SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 29, 2018 MASS READINGS MONDAY: JER 13:1-11, DT 32, MT 13:31-35 TUESDAY: JER 14:7-22, PS 79, MT 13:36-43 WEDNESDAY: JER 15:10,16-21, PS 59, MT 13:44-46 THURSDAY: JER 18:1-6, PS 146, MT 13:47-53 FRIDAY: JER 26:1-9, PS 69, MT 13:54-58 SATURDAY: JER 26:11-16,24, PS 69, MT 14:1-12 NEXT SUNDAY: EITHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDI- NARY TIME – RDGS: EX 16:2-4,12-15, PS 78, EPH 4:17,20-24, JN 6:24-35 MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY: BETH GREVING TUESDAY: ALFRED PANKE WEDNESDAY: CHARLES HEMMERLING THURSDAY: FR. JOSEPH GRACE FRIDAY: POOR SOULS VIGIL: ELDA MILLER 7:30: BETH GREVING 10:00: WENDY GAVIN NOON: FOR THE PARISH MEMORIAL FLOWERS Those serving in our Armed Forces, especially those soldiers who have connections to our parish: (Eliz Leonard, Robert C., Margart Royer, Al Hollis). (Larry White, Norb & Mark FitzSi- mons). (Burnell, Anna & Henry Totten, Robert Stump, Victor & Dorothy Ringle). Bob Bohan. Farrell & LaGuire families. (Gerban, Lucille, Stephen & Theresa Brouwer, Charles, Cathe- rine & Luke Spitznagle). (Timothy & George Ruppert & fami- ly, John Scowden, E. & L. Richard & family). (Claude & Anna King, Robert & Mary Bloyd). Ann Hubertz. (Keith Gillam, Jean Murphy & Kris Stevens). I’ve been blessed with a number of good teachers in my formative years. One in particular stays in my mind. She was my 6 th grade teacher who simply would not allow me, or anyone else for that matter, to cut corners. She certainly embodied the saying “that a job worth doing is worth doing well”. The temptation to get something done as quickly as possible or perhaps in the language of the day “to work for weekends” is certainly an easy one. There are numerous reasons put forward why folks are not as inclined to apply themselves to a task as they might otherwise do. Maybe one such reason is that we don’t real- ly believe in the importance of what we do, that our work has little impact on anything else in our world. For those who believe that our God is a loving, providential Father-God this could not be further from the truth. Our actions, great and small, do have a purpose and mean- ing. We see this in the Book of Genesis in which our first parents are given a beautiful garden and the serene task of caring for it in the pres- ence of a loving God. Perhaps not satisfied with this or not believing that the job was really important enough they sought to “cut corners” and subsequently found themselves quite literally without a garden/ home. We also learn this in a big way from the mystery of the Incarna- tion. The Divine Word took on human flesh and a family in which work was an important part of their identity and not simply something they had to do. Jesus would soon come to share the message that he also had another kind of “work” to do and that was to preach the com- ing of the Kingdom (something greater than the Garden). And he did this work in a serious, methodical way not letting anything stand in his way and not cutting corners. For example, when presented with the fact that there was simply not enough with which to feed the vast crowd he set to work with what he had and in the end produced more than enough for everyone. This is more than just a quaint story, it in- volves the reality of grace in our lives and just how important we are to God in the daily work we have set aside for ourselves in growing and advancing in the spiritual life so as to know, love and serve God in this world as to be with him in the next. There is nothing unimportant about this life-long task of working for the Kingdom, beginning within ourselves and extending out to others. We also have a divine teacher who has provided for us more than and example as to how we are to do this and the strength with which to do it. The next time we feel our efforts are not important or that we lack the resolve and materials let us remember that God is counting on us and loves us enough to instill in our hearts that wondrous sense of meaning and purpose by which even our smallest actions and gestures takes on cosmic proportions through him who made us and loves us be glory and honor and praise now and always and forever and ever. AMEN
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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JULY 29, 2018
MASS READINGS
MONDAY: JER 13:1-11, DT 32, MT 13:31-35
TUESDAY: JER 14:7-22, PS 79, MT 13:36-43
WEDNESDAY: JER 15:10,16-21, PS 59, MT 13:44-46
THURSDAY: JER 18:1-6, PS 146, MT 13:47-53
FRIDAY: JER 26:1-9, PS 69, MT 13:54-58
SATURDAY: JER 26:11-16,24, PS 69, MT 14:1-12
NEXT SUNDAY: EITHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDI-
NARY TIME – RDGS: EX 16:2-4,12-15, PS 78, EPH
4:17,20-24, JN 6:24-35
MASS INTENTIONS
MONDAY: BETH GREVING
TUESDAY: ALFRED PANKE
WEDNESDAY: CHARLES HEMMERLING
THURSDAY: FR. JOSEPH GRACE
FRIDAY: POOR SOULS
VIGIL: ELDA MILLER
7:30: BETH GREVING
10:00: WENDY GAVIN
NOON: FOR THE PARISH
MEMORIAL FLOWERS
Those serving in our Armed Forces, especially those soldiers
who have connections to our parish: (Eliz Leonard, Robert C.,
Margart Royer, Al Hollis). (Larry White, Norb & Mark FitzSi-
mons). (Burnell, Anna & Henry Totten, Robert Stump, Victor
& Dorothy Ringle). Bob Bohan. Farrell & LaGuire families.
