Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                                                                    July 6, 2008

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       READINGS  FOR THIS WEEKEND                                   READINGS FOR NEXT WEEKEND          
          1^st Reading: Zec 9:9-10                                                             1^st Reading: Is 55:10-11
              Responsorial Psalm                                                                                           Responsorial Psalm
              2^nd Reading: Rom 8:9, 11-13                                                                      2^nd Reading: Rom 8:18-23
              Gospel Reading: Mt 11:25-30                                                                     Gospel Reading: Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9

SACRIFICIAL GIVING…..for June 29, 2008

                $    1,271.76   loose

                $    3,552.00 182 envelopes     

    $    4,823.76  TOTAL     

SPECIAL COLLECTION:  FOR MISSIONS AMONG BLACK AND NATIVE AMERICANS:  The Collection will be taken at all Masses next weekend.  The support goes to some of the neediest people of our country:  from the inner cities of the rural South, from the deserts of the Southwest to Alaska’s cold wilderness.

Now that summer is coming and people are away on vacation please remember to continue supporting our parish to help cover expenses which continue to come.

BAPTISMS:  Last Sunday we were pleased to welcome the following newly baptized into the family of Sts. Martha and Mary through the Sacrament of Baptism: 
Luca Rubini

ARISE

 IS COMING IN SEPTEMBER

For the past several months a group of parishioners have been attending meetings to prepare for the coming of ARISE in September.  Next Sunday at the 9:00 a.m. Mass, we will have a commissioning ceremony.  Hopefully, all will become involved in September when we launch the program. 
This program is nothing like we have had before.

ARISE  IS COMING IN SEPTEMBER

This is a program of spiritual renewal. We will gather in small groups to share our faith and our understanding of the Scriptures and how we can put them into practice.  Please keep the success of this program in your prayers.  Prayer cards are available at the back of the Church.

SEEKING PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHERS

WORLD YOUTH DAY FROM SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

CatholicTV will provide extensive coverage of World Youth Day from Sydney Australia July 17^th - 20^th.   See youth from around the archdiocese and around the world. A complete program schedule is available at www.CatholicTV.com,  your  Catholic broadband network. You can now watch CatholicTV 24 hours daily on Comcast digital 268, RCN channel 85, or Verizon FiOS channel 271.

U THOUGHTS ON THE  LITURGY U

I am weary.  The yoke of my work responsibilities lies heavily on my shoulders.  Fretting, I glance down and see Sebastian lying at my feet.

His uniquely speckled muzzle rests securely on outstretched paws.  He sleeps while I toil. At first I am jealous and then I remember.

Sebastian didn’t always know how to rest.  He came to me a wounded dog with a tattered past.  His eyes were vacant and his body trembled.

I felt overwhelmed and unequal to the training task at hand  until a wise dog trainer came to save the day (and the dog).  She needed to train me, not Sebastian! 

Slowly as I learned to be “top dog”, Sebastian recognized me as such and gladly relinquished his misguided attempts to guard the entire world against imminent disaster!

Sebastian sleeps at my feet while I sit and fret.  Who is wise?  Indeed mere infants (and even dogs) know more than I.

I too must relinquish control to my top dog (God).  Once I have done this I can stop guarding my food and anxiously watching shadows in the night.  “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Now I understand.  For the most part I live my life as if I am God.

No wonder I am weary!  What a burden!  Sebastian – what a good dog – you teach me well. 

                                                                                                        -  Karen Johnson

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