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THE GARDENER'S JOURNAL Humility isn't a matter of beating our breast or putting ourselves down. Humility is recognizing that we are gifted, enriched, and nourished by God and then reaching out to others in the same way. If we wish God to raise us up, then we must live our lives raising others up. Each Sunday we are invited to God's banquet table. We are nourished at the same time that we are called to share the abundance of God's life by reaching out to others in need. We eat and drink in order to be gracious to others. This is the most profound humility! CONNECTING THE WORD To be humble means to me ____ . A time when I acted/lived humbly was ____ . The truth about myself is ____ . Occasions when I am prompted toward self-exaltation are ____ . I have experienced God exalting me when ____ . KNOW YOUR SAINTS? September 3, Gregory the Great, pope/doctor of the Church; prefect of Rome; papal legate to Constantinople; as pope, noted for liturgical reform and chant; sent missionaries to England; wrote on many moral and theological subjects (e.g., Moralia, Dialogues and Pastoral Rule); one of the four great doctors of the Latin Church; called himself "servus servorum Dei"; servant of the servants of God); patron saint of music. GOLF OUTING A Parish Golf Outing is set for Sunday, October 3, 1:00 pm, Green Hills Golf Course, M-13 North of Linwood. Four-person scramble includes golf and dinner. Cost is $65.00 per person. This year's outing will be a "fund raising" event to help raise funds for a new tractor for use in maintaining the parish grounds (grass, snow, etc.). Reserve the date and plan to join us; if you cannot golf you are still welcome to make a donation to the event to help us raise the necessary funds for a new tractor. All are welcome! A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE... The life of Mother Teresa provides us with a powerful challenge to live out the teachings in today's Gospel parable. We are told to go and sit in the lowest place. That's where Mother Teresa began. She found a woman dying in the streets. "The woman was half eaten up by rats and ants," Mother Teresa said. She picked her up and took her to the hospital. The Gospel tells us not to invite our friends to a banquet, but to invite beggars and the crippled, the lame and the blind. When Mother Teresa was invited to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, she insisted that the ceremonial banquet be canceled and asked that the $6,000 cost for the banquet be donated to the poor in Calcutta. The money saved on that one banquet would help her to feed hundreds for a year. ...THERE IS A TURNING POINT Toward the end of the liturgical year our sequential reading of Luke's Gospel begins to bring events closer to Jerusalem and Jesus' passion and death and we begin to pick up the themes referring to Jesus' second coming and the Church. Often this happens in late October or early November and culminates in the feast of Christ the King. This year, these themes show up in late August because of the structure of Luke's Gospel, about one-third of which focuses on Jesus' journey to Jerusalem. The prevailing journey theme is a reminder that our whole Christian life is a journey to our final union with Jesus in eternal glory. W MARK YOUR CALENDAR! W Sept. 3, Parish Offices Closed-Labor Day weekend Sept. 4-5, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Sept. 6, Parish Offices Closed-Labor Day holiday Sept. 7, Commission meetings, 6:30 pm, SPH Sept. 10, Communion/homebound calls Sept. 11-12, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sept. 12, Sr. Mary Epple, RSM, Jubilee Celebration, 2:00-4:00 pm, CH/SPH Sept. 12, Lay Ministry Commissioning, 2:30 pm, St. Mary Cathedral Sept. 13, Altar Society Mass/Potluck, 6:00 pm Sept. 15, Administration Comm., 6:30 pm, PC CLUSTER CORNER REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE St. Mary of the Assumption -- Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Holy Trinity -- Saturday--4:30 pm and Sunday--8:30 am and 10:30 am St. Hedwig -- Saturday--5:00 pm and Sunday--10:00 am |
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MASSES FOR THE WEEK 08/21 - 08/29 SAT. 4:00 p.m. Dick Voisine, Jeanette Skornia, Mary Witucki & Richard Davidson SUN. 8:30 a.m. Fred Sugar-5th Anniversary, Carlene Runberg, James Hayes III, People of the Parish SUN. 11:00 a.m. Sam Cappello, Barb Martens, Michelle Slocum TUE. 8:00 a.m. Ernest, Donna, Rogers Metevia & Sandy Riggs WED. 8:00 a.m. Wilma Chambers THU. 8:00 a.m. Genevieve Sabourin FRI. 8:00 a.m. Frank Rosewski SAT. 4:00 p.m. Clarence Jill, Lee Wheatley, Ed Trella SUN. 8:30 a.m. Frank & Rita Salogar, Jack McDonnell SUN. 11:00 a.m. Kathy Germain, Thelma Bond, People of the Parish |
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St. Mary of the Assumption "Messenger" Bulletin 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME |
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(click on date for the readings) V See KNOW YOUR SAINTS (below) AUGUST 29 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 Luke 14:1, 7-14 AUG 30 MON. Weekday 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Luke 4:16-30 AUG 31 TUE. Weekday 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 Luke 4:31-37 SEP 01 WED. Weekday 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Luke 4:38-44 SEP 02 THU. Weekday 1 Corinthians 3:18-23 Luke 5:1-11 SEP 03 FRI. Gregory the Great, pope/doctor V 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Luke 5:33-39 SEP 04 SAT. Weekday 1 Corinthians 4:6-15 Luke 6:1-5 SEPT 05 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 9:13-18 Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Luke 14:25-33 |
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In our society self-image, self-esteem, ego strength, and positive self-regard have been exaggerated and made ends in themselves. Some tend to see humility as negative and ego-damaging. Humility, however, is authentic Christian self-understanding. Fr. Craig |
