MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, January 21, 2008
Communion Service
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Special Intentions
(Peter Einwaller)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Karl Jost
Thursday, January 24, 2008
+Roberta Fidler (Ed
Kane)
Friday, January 25, 2008
+Thomas Anderson
(Ed Kane)
Saturday, January 26, 2008
5:00PM-People of
the Parish
Sunday, January 27, 2008
8:30 AM-+Beverly
& Gene Kane
(Ed Kane)
10:30 AM-+Paul
Bonneville
(Ardene Hatfield)
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE WEEK Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:00 AM– CCD 12:00 NN-Mexico mtg.-Rm. 6 1:00 PM-How to Read the Bible mtg-S.R. Monday, January 21, 2008 Martin Luther King Day Parish Center Closed Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:00 PM-Choir Practice Wednesday, January 23, 2007 7:00 PM-RCIA-S.R. Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:00 PM-Prayer Group-S.R. 7:00 PM-Bible Study-Rm. 4 Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:00 AM-Red Cross Blood Bank in S. R. 5:00 PM-Commissioning of E.M. to the Homebound
Winter Bible Study
Update Bible study will start the week of January 27th.
Pick up schedule & materials this weekend. Cost $20. |
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SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 20, 2008 |
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From Fr. John: Out of the Fog into God's Will
How badly she wanted to do God’s will. Not to do his will, even for a second, was
such a serious offense to her. When
she got her “Call with her Call”, she made a private vow to the Lord. Her vow was this, “Jesus, I will not refuse
you anything.” What an utterly
challenging vow to emulate. How many
times do I refuse Jesus in just one day?
But that is where we all want to go.
We want to live the life Jesus lives. Thank God for Mother Teresa
calling us all on to holiness! What does it mean to be pure or clean before
God? One definition of purity is
willing the one thing. Purity is to
will God’s will and will it alone.
Purity is summed up in Mother Teresa’s vow, “Jesus, I will not refuse
you anything.” I use the image that Satan likes to work in the
fog. What does that mean? He does not want us to see things
clearly. He does not want us to
clearly see our sin and our Savior. He
keeps us in the fog away from our God who has come to save us. We lose our sense of sin and our constant
and total need of our Savior. If you or a friend is living in the fog of not
knowing sin and, most importantly the one who is saving you from that sin,
there are ways to get out of it. Study
and pray every facet of the 10 Commandments and be challenged to grow out of
the fog. Read the Gospel and live its
teaching. Know what the church teaches
and follow it. Ask holy friends how you
can grow in holiness and be open to that change. There are countless ways to get out of the
fog! Good News! Let us pray for purity - to will only God’s will in
our lives: “Lord Jesus, please make
your will clear to me always. I want
to do only what you want me to do.
Give me the desire to please you in all things and let me not refuse
you anything. You are the love I want
to love and your life is the life I want to live. I trust in your promise to make me
holy. You are my life, Jesus, and I
love you. Amen.” We are infinitely blessed! +Fr. John ³ ³ ³ ³ Support
Vocations-Seminarian Dinner-March 8, 2008 The Knights of Columbus will be
putting on a dinner to benefit Seminarians on March 8th and you can help by
donating gifts for a silent auction.
No need to re-gift your excess presents from Christmas; just donate them
for this great cause. To donate items
Call Mike Caldwell in the parish office - 503-761-8710 x106. Mark your calendar now to join this dinner
with Fr. Rick Paperini and local seminarians. |
