19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “I AM THE BREAD THAT …

19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “I AM THE BREAD THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.” AUGUST 8, 2021

Welcome to

ST. JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH 102 W. Hillside Rd. Laredo, Texas 78041

Parish Website: http://www.sjneumannlaredo.org Facebook: Sjn Laredo

Rev. Fr. Salvador Pedroza, Pastor

email: [email protected]

Rev. Fr. Jose Luis Balderas, Retired, Priest in Residence Deacon Gerardo Morales

Office: (956) 726-9488 Fax (956) 726-0540 Office Hours: Tues. - Fri. 9:00 AM– 5:00 PM

Parish Ministries

Altar Servers Alejandra Garza (956) 236-3885 Email: [email protected]

Altar Society Ruby Hernandez (956) 763-6160

Bible Reflection/ Classroom 1 Miguel Angel Rios (956) 236-1248

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Lydia Guevara (956) 282-8111 Email: [email protected]

Faith Formation Director Office (956) 726-9488 Ext. 13 Linda Villarreal Email: [email protected]

Lectors

Corina Salinas (956) 763-1472 Email: [email protected]

Music Ministry Monica Ramos Email: [email protected]

Pastoral Council

Finance Council David Cardwell, Chair (956)763-3627 Email: [email protected]

Youth Group

Christy Pedraza (956)645-5959

Email: [email protected]

Parish Office Staff Admin. Assistant-Nina Valdez Ext. 15 [email protected]

Bookkeeper-San Juana Garza Ext. 11 [email protected]

Faith Formation (CCD) Ext. 13 Linda Villarreal [email protected]

Bulletin and Announcements

Deadline is the Tuesday, prior to publication date. Send to: [email protected]

Weddings

Arrangements need to be made with the pastor 6 months in advance.

Baptisms

Parents need an interview with Fr. Pedroza, prior to scheduling a Baptism with the parish office.

Quince Años

For more information, please call or stop by the parish office.

St John Neumann, C. S. S.R. 1811-1860

Parish Mission Statement

We, the community of St. John Neumann, desire to guide all souls toward God. This we accomplish by evangelizing through our ministries. Our liturgical celebrations center around the Eucharist.

Our Vision We seek to become a spiritual home where God’s love for us and our love for Him abounds freely and within an atmos-phere of brotherhood and good will.

Nuestra Misión Parroquial Nosotros, la comunidad de St. John Neu-mann, deseamos guiar a todas las almas a Dios. Logramos esto evangelizando a través de nuestros ministerios. Nuestras celebraciones litúrgicas están centradas en La Eucaristía. Nuestra Visión Deseamos convertirnos en un hogar espi-ritual donde el amor de Dios por nosotros y nuestro amor por El abunde libremente dentro de un ambiente de buena voluntad y de hermandad.

Welcome to our parish!

If not vaccinated, please wear a protective mask or bandana when coming to Mass, confession or to the parish office. Thank You

Se les pide de favor que cuándo vengan a Misa, confesión o a la oficina, usen una mascara protectora o bandana para la protección de todos. Gracias

Regular Mass Schedule

Saturday: 6:00 PM Vigil (Spanish)

Sunday: 9:00 AM (English)

12:00 Noon (English)

Weekday Mass at 12:15 noon

Tues. & Thurs - 12:15 p.m. Span

Weds. & Fri. - 12:15 p.m. English

Reconciliation (Confesiones)

Saturday: 4:15 – 5:30 PM & by appt.

Please wear a protective mask or ban-

dana when coming to Mass, confes-

sion or to the parish office. Thank you.

Se les pide de favor que cuando ven-gan a Misa, confesión o a la oficina, usen una mascara protectora o ban-dana para la protección de todos. Gracias.


PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH & NEEDS OF:

Juanita Baldwin

Pedro Garza,Jr.

Linda Maldonado

Irma Reyna Karina Rios

Ernesto F. Barreda

Estella Gonzalez

Oscar Maldonado

Yolanda Rios Julio Rivera

Rebecca Benavides

Jonathan Gonzalez

Yolanda Martinez

Juan Manuel Rodriguez

Alicia Cardenas

Joe Gonzalez & Family

Osvaldo Montiel

Juan Salazar

Teresita Cantu Cesar Casso

Alicia Jasso Arnoldo Jasso

Ryan A. Ochoa Norberto Rodriguez Sosa

Jose L. Castro Melissa Castro

Eva Jasso Gonzalez

Yvonne Peña Imelda Perez

Diana Santos Aaron Sorocki

Carmen Delgado

Diana Jasso Alicia Linsey

Christopher Pruitt

Severiano Serna, Jr.

Jose Espinoza Isabel Estevis

Claudia Lomas & Maria Lomas

Jose O. Ramirez

Alberto Taboada

Elvia Garza Rudy Garza

Agustin Maldonado

Marcelo Ramirez

Christopher & Tony Valdez

Mass Intentions for the Week

Saturday, August 7, 2021 6:00 p.m. Alberto y Minerva Cortez †Manuel Ruiz Capetillo, †Cesar Ruiz & †Laura Ruiz, †Jesus Mendez and †Oscar Fuentes

Sunday, August 8, 2021 9:00 a.m. People of God

12:00 p.m. †Raul Martinez, Jr. †Hugo Avila and †Dimitri Avila

Monday, August 9, 2021 - No Mass Today

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:15 p.m. †Alfredo I. y †Maria Cristina H. Martinez

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:15 p.m †Cecilia Leyendecker and †Jesus Garcia

Thursday, August 12, 2021

12:15 p.m. †Ma. De Jesus Derbez y †Carmen S. Martinez

Friday, August 13, 2021 12:15 p.m Lourdes & Mauricio Martinez †Holy Souls of Purgatory

Every Thursday from 7:00 - 8:00 P.M.

