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Schedule for Faith Formation 2010
REP Kick-Off Dates
Journey – August 15th at 6:30 pm
Little Church – August 22nd 9:00 am and 11:00 am
Mandatory Parent Orientation** – August 25th at 6:30 pm, August 26th at 10:00 am or August 28th 6:30 pm (only one meeting is required)
Club 45 – September 1st 4:30 pm
EDGE – September 1st 6:30 pm
RCIA for Children – September 13th 4:30 pm
Little Saints – September 22nd (Wed. session) 6:30 pm
September 25th (Sat. session) 6:30 pm
**Parent orientation is for all parents who have students enrolled in the Little Saints, Club 45, EDGE, RCIA and Parish Faith Formation programs. Book pick-up and study materials will be given on these dates only so it is imperative that parents attend one of these meetings!
Journey – August 15th at 6:30 pm
Little Church – August 22nd 9:00 am and 11:00 am
Mandatory Parent Orientation** – August 25th at 6:30 pm, August 26th at 10:00 am or August 28th 6:30 pm (only one meeting is required)
Club 45 – September 1st 4:30 pm
EDGE – September 1st 6:30 pm
RCIA for Children – September 13th 4:30 pm
Little Saints – September 22nd (Wed. session) 6:30 pm
September 25th (Sat. session) 6:30 pm
**Parent orientation is for all parents who have students enrolled in the Little Saints, Club 45, EDGE, RCIA and Parish Faith Formation programs. Book pick-up and study materials will be given on these dates only so it is imperative that parents attend one of these meetings!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Fr Greg Elder Homily
Fr Greg Elder Jan 2010 Homily
May the words of the Holy gospel wipe away our sins.
As we wander on this path of life, many times people make requests of us, many times people ask us for things which we cannot or will not give them. We have all had the experience of people asking us for something which is preposterous, which is impossible, which we cannot and will not give into. When my son William was only a little five year old, he marched up to me and asked, “Daddy will you give me a thousand dollars?” I hope this does not get me turned into Child Protective Services for cruelty, but I said no- as a matter of policy, I do not give thousand dollar bills to a five year old. Many semesters, as I begin teaching my students at the College, I ask them what they hope to get out of the course – I teach ancient history and so I ask them what do they want from my class on dead guys in togas. And some smart young blade will always say to me, “Hey I want an easy A.” and guess what, that is a request I do not answer – some things I always say no to.
In today’s gospel reading we have a request, which is made to Jesus. And it is a request, it was a prayer, which He said no to. And I want to think about this for a moment. There is a prayer, which Jesus always says no to. There is a request, a petition, a prayer which Jesus always says a categorical and FIRM NO to. I wonder if you heard what it was. What is the prayer which in Bible times and today, Jesus always says NO to?
Today’s gospel reading is the story of the call of St Peter to be an apostle, a servant of Jesus Christ. And it is a famous story of Jesus summoning a person like any of us into His service. Jesus came to the bank of the sea and taught the people and then told the fisherman Peter,
“Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
Now, we know that St Peter like all of us was a sinful man, perhaps a very sinful man. We do not know what his past was, but Jesus knew what it was, and we do know what kind of man he was. Later on when Jesus was arrested, Peter abandoned his friend and ran away when Jesus needed him most. When people asked Peter if he knew Jesus, Peter would later deny Jesus three times before the rooster crowed. So we know that Peter was a many with many personal faults. And so we are not surprised when he realized that he was in the Presence of the Christ, the holy one of God, Peter was filled with shame at his sinful life. And like many people who have made mistakes, Peter despaired, and he prayed the prayer that Jesus never answers. Peter prayed the prayer that Jesus never answers. The Scripture tells us, When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
And this is the prayer that Jesus never ever, ever, ever, answers, the prayer Jesus never agrees to, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Jesus will never depart from us no matter how much we ask him to, Jesus will never abandon us to our sins, He will never forsake us or leave us unforgiven when we turn to Him in trust. “Depart from me” is a prayer Jesus never answers.
There are a great many people in this world who, like Peter, have a troubled conscience. There are a great many people in this world, perhaps you know one, who like Peter have a painful memory, and because they find it hard to forgive themselves, somehow think that feel that they can never be forgiven at all. And that is wrong thinking And it is to these in particular that the good news of Christ’s forgiveness and healing must come.
I remember, twenty five years ago in my first parish, I had a woman come to me for an appointment. She was, like many of my parishioners a respectable middle class woman. But as we spoke, she confided in me, that in her younger years she had led a very wild life, an extremely wild life. You would not know it looking at this bourgeois matron. But she had done things with men of which she was now deeply ashamed. She said to me, “Father my husband does not know this, my children do no know this, my family does not know this. But I hate what I have done.” It is to a person like this, that Christ says, “I will never leave you. I love you, I forgive you and I will never leave you.”
In another parish, I served, I had a man come to see me. He was a decorated combat veteran from Vietnam, who had served our great nation with bravery. But in the course of the war he had seen and done things which were painful. He spoke of passing though a village, which they knew had enemy Viet Cong in it. One moment he heard a horrible sound, and when he turned he saw his best friend on the ground with his throat cut, and a group of villagers stood there, smiling at him. And so in a moment without thinking, he opened on the village and destroyed both good and evil alike. And he told me, “Father Gregory, I can still see the blood, and I hate what I have done. .” It is to a person like this, that Christ says, “I will never leave you. I love you, I forgive you and I will never leave you.”