(Gerban, Lucille, Stephen & Theresa Brouwer, Charles, Cathe-
rine & Luke Spitznagle). (Timothy & George Ruppert & fami-
ly, John Scowden, E. & L. Richard & family). (Claude & Anna
King, Robert & Mary Bloyd). Ann Hubertz. (Keith Gillam,
Jean Murphy & Kris Stevens).
I’ve been blessed with a number of good teachers in my formative
years. One in particular stays in my mind. She was my 6th grade
teacher who simply would not allow me, or anyone else for that matter,
to cut corners. She certainly embodied the saying “that a job worth
doing is worth doing well”. The temptation to get something done as
quickly as possible or perhaps in the language of the day “to work for
weekends” is certainly an easy one. There are numerous reasons put
forward why folks are not as inclined to apply themselves to a task as
they might otherwise do. Maybe one such reason is that we don’t real-
ly believe in the importance of what we do, that our work has little
impact on anything else in our world. For those who believe that our
God is a loving, providential Father-God this could not be further from
the truth. Our actions, great and small, do have a purpose and mean-
ing. We see this in the Book of Genesis in which our first parents are
given a beautiful garden and the serene task of caring for it in the pres-
ence of a loving God. Perhaps not satisfied with this or not believing
that the job was really important enough they sought to “cut corners”
and subsequently found themselves quite literally without a garden/
home. We also learn this in a big way from the mystery of the Incarna-
tion. The Divine Word took on human flesh and a family in which
work was an important part of their identity and not simply something
they had to do. Jesus would soon come to share the message that he
also had another kind of “work” to do and that was to preach the com-
ing of the Kingdom (something greater than the Garden). And he did
this work in a serious, methodical way not letting anything stand in his
way and not cutting corners. For example, when presented with the
fact that there was simply not enough with which to feed the vast
crowd he set to work with what he had and in the end produced more
than enough for everyone. This is more than just a quaint story, it in-
volves the reality of grace in our lives and just how important we are to
God in the daily work we have set aside for ourselves in growing and
advancing in the spiritual life so as to know, love and serve God in this
world as to be with him in the next. There is nothing unimportant
about this life-long task of working for the Kingdom, beginning within
ourselves and extending out to others. We also have a divine teacher
who has provided for us more than and example as to how we are to do
this and the strength with which to do it. The next time we feel our
efforts are not important or that we lack the resolve and materials let us
remember that God is counting on us and loves us enough to instill in
our hearts that wondrous sense of meaning and purpose by which even
our smallest actions and gestures takes on cosmic proportions through
him who made us and loves us be glory and honor and praise now and
always and forever and ever. AMEN
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JULY 29, 2018
God is working `Love's` purpose out As year succeeds to year,
God is working `Love's` purpose out And the time is drawing near;
Nearer and nearer draws the time, The time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God As the waters cover the sea.
What can we do to work God's work,
To prosper and increase The brotherhood of all mankind, The reign of the Prince of Peace?
