MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, January 28, 2008
Communion Service
Tuesday, January
29, 2008 +Helen B. Kane
(Ed Kane)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Jo Vandehey
(Cindy Vandehey)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Kathy & Todd
Keathley & Family (Cindy Vandehey)
Friday, February 1, 2008
+Frances
Sieczkowski
(Walter & Ruth
Lorys)
Saturday, February 2, 2008
5:00PM-People of
the Parish
Sunday, February 3, 2008
8:30 AM-+James P.
Kane
(Ed Kane)
10:30 AM-+Kyle P.
Linhart (Rosemary Linhart)
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE WEEK Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:30 & 10:30 AM-Commissioning of E.M. to the
Homebound 9:00 AM– CCD 9:00 AM-Bible Study 1:00 PM-How to Read the Bible mtg-S.R. Monday, January 28, 2008 10:00 AM-Bible Study-S.R. 1:00 PM-Bible Study-S.R. Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:00 PM-Choir Practice 7:00 PM-Bible Study-Rm. 6 Wednesday, January 30, 2007 10:00 AM-Bible Study-S.R 7:00 PM-Bible Study-Rm. 6 7:00 PM-RCIA-S.R. Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:00 PM-Back to Prayer Night-Ch 7:00 PM-Bible Study-Rm. 4 Friday, February 1, 2008 8:30 AM-Fatima Prayer Cell 1:00 PM-LOOP set-up for Tea Saturday, February 2, 2008 1:00 PM-Women’s Tea-S.R.
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THIRD SUNDAY OF
ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 27, 2008 |
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From Fr. John: 2 Ears, One Mouth- Listen Twice as Much as you Speak! We are constantly fed with what I call
“fireworks.” Relentlessly the media
gives us the loud, big, bright, dramatic, showy. It is as if the only way we will get the
message is to be bombarded by an explosive presentation. In the face of the loud and big and bright
and showy, what place does silence have? We are created for greatness and infinity
but, to our own detriment, I think we take on the media’s presentation and
translate that into the way we look to experience God. We look for the loud, big, bright, and showy
God and we miss so many of the powerful ways he is reaching out to us in our
daily lives. We want the miracles of
the blind seeing, seas parting, cancer being cured etc. but if God is not
easily seen in the big, bright and obvious, we ask why he is absent. God is not absent, you are! How can we get away from the spiritual
liability (if, in fact, we do have it) of always looking for God in the
fireworks? Silence. Did you know that silent and listen are two
words composed of the same six letters?
We need to look and listen for all the ways God is coming to us in our
normal, daily existence. That is why
we have two ears and one mouth! Listen
twice as much as you speak. Could you
imagine how much our prayers and thus our world would be if we listened to
God twice as much as we talked to him in our prayer? We would see and move much more with his
infinite, transforming power making this world his family of love. Heaven relentlessly seeks to pour itself
out in you. Be silent and listen. Roll
out the red carpet each day and let heaven speak in the depth of your
soul. Pray to be awed by Infinity. Infinitely blessed! +Fr. John ³
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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. |