Dear Parishioners, You know, most of the time, I actually do review and rehearse my Sunday sermons/homilies. It’ s only when I don’t, that I realize, halfway through, that I made a big mistake. The good news, though, is that, when I finally delivered last Sunday’ s meditation at Ss. Peter and Paul, I did get it right – pretty much. Sometimes, ya got it, sometimes ya don’t. I regret handling the Saturday 6PM Mass-goers and even the Sunday 8AM Mass-goers as, well, guinea pigs. Please forgive me. I won’t make that mistake again. Whew! OK, now let’ s get on to less embarrassing matters. I’d like to call your attention to our website where I had our web-master put up two documents, one about insipient communism in the USA and the other about the topic “du jour,” BLM or Black Lives Matter. You might find them interesting. There’ s very little material of my own, I pretty much just took existing – and very public – documentation and put it on the website for you. You know, it’ s amazing how much some people know and how little some other people know. Remember “Pacha Mama” and the picture I taped to the main door of the church? I happened to ask the opinion of a parishioner on it who attends the Saturday 4:15 PM Mass and then, subsequently, the opinion of a diocesan official on it. The official was here on an inspection tour. I was quite taken aback when both of those two people said that they’d never heard of Pacha Mama. Now, this is not a moral judgment on those two individuals. So many in today’ s world are quite content leading ordinary, normal lives, not seeing the need to look into this or that. This is especially true in the Church. But this also shows that so many in the Church have absolutely no idea what’ s going on in the world. I believe that, if there’ s any time that one should bestir him-/her- self to investigate what’ s happening out there, it is most certainly now. Our very salvation, both as citizens of the US and members of the Mystical Body of Christ may depend greatly on our knowledge of current events. It could be that we may all be called upon to defend our beautiful little church from vandals bent on destruction. AND, we might be called upon to defend the bigger Church from enemies both external and internal. Forewarned is forearmed, my beloved children and friends, my parish family. God bless you. Father Magiera Saint Joseph Catholic Church July 18 th /19 th , 2020 A Parish Apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Fr. Michael W. Magiera, FSSP, KHS, ChLJ, Pastor 1329 Belleview Avenue Rockdale, IL 60436-2577 Phone: (815) 725-4469 FAX: (815) 714-2078 Father Magiera’s Email: [email protected]Website: www.fsspjoliet.wordpress.com Facebook: St. Joseph Catholic Church – Rockdale, Illinois Elizabeth Kelch, Co-DRE Denise Lonigro, Co-DRE Phone: (815) 729-9149 Phone: (708) 646-3834 Email: [email protected]Email: [email protected]Office/Rectory Hours: Monday through Friday 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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Dear Parishioners,
You know, most of the time, I actually do review and
rehearse my Sunday sermons/homilies. It’s only when I
don’t, that I realize, halfway through, that I made a big mistake. The
good news, though, is that, when I finally delivered last Sunday’s
meditation at Ss. Peter and Paul, I did get it right – pretty much.
Sometimes, ya got it, sometimes ya don’t. I regret handling the
Saturday 6PM Mass-goers and even the Sunday 8AM Mass-goers as,
well, guinea pigs. Please forgive me. I won’t make that mistake again.
Whew! OK, now let’s get on to less embarrassing matters. I’d like to
call your attention to our website where I had our web-master put up
two documents, one about insipient communism in the USA and the
other about the topic “du jour,” BLM or Black Lives Matter. You might
find them interesting. There’s very little material of my own, I pretty
much just took existing – and very public – documentation and put it on
the website for you.
You know, it’s amazing how much some people know and how little
some other people know. Remember “Pacha Mama” and the picture I
taped to the main door of the church? I happened to ask the opinion of a
parishioner on it who attends the Saturday 4:15 PM Mass and then,
subsequently, the opinion of a diocesan official on it. The official was
here on an inspection tour. I was quite taken aback when both of those
two people said that they’d never heard of Pacha Mama. Now, this is
not a moral judgment on those two individuals. So many in today’s
world are quite content leading ordinary, normal lives, not seeing the
need to look into this or that. This is especially true in the Church. But
this also shows that so many in the Church have absolutely no idea
what’s going on in the world. I believe that, if there’s any time that one
should bestir him-/her- self to investigate what’s happening out there, it
is most certainly now. Our very salvation, both as citizens of the US and
members of the Mystical Body of Christ may depend greatly on our
knowledge of current events. It could be that we may all be called upon
to defend our beautiful little church from vandals bent on destruction.
AND, we might be called upon to defend the bigger Church from
enemies both external and internal. Forewarned is forearmed, my
beloved children and friends, my parish family. God bless you.
Father Magiera
Saint Joseph Catholic Church
July 18th/19th, 2020
A Parish Apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Fr. Michael W. Magiera, FSSP, KHS, ChLJ, Pastor
1329 Belleview Avenue Rockdale, IL 60436-2577
Phone: (815) 725-4469 FAX: (815) 714-2078
Father Magiera’s Email: [email protected] Website: www.fsspjoliet.wordpress.com
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