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Saturday • October 24, 2020
MEMORIAL OF ANTHONY MARY CLARET, BISHOP
Let your light shine!
As a young man, Anthony Claret was torn between his talent in the textile business and the emerging call he felt to religious life. Seeing his talent, his father offered to share leadership of the family business with him. Anthony was famously short of stature, and he pointed out that workers likely would resist taking orders from him. His father suggested they could hide Anthony behind a desk to come up with ideas and put a larger man in charge of the workers. That sealed the deal for Anthony—he wasn’t interested in hiding. Thereafter he was a tireless and talented preacher, confessor, author, and publisher in the service of God. Don’t hide your own gifts—they are God-given and the world needs them!
Today's readings: Ephesians 4:7-16; Luke 13:1-9
“It may bear fruit in the future.”
#takefiveforfaith
HOPE
54. Despite these dark clouds, which may not be ignored, I would like...to take up and discuss many new paths of hope. For God continues to sow abundant seeds of goodness in our human family. The recent pandemic enabled us to recognize and appreciate once more all those around us who, in the midst of fear, responded by putting their lives on the line. We began to realize that our lives are interwoven with and sustained by ordinary people valiantly shaping the decisive events of our shared history: doctors, nurses, pharmacists, storekeepers and supermarket workers, cleaning personnel, caretakers, transport workers, men and women working to provide essential services and public safety, volunteers, priests and religious… They understood that no one is saved alone.[51]
Excerpt: FRATELLI TUTTI
Pope Francis Encyclical
On Fraternity and Social Friendship
*Part of a sequential daily series to read and reflect on this new encyclical.
A statue of St. John Paul II with overimposed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, made entirely with keys donated by the Mexican people. The plaque states that this was done to show that the people of Mexico had given the Pope the "key to their hearts". #saturdayswithmary
Reading 1
EPH 4:7-16
Brothers and sisters:
Grace was given to each of us
according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Therefore, it says:
He ascended on high and took prisoners captive;
he gave gifts to men.
What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended
into the lower regions of the earth?
The one who descended is also the one who ascended
far above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things.
And he gave some as Apostles, others as prophets,
others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,
to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry,
for building up the Body of Christ,
until we all attain to the unity of faith
and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood
to the extent of the full stature of Christ,
so that we may no longer be infants,
tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching
arising from human trickery,
from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming.
Rather, living the truth in love,
we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,
from whom the whole Body,
joined and held together by every supporting ligament,
with the proper functioning of each part,
brings about the Body’s growth and builds itself up in love.
#dailyingodsword
On election day Catholic churches across the country are opening their doors for Eucharistic Adoration. We are joining this effort to bring healing, hope and prayer to our nation through our Lord, Jesus. We are inviting parishioners to sign up for one hour of adoration between the hours of 9 A.M. and 8 P.M. on Tuesday, November 3. For more information or to sign up for an hour, see the signup sheet in the back of the church or contact gregorygoehner@gmail.com
CAN YOU HELP?
We need more volunteers to direct parishioners to seating and maintain health and safety regulations. If you can assist, please call the parish office: 619-435-3167.
“I am grateful to all the volunteers who have stepped forward to keep our parishioners safe during this pandemic. “
- Fr. Mike
Mass in Church with limited capacity following all covid-19 safety protocols. Mass is livestreamed for overflow in the Parish Center and eucharist is distributed there and for those attending outdoors in the Plaza.
“The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace. The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”
- Pope Francis
Friday, Oct 23, 2020
MEMORIAL OF JOHN OF CAPISTRANO, PRIEST
Fly back when the time is right
The cliff swallows of San Juan Capistrano, California depart the mission town on or around this date, the Memorial of Saint John, the town’s namesake. They return every spring after their 6,000-mile winter migration to Argentina. Pray that, like the swallows of Capistrano, everyone will be able to safely come back to the place they call home, after war, famine, natural disaster, or separation due to pandemic.
TODAY'S READINGS: Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 12:54-59
“Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.”
#takefiveforfaith
53. We forget that “there is no worse form of alienation than to feel uprooted, belonging to no one. A land will be fruitful, and its people bear fruit and give birth to the future, only to the extent that it can foster a sense of belonging among its members, create bonds of integration between generations and different communities, and avoid all that makes us insensitive to others and leads to further alienation”.[50]
Excerpt: FRATELLI TUTTI
Pope Francis Encyclical
On Fraternity and Social Friendship
*Part of a sequential daily series to read and reflect on this new encyclical.
Reading 1
Eph 4:1-6
Brothers and sisters:
I, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to
live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the spirit
through the bond of peace;
one Body and one Spirit,
as you were also called to the one hope of your call;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.
#dailyingodsword
