Christ The King Catholic Community-

To all the Dads in our parishes, we Frs. Tims want to wish you a HAPPY FATHERS’ DAY!! We Frs. thank our heavenly Father for our Dads. We pray for Jacob “Jake” Pick, that he is with our Lord Jesus Christ who sits at the right hand of his Father in heaven. We also pray for Raymond “Ray” Friedrichsen, who will be 90 on July 17. Each of our Fathers played an important role in forming us to be the ordained Fathers that we are.

We hope that all of us can find ways to celebrate our Fathers and to let them know what they mean to us. May the way we honor our Fathers this Fathers’ Day be a focus of how we honor them each and every day—in word, deed, and prayer. If your Dad is deceased, may your memories and prayers honor him; may he be inter- ceding for you, which is an eternal way of keeping you in his love!

Readings: Job 38:1, 8-11; Psalm 107:223-24, 25-56, 28-29, 30-31 (R: “Give thanks to the LORD, his love is everlasting.”); 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41.

I think we can all empathize with the powerlessness that being in the midst of a storm reflects for Job and the disciples of Jesus (and the Psalmist). We can even admit our powerlessness in the face of needing good rainstorms that provide much-needed rain, but not damaging winds. In addition, we can think of “storm” as a metaphor for any of the ways in which we feel tossed about and helpless.

With Job, we first need to acknowledge our powerlessness, so that we can be assured, as the LORD assures Job, that he is the creator whose power and presence are greater than any storm. All of Job’s trials and suffering are put into perspective as he now stops questioning the LORD, and lets the LORD question him.

With the disciples we can cry out to Jesus: “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” Unlike the disciples, however, we know and believe that Jesus Christ is more than “teacher”, he is LORD! Even after Jesus quiets the storm, the disciples still don’t understand: “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”

Even though we know that Jesus is LORD, we can still ask what at first seems the disciples’ impertinent question: “...do you not care that we are perishing?” This question is similar to the opening cries in laments (see, e.g., Psalms 22, 69, 83, 102). Only by crying out in despair can the Psalmist’s lament move to trust again in the LORD. To move from despair to trust, we may have to let go of our expectations of how the “storm” is to be calmed by the Lord. We may also find that we are changed from having come through the storm with the Lord’s help. E.g., Jesus and the disciples will land in the foreign territory for which they had set out—on “the other side” of the Sea of Galilee. This, however, changes and expands Jesus’ mission and the mission of his disciples. In addition, there will be new “storms” to be faced with the Lord’s help.

We know that our Lord Jesus faced the storms of opposition and suffering even to death on the cross. St. Paul experienced great opposition and suffering—many “dangers” (see 2 Cor 11:23-28). He and his companions came through those “storms” because of their trust in the Lord; Paul boldly states: “The love of Christ impels us.” That Christ “died for all” shows this great love for all. As a result Paul and his companions “no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” We, too, can do the same if we open ourselves to this great love of Christ. Again, we may need

to let go of some of our expectations of how things are supposed to go and how storms in our lives are quieted by our Lord. The Lord will reveal to us in what ways he wants his love to impel us in this new phase of our lives of discipleship.

We can then join the Psalmist’s hymn of praise of the God who rescues people from the desert (vv. 4–9), from darkness and gloom (vv. 10–16), from grave illness (vv. 17–22), and from the stormy sea (vv. 23–32): “Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.”

As noted last week (see that bulletin for a fuller explanation), the Mass schedule for Good Shepherd Catholic Parish (GSCP), will have 1 Saturday evening and 2 Sunday morning Masses: (effective July 1, 2021)

•   Saturday, 5:30pm, St. Bernard Church, Breda;

•   Sunday, 8:00am, St. John the Baptist Church, Arcadia;

•   Sunday, 10:00am, Sacred Heart Church, Templeton.

  For weekday Masses:
   Mon.–Fri., 8:00am, St. John the Baptist Church, Arcadia (by Fr. Remmes; I will continue to take Monday as my day off);
  
   Tues., 8:00am, St. Bernard Church, Breda;
   Wed., 8:00am, Sacred Heart Church, Templeton;  Thurs., 8:00am, St. Bernard Church, Breda;
   Fri., 8:00am, Sacred Heart Church, Templeton.

  Fr. Pick will be taking some days off after Sunday, June 27, and before his move. So for the last weekdays of June (28-30), this will be the schedule:

•   Mon.-Wed., 8:00am, Arcadia (by Fr. Remmes);

•   Tues., 8:00am, Breda (Fr. Fred)

•   Wed., 8:00am, OLMC (Fr. Fred) and Templeton (Fr. Brodersen)

•   Wed., 5:30pm, Glidden (Fr. Fred)

A Couple Notes as we become Good Shepherd Catholic Parish (GSCP):

First, I (Fr. Fred) am sorry that I have not been clearer about parish registration after the merger. All registered members of the five parishes that are being merged will “automatically” be registered members of the GSCP. Some of you will decide to register in other parishes—we certainly want everyone to be registered members of a parish. If you do register elsewhere or wish not to be registered in GSCP, please let us know. For those who have not yet registered but who plan to be part of GSCP, please let us know so that you can be registered in GSCP once the merger is complete and we are able to do so.

Second, if you submitted Mass intentions that you wanted to be honored at OLMC or St. Augustine, I plan to honor them at one of the secondary churches (Breda, Arcadia, or Templeton). Please let me know your preference for any of your intentions that have not yet been honored. Or, if you prefer, I can refund the stipends for the not-yet-honored intentions to the person who made the request.

Please email me, t.a.friedrichsen@gmail.com.

This is a “Stewardship Prayer” from Our Sunday Visitor. We Frs. Tims believe that the prayer provides all of us good food for reflection.

My parish is composed of people like me. I help make it what it is.
It will be friendly, if I am.
It will be holy, if I am.
Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
It will do great work, if I work.
It will be prayerful, if I pray.
It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver.
It will bring others into worship, if I invite and bring them in.
It will be a place of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith,
of compassion, charity and mercy,
if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these same things.
Therefore, with the help of God,
I now dedicate myself to the task of being all
the things that I want my parish to be.
Amen.

ST BERNARD-Breda
Office Hours Mon - Fri: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Phone: 712-673-2582
stbernard@westianet.net

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-Arcadia
Office Hours: Mon & Fri 7:30-11:30 am Phone: 712-689-2595
stjohnarcadia@gmail.com

ST AUGUSTINE-Halbur
Office Hours Mon & Fri: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Phone: 712-658-2464
Fax: 712-658-2464 staug@iowatelecom.net

PASTOR
Rev. Timothy A. Friedrichsen
Breda Rectory Office (712-673-2351) t.a.friedrichsen@gmail.com

PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Timothy A. Pick
Breda School Office (712-673-2582) 
pickt@scdiocese.org

Donna Wesely
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Phone: 712-673-2582
stbernard@westianet.net