Basilica Weekly Updates

Please pray 

• For those listed in the bulletin, who need our prayers.
• For parishioners who are discerning their voctation.
• For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
• For our Capital Campaign: Bold Faith. Bold City (See the official prayer in this weeks bulletin)

 
Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?  
                  Email office@icjax.org and let us know.
 
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
 
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:
 
Liturgy Note for this week:
All Saints Day Masses at 7:00 am & 12 Noon (Holy Day of Obligation)
All Souls Day Masses at 7:00 am & 12 Noon
 
Renovation & Repair – Updates:
Adoration Chapel – A Contractor has been chosen. The contract is being drafted and submitted to the Bishop to sign.
 
Organ – New Console arrives in November, and Pipes will be removed and cleaned offsite. 
Although you might not be interested in the Fundraising Concert, e sure to tell your friends and family about our special Fundraising Concert!  Digital copies of the advert is available. Click Here!
 
It's Emmet Cahill's 32nd birthday today! Please pray for Emmet and for his safe travels to Jacksonville for our concert in November! Below is a fun video and sample of his amazing vocal gifts.

Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.
 
Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support.  We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations.  Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!
 
Please remember, we still need parishioners & ‘Friends of the Basilica’ to give during the Sunday Collection in person or online. Special projects are important, but so are lights, AC, staff, etc. ​

And in this corner...

And in this corner…
A Senior version of Jesus Loves Me":

Jesus loves me, this I know,
Though my hair is white as snow
Though my sight is growing dim,
Still He bids me trust in Him.
(CHORUS)

YES, JESUS LOVES ME.. YES, JESUS LOVES ME..
YES, JESUS LOVES ME, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.

Though my steps are oh, so slow,
With my hand in His I'll go
On through life, let come what may,
He'll be there to lead the way.
(CHORUS)

When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song..
Telling me in words so clear,
"Have no fear, for I am near."
(CHORUS)

When my work on earth is done,
And life's victories have been won.
He will take me home above,
Then I'll understand His love.
(CHORUS)

I love Jesus, He surely knows,
I have often told and shown Him so.
Jesus loves to hear me say,
That I love Him every day.
(CHORUS)

Basilica Parish Weekly Bulletin & Updates

Please pray 

• For those listed in the bulletin, who need our prayers.
• For parishioners with children who suffer with mental illnesses.
• For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
• For our Capital Campaign: Bold Faith. Bold City

 
Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?  
                  Email office@icjax.org and let us know.
 
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
 
Worship Aids are posted online:
 
Renovation & Repair – Updates:
Adoration Chapel – A Contractor has been chosen. The contract is being drafted and submitted to the Bishop to sign.
 
Organ – New Console arrives in November, and Pipes will be removed and cleaned offsite. 
Although you might not be interested in the Fundraising Concert, e sure to tell your friends and family about our special Fundraising Concert!  Digital copies of the advert is available. Click Here!
 
Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.
 
Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support.  We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations.  Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!

• Many can’t give financially. Don’t feel bad. Do pray for our needs.
• Few can give to everything. Don’t feel bad. Do give as the Holy Spirit leads you.

 
Please remember, we still need parishioners & ‘Friends of the Basilica’ to give during the Sunday Collection in person or online. Special projects are important, but so are lights, AC, staff, etc. 

Little Boy's Explanation of God
Written by an 8-year-old named Danny, who lives in Chula Vista, CA.
He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to 'explain God.' 

EXPLANATION  OF GOD:  'One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grownups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way he doesn't have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers.'

'God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times beside bedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off.'

'God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting his time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have.'

'Jesus is God's Son. He used to do all the hard work, like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn't want to learn about God. They finally got tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him. But he was good and kind, like his father, and he told his father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said O.K.'

'His dad (God) appreciated everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. 'You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time.' 

'You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God! Don't skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway.'

'If you don't believe in God, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can. It is good to know He's around you when you're scared, in the dark or when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids.'

'But...you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.

Please pray 

• For Father Carlos while he is away, until 10/22/22
• For those listed in the bulletin, who need our prayers.
• For parishioners with children who suffer with mental illnesses.
• For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
• For our Capital Campaign: Bold Faith. Bold City

 
Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?  
                  Email office@icjax.org and let us know.
 
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
 
Worship Aids are posted online:
 
Renovation & Repair – Updates:
Adoration Chapel – Contractor Bids have been reviewed.  A recommendation has been made to Bishop Eric for moving forward into construction phase.
 
Organ – New Console arrives in October, and Pipes will be removed and cleaned offsite. 
Be sure to tell your friends and family about our special Fundraising Concert!  If you need digital copies of the advert, let us know, we’ll send you one!
 
Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.
 
Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support.  We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations.  Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!

• Many can’t give financially. Don’t feel bad. Do pray for our needs.
• Few can give to everything. Don’t feel bad. Do give as the Holy Spirit leads you.

'A Few of My Favorite Things' from the legendary movie 'Sound Of Music'.  With a bit of twist for the Golden Agers among us… 

​If you sing it, it’s especially fun!!!
 
Botox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
 
Cadillac's and cataracts, hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favourite things.
 
When the pipes leak, When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,I simply remember my favourite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.
 
Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favourite things...

​Back pain, confused brains and no need for sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favourite things.
When the joints ache, When the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
 
Please pray 

• For generosity toward those who need donations to help them recover from Hurricane Ian
• For those listed in the bulletin, who need our prayers.
• For parishioners with children who suffer from addictions.
• For Fr. Carlos who is away until 10/22/22
• For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
• For our Capital Campaign: Bold Faith. Bold City

 
Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?  
                  Email office@icjax.org and let us know.
 
Bulletin for this week is viewable online here or on the side links.
 
Worship Aids are posted online:
 
Renovation & Repair – Updates:
Adoration Chapel – Contractor Bids have been reviewed.  A recommendation has been made to Bishop Eric for moving forward into construction phase.
 
Organ – New Console arrives in October, and Pipes will be removed and cleaned offsite. 
Be sure to tell your friends and family about our special Fundraising Concert!  If you need digital copies of the advert, let us know, we’ll send you one!
 
Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.
 
Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support.  We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations.  Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!

• Many can’t give financially. Don’t feel bad. Do pray for our needs.
• Few can give to everything. Don’t feel bad. Do give as the Holy Spirit leads you.

And in this corner....
Years ago a church group passed a framed picture of the Virgin Mary from house to house.  According to the legend surrounding the picture, this same picture had been passed from house to house since 1938 and was passed through the 2nd world war, in secret for fear of confiscation, discovery, and retaliation from the enemy.    

To add to the mystery of the picture it was passed on by only one person.  You gave it to that person and requested it be passed on to...and you would name the person.  This was the way it was handled through the years, the idea being to protect the people receiving the picture. 

No one here lives in fear of being seriously persecuted for doing this now, and yet…

Let us pray for strength and conviction and in thanksgiving for the gift of faith given and lived by those who came before us.

Hail, Mary! Full of Grace!! The Lord is with Thee: 
Blessed art Thou among women, and Blessed is the Fruit of Thy womb, Jesus!  
Holy Mary, Mother of God: Pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. 
Amen.