Adoración Eucarística los jueves, de las

7 a las 8 de la noche

The Altar Flowers this weekend are for †Alfredo G. Dovalina In Memory of His Anniversary By The Dovalina Family

The Sanctuary Candle this weekend will be burning for Alberto & Minerva Cortez In Honor of Their 50th Wedding Anniversary

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

Registration for First Communion and Confirmation

Registration will take place will take place this weekend and next weekend in our parish hall. The schedule is as follows:

Saturday & Sunday, August 7 & 8, 10am-12noon

Saturday & Sunday, August 14 &15, 10am-12 noon

And by appointment with the Faith Formation Director, from August 10-13, 2pm-6pm

We also offer online registration which can be found on the parish website: http://www.sjneumannlaredo.org

Please bring copies of the following Church documents:

Birth Certificate, Baptism Certificate, and if registering for the Confirmation class, please bring the First Communion Certifi-cate as well.

Registration Cost: $50 for one child, $90 for two, $120 for three. If you are not able to pay the full amount at registra-tion, partial payments can be made.

Your Sister in Christ, Miss Linda Lucila Villarreal

Noticias de Formación en la Fé

La registración para las clases de la primera comunión y de la confirmación se llevara a cabo este fin de semana y la próxima fin de semana en nuestro salon parroquial. El horario es el siguiente:

sábado y domingo, el 7 y 8 de agosto, de 10 a 12 del dia

sábado y domingo, 14 y 15 de agosto, de 10 12 del dia

Se puede hacer una cita con la Directora de la Formación en la Fé, de martes a viernes, de las 2 a las 6 de la tarde, del 10 –13 de agosto.

También se puede registrar atraves de la página web de nuestra parroquia, http://www.sjneumannlaredo.org

Favor de traer copias de las siguientes documentos de la Iglie-sia: acta de nacimiento, constancia de bautismo, acta de la primera comunión (si es que vayan hacer su confirmación).

El costo de la registración es : $50 por un niño, $90 por dos, y $120 por tres. Si no puede pagar todo el costo el día de la reg-istración, se aceptan pagos partiales.

Su hermana en Cristo, Señorita Linda Lucila Villarreal


LAST WEEK’S OFFERING

Weekdays $ 266.00 Sat. 6:00 PM $ 683.00

Building Fund $ 1,261.94 Sun. 9:00 AM $ 1,350.00

Sun.12:00 PM $ 1,813.00

Online Giving $ 1,295.00

Combined Total incl Online Giving

$6,668.94

Today’s Gospel Reflection– John 6:41-51

Jesus responds to the murmurs of the crowd, who wonders what he means when he says that he came down from heaven.

On this Sunday, we continue to read from the “Bread of Life discourse” found in the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel. Recall that we have been reading from this chapter for the past two weeks and will continue to read from it for another two. Last week, the crowd asked for a sign that would show that Jesus came from God. Jesus replied by saying that he is the sign and the bread of life sent by God. At this point, our Lection-ary omits six verses in which Jesus predicts the unbelief of the crowd and further develops his connection with God the Father. In these verses, Jesus says that he was sent by God to do the Father’s will. Jesus promises that those who look upon the Son with faith will find eternal life. Some of these themes are re-peated in today’s Gospel reading.

Today’s Gospel begins with a report that the Jews complained about Jesus’ claims regarding his identity. They knew his family, and they knew he was the son of Joseph. They could not comprehend what Jesus meant when he said that he came down from heaven. Jesus responds to the complaints by saying that only those who are chosen by God will recognize him as the one that God sent. This is a recurring theme in John’s Gospel, that God has chosen those who will have faith in Jesus.

In the verses that follow, Jesus talks more about his unity with the Father. He is the one who has seen the Father and, therefore, knows the Father. Those who listen to God will recognize that Jesus is the one sent from God. Those who believe will have eternal life. Jesus concludes with the central element of our eucha-ristic theology. He promises that the bread of life will bring eternal life to those who partake of it, and he tells us that the bread of life will be his own flesh, given for the life of the world.

In today’s reading, we hear Jesus say again, as he did in last week's Gospel, that he is the bread of life. We also hear Jesus add that he is the living bread. Both of these statements help us understand better the gift that Jesus gives us in the Eucharist. We celebrate this gift of Jesus each time we gather for Mass. We be-lieve that receiving Jesus in the Eucharist will lead us to eternal life.

Additional Readings and Reflections at www.loyolapress.com

Gracious God, we joyously place before you our offer-ings. May these gifts support our ministry so that oth-ers may gather in your name and follow your path of love and peace. We, your beloved children, seek to be “imitators of God” and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Copyright © 2021 David S. Bell. Reprinted with permission from www.DavidSBell.org.”


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