What can we do to hasten the time, The time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God As the waters cover the sea?
March we forth in the strength of God
With the banner of Christ unfurled, That the light of the glorious Gospel of truth
May shine throughout the world; Fight we the fight with sorrow and sin,
To set their captives free, That the earth may be filled with the glory of God
As the waters cover the sea.
In the biblical context bread often symbolizes the very notion of life itself. That sustaining quality to which we look to God to pro-
vide. The psalmist reminds us that if God turns away from us we disappear. If we think of bread in this manner Our Lord is re-
minding us to pray that God is always turned toward us. Scripture also indicates that God does not easily turn away from us so that
it would seem that the problem is solved and we needn’t worry about it. Quite the contrary. Returning to Genesis we see that man
has a habit of turning away from God. Adam, realizing that he had sinned and allowing that to cloud his thinking takes up resi-
dence behind shrubbery, which becomes the status of man throughout, i.e. one who is in hiding. God then comes looking for Ad-
am, “where are you”?, he asks. Not that the all-knowing God has just lost one of his super powers but that the question is more
geared toward us and he would like us to consider where we are. In which case the question sometimes remains lost on us. We
think we know where we are and yet our behavior would indicate otherwise. Augustine reminds us of a certain restlessness which
exists because we are made to be “in God”. Is that where we are? If not who do we get there? Through the scriptures we follow a
“plan”, the Greeks referred to it as economia. This plan indicates that God has every intention of finding us, or better put, helping
us find where we are and hence where we need to be. The Law, the Prophets, the Wisdom writings all seek to assist us in this quest
and “in the fullness of time” God gave us his only begotten Son that we might have a very clear picture of where we are supposed
to be. Jesus bids us to “come all you who labor”, i.e. all who have been wondering where you are, and I will give you rest. I will
show you where you are and where you need to be. Jesus then literally becomes for us “bread” namely that source of life in which
we live, and move and have our being. Jesus demonstrates to us the intensity of God’s focus on us in that he came among us to be
the constant presence of the Divine that we might never lose our way or never again wish to find a place in which to hide. We have
found a place and that is with God. He then becomes that “daily bread” that source of life upon which we depend and without
which we would cease to exist. So that when we pray for our daily bread we are asking God to keep us aware during each waking
moment of the presence of the Divine in our lives and how that presence gives us strength, courage, consolation and all the many
things we need to live in the dignity with which we were redeemed by the one who offers himself as the Bread of Life.
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JULY 29, 2018
Daily Bread
Beyond the lost days of manna, all nutrition I'll ever need was given to me at birth
with the implantation of spiritual seed.
An enabling inner spark, combined with soul's hungering emptiness,
allowed me to find divine connection and a path towards Your Holiness.
Thank You Lord for Your Daily Bread
that feeds my spirit and sustains my soul; for feasting on Your Word everyday
is the best way to be kept whole.
By Joseph J. Breunig
O SACRED BANQUET Saint Paul twice speaks of handing on to others things which he himself had received. One of these things was the truth concerning
the Death and Resurrection of Christ (I Cor. 15:3-4); the other was the mystery of the Holy Eucharist (I Cor. 11:23ff). This passing
on of something received is called “tradition.” It is by tradition that the Church receives her doctrines, her scriptures, and her sacra-
ments. Having received this infallible and indefectible tradition, she makes them present to the faithful in every age.
In the Church’s liturgy, and especially in her sacramental rites, she makes the significant events of salvation history, along with their
grace-producing efficacy, present here and now. In so many of our great feast days (Christmas, the Circumcision, Epiphany, Easter,
the Ascension, Pentecost, etc.), the Church uses the word hodie (today) in her liturgy, signifying this making present again a reality
of eternal weight.
O Sacred Banquet in which Christ becomes our food,
the memory of His passion is celebrated,
the soul is filled with grace,
and the pledge of future glory is given to us.
You gave them Bread from heaven:
Containing every blessing.
O God, in this wonderful Sacrament, you have given us a memorial of your Passion.
Help us, we beg you, so to revere the Sacred Mysteries of your Body and Blood,
that we may constantly feel within our lives the fruits of your Redemption.