January 17-January 23
Saturday 4:00 p.m. Yvonne Godeaux
Sunday 8:30 a.m. Sheri Hawley Jenkins
Tuesday 8:00 a.m. No Mass
Wed. 8:00 a.m. No Mass
Thurs 8:00 a.m. No Mass
Friday 8:00 a.m. No Mass
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SAINT OF THE DAY
Saturday - Saint Anthony the Abbot
Sunday- Saint Margaret of Hungary
Tuesday Saint Fabian pope
Wednesday- Saint Agnes
Thursday- Saint Vincent Pallotti
Friday- Saint lldephonsus
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​​​​​​PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: Barry Adams, William Anderson, Gladys Ainsworth, Ajibola Batiste, Shirley Benson, Susan Caesar, Kade Coleman, Illya Coleman, Lisa Enderle, Donna Foreman, Beckham Fox, Mary Golden, Rosie Guidry, Elizabeth Harris, Barbara Hawkins, Lawson Helms, Gloria Jacobs, Bill Jannise, Harrison Johnson, Georgia Johnson, Lexi Jones, Amelia Lee, Liz Medlin, Amanda Mitchell, Ann Mitchell, Amanda Mitchell, Sherry Paschal, Gena Poole, Darlene Presley, Carrie Rashall, Ginger Reed, Jim Ryan ,Carolyn & Leroy Slack, Julie Shields, Ronald Thibodeaux, Brenda Ward, Mary Weitzel, Lulabelle White & Delta Wright.
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​​ BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS-: Lisa Blanchard 1/21, Cory Bruce 1/22, Gloria Derrick 1/22, James
Edwards 1/19, Sebastion Gomez 1/21, Ryan Jane Jones 1/20, Annette Lee 1/21, Kyle Lee 1/23,
Carolyn Trahan 1/19, & Cone Willey 1/20 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! MAY GOD BLESS YOU!
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ATTENTION MARRIED COUPLES- If you are celebrating a 25th, 50th, or over 50th wedding anniversary, Bishop David Toups and the Office of Marriage invite you to be recognized at the annual Diocesan Jubilee Mass to be held at t. Anthony cathedral basilica on Sunday, February 15, 2026 during the noon Mass. The occasion will include Holy Mass, renewal of vows and presentation of certificates. You must register with your Parish office no later than Friday January 30,2025.
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GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP- Catholic Charities will sponsor an adult Grief Support Group every Wednesday 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 pm. Located at Catholic Charities 2780 Eastex Freeway. For information call Linda Reising at 409-924-4427
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CHRIST IN HER WOMENS CONFERENCE- Tickets are now on sale for the 4Th annual conference. It will be held at the Beaumont Civic Center on Saturday March 14, 2026. This event always sells out, so get your tickets early for great speakers, vendors, confession and Holy Mass. Please see the flyers on each bulletin board for registration.​​​
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MARTIN LUTHER KING- Please join Bishop David Toups as we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday January 17th at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, with Mass at 4:00 pm and a reception to follow. Please RSVP: mguillory@dioceseofbmt.org
RALLY FOR LIFE- Please join us at St. Anne Catholic Church on January 18, at 3:00 pm for the annual Rally For Life! This year’s theme is “Speak Up For Life!” as we seek to break the stigma of reaching out for help in times of need or crisis. This event will begin at 3 PM with speakers and youth groups present and will include a baby supply drive ( blankets, onesies, diapers ect), followed by Mass at 5:00 pm. with Bishop David Toups.
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS- The beautiful Christmas Flowers were lovingly donated in honor of our entire Parish Family, living and deceased. Thank you for your generosity!
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SEMINARIAN PRAYER BOARD- At the back of the Church you will find a prayer-card easel furnished by the Sierra Club encouraging Vocations. All of the cards on the board are Seminarians in our Diocese. We are asked to pick a card and pray for that Seminarians and for the empty pegs to be filled. Bishop Toups wanted 20 pegs in the expectant hope that they may one day be filled.