Christ does not want any person to suffer, even with a painful memory. To be sure, there is one person who does want to see you suffer with a painful past – and that person is Satan. He loves to see people squirm, to accuse them and to remind us of our past crimes. There is nothing he likes more than to remind us of our wounded past. But his pathetic days are numbered, and if he ever taunts you with your past, just say, “back to hell loser boy.” The Gospel says to you and to ALL those who ask Christ for mercy There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus… No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus did not abandon Simon Peter when he appeared before the Lord with all of his sin. Neither will he abandon you, Jesus will never abandon or forget you, He will never depart from you in your sins. His love for you and his offer of forgiveness is eternal.
May the words of the Holy gospel wipe away our sins.
As we wander on this path of life, many times people make requests of us, many times people ask us for things which we cannot or will not give them. We have all had the experience of people asking us for something which is preposterous, which is impossible, which we cannot and will not give into. When my son William was only a little five year old, he marched up to me and asked, “Daddy will you give me a thousand dollars?” I hope this does not get me turned into Child Protective Services for cruelty, but I said no- as a matter of policy, I do not give thousand dollar bills to a five year old. Many semesters, as I begin teaching my students at the College, I ask them what they hope to get out of the course – I teach ancient history and so I ask them what do they want from my class on dead guys in togas. And some smart young blade will always say to me, “Hey I want an easy A.” and guess what, that is a request I do not answer – some things I always say no to.
In today’s gospel reading we have a request, which is made to Jesus. And it is a request, it was a prayer, which He said no to. And I want to think about this for a moment. There is a prayer, which Jesus always says no to. There is a request, a petition, a prayer which Jesus always says a categorical and FIRM NO to. I wonder if you heard what it was. What is the prayer which in Bible times and today, Jesus always says NO to?
Today’s gospel reading is the story of the call of St Peter to be an apostle, a servant of Jesus Christ. And it is a famous story of Jesus summoning a person like any of us into His service. Jesus came to the bank of the sea and taught the people and then told the fisherman Peter,
“Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
Now, we know that St Peter like all of us was a sinful man, perhaps a very sinful man. We do not know what his past was, but Jesus knew what it was, and we do know what kind of man he was. Later on when Jesus was arrested, Peter abandoned his friend and ran away when Jesus needed him most. When people asked Peter if he knew Jesus, Peter would later deny Jesus three times before the rooster crowed. So we know that Peter was a many with many personal faults. And so we are not surprised when he realized that he was in the Presence of the Christ, the holy one of God, Peter was filled with shame at his sinful life. And like many people who have made mistakes, Peter despaired, and he prayed the prayer that Jesus never answers. Peter prayed the prayer that Jesus never answers. The Scripture tells us, When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
And this is the prayer that Jesus never ever, ever, ever, answers, the prayer Jesus never agrees to, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Jesus will never depart from us no matter how much we ask him to, Jesus will never abandon us to our sins, He will never forsake us or leave us unforgiven when we turn to Him in trust. “Depart from me” is a prayer Jesus never answers.
There are a great many people in this world who, like Peter, have a troubled conscience. There are a great many people in this world, perhaps you know one, who like Peter have a painful memory, and because they find it hard to forgive themselves, somehow think that feel that they can never be forgiven at all. And that is wrong thinking And it is to these in particular that the good news of Christ’s forgiveness and healing must come.
I remember, twenty five years ago in my first parish, I had a woman come to me for an appointment. She was, like many of my parishioners a respectable middle class woman. But as we spoke, she confided in me, that in her younger years she had led a very wild life, an extremely wild life. You would not know it looking at this bourgeois matron. But she had done things with men of which she was now deeply ashamed. She said to me, “Father my husband does not know this, my children do no know this, my family does not know this. But I hate what I have done.” It is to a person like this, that Christ says, “I will never leave you. I love you, I forgive you and I will never leave you.”
In another parish, I served, I had a man come to see me. He was a decorated combat veteran from Vietnam, who had served our great nation with bravery. But in the course of the war he had seen and done things which were painful. He spoke of passing though a village, which they knew had enemy Viet Cong in it. One moment he heard a horrible sound, and when he turned he saw his best friend on the ground with his throat cut, and a group of villagers stood there, smiling at him. And so in a moment without thinking, he opened on the village and destroyed both good and evil alike. And he told me, “Father Gregory, I can still see the blood, and I hate what I have done. .” It is to a person like this, that Christ says, “I will never leave you. I love you, I forgive you and I will never leave you.”
Christ does not want any person to suffer, even with a painful memory. To be sure, there is one person who does want to see you suffer with a painful past – and that person is Satan. He loves to see people squirm, to accuse them and to remind us of our past crimes. There is nothing he likes more than to remind us of our wounded past. But his pathetic days are numbered, and if he ever taunts you with your past, just say, “back to hell loser boy.” The Gospel says to you and to ALL those who ask Christ for mercy There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus… No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus did not abandon Simon Peter when he appeared before the Lord with all of his sin. Neither will he abandon you, Jesus will never abandon or forget you, He will never depart from you in your sins. His love for you and his offer of forgiveness is eternal.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Family Vocations Day At St Martha Feb 2oth Great Speakers,Entertainment, Food 9Am - 3 PM
Come and Help to support vocations in our church!!
Monday, January 25, 2010
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