FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – July 5, 2026

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RESPONSORIAL PSALM: I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

TODAY’S MASS INTENTIONS:

9:00 AM (at St. Elizabeth): Parishioners of St. Emeric Parish

11:00 AM: László Győry, by Zsuzsanna Győry

MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS FOR THE COMING WEEK:

FROM THE DESK OF FR. BONA: (1) As we celebrate the 250^th anniversary of the United States of America, let us pray asking God to lead us to true freedom and to bless and protect our nation. To this end, I included below a prayer written by the first Bishop of the U.S. Happy Independence Day!

(2) In speeches given during the celebration of the Independence Day, we would often hear the word ‘freedom’. In our modern society, this word is (falsely) understood to mean license to do whatever one desires. However, the practitioners of this type of freedom have pledged allegiance only to themselves, and in effect have replaced the life-giving will of God with their own ideas. In the Catholic understanding to be free means to be able to do good on the habitual basis. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 1733) teaches: “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to ‘the slavery of sin.’”

PRAYER FOR OUR GOVERNMENT BY ARCHBISHOP JOHN CARROLL (1791):
We pray, O almighty and eternal God, who through Jesus Christ has revealed thy glory to all nations, to preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church, being spread through the whole world, may continue with unchanging faith in the confession of your name.

We pray Thee, who alone are good and holy, to endow with heavenly knowledge, sincere zeal and sanctity of life, our chief bishop, the pope, the vicar of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the government of his Church; our own bishop, all other bishops, prelates and pastors of the Church; and especially those who are appointed to exercise among us the functions of the holy ministry, and conduct your people into the ways of salvation.

We pray O God of might, wisdom and justice, through whom authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment decreed, assist with your Holy Spirit of counsel and fortitude the president of these United States, that his administration may be conducted in righteousness and be eminently useful to your people over whom he presides; by encouraging due respect for virtue and religion; by a faithful execution of the laws in justice and mercy; and by restraining vice and immorality.

Let the light of your divine wisdom direct the deliberations of Congress, and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws framed for our rule and government, so that they may tend to the preservation of peace, the promotion of national happiness, the increase of industry, sobriety and useful knowledge; and may perpetuate to us the blessing of equal liberty.

We pray for his excellency, the governor of this state, for the members of the assembly, for all judges, magistrates, and other officers who are appointed to guard our political welfare, that they may be enabled, by your powerful protection, to discharge the duties of their respective stations with honesty and ability.

We recommend likewise, to your unbounded mercy, all our brethren and fellow citizens throughout the United States, that they may be blessed in the knowledge and sanctified in the observance of your most holy law; that they may be preserved in union, and in that peace which the world cannot give; and after enjoying the blessings of this life, be admitted to those which are eternal.

Finally, we pray to you, O Lord of mercy, to remember the souls of your servants departed, who are gone before us with the sign of faith and repose in the sleep of peace; the souls of our parents, relatives and friends; of those who, when living, were members of this congregation, and particularly of such as are lately deceased; of all benefactors who, by their donations or legacies to this Church, witnessed their zeal for the decency of divine worship and proved their claim to our grateful and charitable remembrance. To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech you, a place of refreshment, light and everlasting peace, through the same Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior. Amen

MASS SCHEDULE CHANGE: The 9AM Sunday Mass in English from St. Emeric has been moved to the Shrine of St. Elizabeth.

PLANNING MEETING – ST. STEPHEN DAY PARISH PICNIC: On Sunday, August 16 we will hold our St. Stephen Day Parish Picnic. The format will closely follow what we did last year. I would like to invite everyone who was involved in the last year’s planning meeting, or who would like to be involved in this year’s, to come on Wednesday, July 8 at 6:30PM to St. Emeric to meet and plan. Thank you very much to all of you who so devotedly volunteer for the events and work at St. Emeric parish.

LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION: Sunday Collection: $1,284.25; Solemnity of Asumption: $10; Maintenance: $310; Boiler Cost Offset: $100; Organ repair: $100; St. Anthony Fund: $60. May God reward your generosity in supporting the church. Thank you for sending in your donations by mail or using our website https://stemeric.com/donations/.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially for Bev Kimar, Teréz Kalász, Lajos Boday, Márta Takács, Kathy Szabó, Alex Szaday, Virginia Kachmar, Margaret Falk, Mária Hokky, and Balázs Bedy.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE DECEASED: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen

THIS SUNDAY the 11:00 AM Mass from St. Emeric church will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/saintemeric/

LET US PRAY THREE HAIL MARYS FOR OUR PARISH EVERY DAY!

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