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​ROSARY PRAYER GROUP- A group of parishioners gather to pray the Rosary every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Church and before Mass on Saturday and Sunday.
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FISH FRY- Will start back on Ash Wednesday February 18th. 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm​​
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​MINISTRIES- Are you interested in becoming a Lector, Eucharistic Minister, Altar Server, or Evangelization team? Maybe you like to sing, come join the Choir! The best way to grow our faith is by getting involved. We need you!
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​OCIA CLASSES- Are you or someone you know interested in joining the Church or learning more about your Catholic faith? Formerly RCIA, OCIA is the “Order of Christian Initiation for Adults”. If you are interested in joining please call the Church office. Classes are on the first and second Wednesday of each month in the Education Building 409-752-3571.
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WHATS HAPPENING AT OLOS- If you want to be up on the latest things going on at Our lady of Sorrows, you can check out our Facebook www.facebook.com/oloscatholicchurch and on Instagram: ourladyofsorrowscatholicchurch or the website ourladyofsorrowschina.org
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Visio divina, Latin for "divine seeing," is a contemplative Christian prayer practice that uses sacred images, art, or visual media as a focal point for meditation, allowing individuals to encounter God through "sacred seeing". As we study the The Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio, he depicts the moment Christ invited St. Matthew to give up his life as a tax collector to follow Him. In his gospel, Matthew recounts the scene simply: “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, Follow me. ‘And he rose and followed’ him” (Matthew 9:9). In the painting, Christ and St. Peter stand in a room with five men seated at a table counting coins. Christ and St. Peter stand on the right of the painting. While Peter’s back is turned to the viewer, it is noteworthy that his attention is fixed on Christ. Peter represents all Christians whose focus is only on Jesus Christ our Lord! Meanwhile, Jesus looks upon the five men at the table. Christ’s hand is raised, pointing at Matthew. It has been noted that Christ’s hand is strikingly similar to that of Adam in Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel, echoing the tradition of viewing Christ as the “new Adam.” One man, bearded and sitting in the center of the table, meets Christ’s gaze and points inwardly, apparently at himself. This man appears to be the same man as is depicted in the other paintings of St. Matthew in the chapel. Others have argued that the bearded man’s finger appears to point at a younger man at the end of the table, either indicating that this younger man is Matthew or attempting to deflect attention from himself. The young man looks down at the coins, still not having met Christ’s gaze. Still others have questioned whether the ambiguity itself is an intentional feature of the painting. The scene utilizes a single source of light shining into the dark room from behind Christ, aligning intentionally with the small window that serves as the Contarelli Chapel’s sole source of natural light. The light aligns with Christ’s gaze and his outstretched hand, all pointing at the men in the dark room. The room, a den of greed only moments before, is filled with the light of Christ, and “the darkness has not overcome it.” But notice how the character of the 5 men at the table changes the further they are away from Jesus. The two men seated at the right are focused on Jesus, one of them even seems to lean towards Jesus. The man in the middle of the five, most often assumed to be St. Matthew, is pointing at himself; almost as if to say, “Me?”. It’s as if he can’t imagine this young rabbi would be interested in someone like him. St. Matthew is also clothed mostly in black, although his sleeves are the color of red and orange. It’s as if Caravaggio is saying that, although Matthew is currently walking in darkness, there is still a burning of the Holy Spirit within him that is eager to ignite his soul and become a part of his entire being. The two men on the left, instead of paying any attention to Jesus, are instead focused on the trappings of this world, money. Their eyes are in shadow, because they do not recognize the light that comes from Christ. They represent all of us who ignore the calling of Christ because we are lured and tempted by the “treasures” of this world. The men are dressed according to the modern attire of the time and not like the ancient Jews, purposely to show that Jesus not only called those in the 1st century. Christ’s message of “Come, follow Me” holds true during the Middles ages, and even in our own lives today!
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