim that We have no other program in the Supreme Pontificate but that "of restoring all things in Christ"
The Life of Saint Pius X
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will take place after Mass on the last Sunday of the month.
Announcements
Adult Catechism continues today at c. 9 AM. The topic will be “Dignitatis Humanae” of the Second Vatican Council
Friday, September 3 is First Friday. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered at 6:00 PM with adoration to follow.
Saturday, September 4 is First Saturday. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered at 9:00 AM. The Third Order Meeting will follow.
The practice of conformity to the will of God
Sunday's Mass and some Daily Masses can be printed from St. Andrew's Missal. It has both the common and propers.
A second collection for the Rectory fund will take place on the last Sunday of the month.
The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints August Volume by Alban Butler
The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints September Volume by Alban Butler
Dominican Saints by a Sister of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena
The Time after Pentecost VOL 2
The Time after Pentecost VOL 5(Aug. 23--Oct. 31
Liturgical Schedule
Date Time Mass Being Offered August 29: 8:00 AM
10:30 AM - High MassFourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Decollation of Saint John the BaptistAugust 30: 8:00 AM Saint Rose Of Lima, Virgin
Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin OP Book
Commemoration of Saints Felix and Audactus, Martyrs
August 31: 8:00 AM Saint Raymund Nonnatus, Confessor September 1: 8:00 AM Saint Giles, Abbot
Commemoration of the Twelve Brothers, MartyrsSeptember 2: 8:00 AM Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, Confessor September 3: 6:00 PM Saint Pius X May have Mass on this site on Feast Day
Blessed Guala, Bishop and Confessor OP BookSeptember 4: 9:00 AM Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
September 5: 8:00 AM
10:30 AM - High MassFifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Saint Laurence Justinian, Bishop and Confessor
Blessed Catharine of Raconiai, Virgin OP Book