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October 12,
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October 13th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
Pray for Dan, Jimmy, Blue Book 14,
Fr. Joe's homily book, &
for special intentions.
Please pray for funds & grace.
October 12, 2014
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 25: 6-10a
On this mountain, for all peoples,
Yahweh Sabaoth is preparing
a banquet of rich food,
a banquet of fine wines,
of succulent food, of well–strained wines.
On this mountain, he has destroyed
the veil which used to veil all peoples,
the pall enveloping all nations;
he has destroyed death for ever.
Lord Yahweh has wiped away the tears
from every cheek;
he has taken his people’s shame away
everywhere on earth,
for Yahweh has spoken.And on that day, it will be said,
‘Look, this is our God,
in him we put our hope
that he should save us,
this is Yahweh, we put our hope in him.
Let us exult and rejoice
since he has saved us.’
For Yahweh’s hand will rest
on this mountain,
Psalm 23: 1-6
Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
In grassy meadows he lets me lie.By tranquil streams he leads me
to restore my spirit.
He guides me in paths of saving justice
as befits his name.Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death
I should fear no danger, for you are at my side.
Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me.You prepare a table for me
under the eyes of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup brims over.Kindness and faithful love pursue me
every day of my life.
I make my home in the house of Yahweh
for all time to come.
Philippians 4: 12-14, 19-20
I know how to live modestly, and I know how to live luxuriously too: in every way now I have mastered the secret of all conditions: full stomach and empty stomach, plenty and poverty. There is nothing I cannot do in the One who strengthens me. All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships.
And my God will fulfill all your needs out of the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. And so glory be to God our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
Matthew 22: 1-14
Jesus began to speak to them in parables once again, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son’s wedding. He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come. Next he sent some more servants with the words, "Tell those who have been invited: Look, my banquet is all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding." But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business, and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them. The king was furious. He despatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town. Then he said to his servants, "The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy, go to the main crossroads and invite everyone you can find to come to the wedding." So these servants went out onto the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests. When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment, and said to him, "How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?" And the man was silent. Then the king said to the attendants, "Bind him hand and foot and throw him into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth." For many are invited but not all are chosen.’
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
– (Isaiah 25:6-10a; Matthew 22: 1-14) Today’s first reading and today’s gospel give us a beautiful picture of what it is we’re praying for when we say “thy will be done.” God’s will is for our complete and eternal happiness. Our gospel warns us, however, that in order to be part of his beautiful plan, we need to respond to the invitation he offers us.October 9, 2011
INTRODUCTION
Our second reading is part of a thank you note St. Paul wrote to the Philippians for the money they sent him to help him most probably while he was in prison. The Philippian community was the only community that were thoughtful enough to offer him any support in his ministry. Responding to the invitation God gave him to serve as an apostle was a difficult job for Paul.
HOMILY
– Heaven is going to surpass all our hopes and expectations. It’s going to be more wonderful than we can imagine. Because there will be love and joy and peace like we’ve never experienced, it’s hard for God to tell us about it. All he can do is to use images that we are familiar with: a great banquet, a wedding feast, the elimination of suffering and death, wealth that cannot be exhausted as in the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price or the mansion God is preparing for us. Today we heard Isaiah compare it to a great banquet and Jesus compare it to a wedding celebration for a prince which would be an event people would remember for years.As Jesus tells us, to have all this wonder and joy we must respond to an invitation. We must be wise enough not to turn it down. How will we recognize the invitation when it comes? As I reflected on this week’s gospel, I came up with a long list of ways we might recognize it. I won’t bore you with everything on my list but just give you a few ideas of how we might recognize it. It sounds something like this: “Come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will refresh you.” Or “I am the good shepherd,” a shepherd whose sheep hear his voice and follow him. We hear the invitation in the sermon on the mount when Jesus tells us: “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.” Or from the Book of Revelation: “Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will enter his house and dine with him and he with me.” He doesn’t promise everything will be wonderful in this world if we respond to his call, for: “If anyone would come after me, let him take up his cross and follow me.” But for those who do respond, he promises “I will be with you always.” “I will not leave you orphans.” In a special way he invites us to begin enjoying the wonderful banquet heaven will provide when he tells us, “Unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood you do not have life in you.” He invites us each morning to “take this and eat, take this and drink.” For Catholics this is part of his invitation to “Keep holy the Lord’s day.”
You might say that’s a commandment, not an invitation. Yes, he does command us because we don’t always feel like doing what we should, but today he invites us for he wants us to come to him not just because we’re commanded, but he wants us to come because we want to, he wants us to come out of love.
There is one part of the parable that puzzle many people and that is the last part about the wedding garment. Some scholars have suggested that wedding garments were provided to guests as they arrived because the king, apparently a kind and generous man, would not have responded with such anger if they were not extremely important and easily obtainable. Jesus uses this part of the parable to warn his followers that even though a person says they believe in him, it’s not going to help them much if they do not put their faith into action.
Our new age theology wants us to think that everyone is going to be blessed in the next life. Jesus is telling us eternal happiness is not to be taken for granted. The way to eternal happiness is open for all, but we have a free will as to how we will respond. May the banquet we come to today, eating his body and drinking his blood, lead us to the eternal banquet he has prepared for us. Amen.
Blue Book Blow Out for Christmas
Give the gift that keeps giving this Christmas
6 different Blue Books for $30.00 including postage
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Books available in limited supply for this sale.
Blue Book Blow Out for Christmas
Blue Book 1 – $6.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 2 – $5.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 3 – $4.00 each plus postage
Blue Books 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7,
6A, B, C –
$3.00 each plus postage
Blue Books 4 & 5 –$2.00 each plus postage
The more you use the Blue Books and
become one with Jesus – more
intimate with Jesus –
the more your lives are a blessing and
everything you do in life can help
to bring down great grace for the world
because of your being so
one with Jesus.
Guiding Light Homily Book Series
Fr. Joe’s Books
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4 for $20 plus postage of $5.95
These books can be given to:
1) All Priests
2) Good for Music Ministers
3) Good for DRE's
4) Good for Deacons
5) Good for Principals of Schools
6) Good for Teachers
7) Good for Mom and Dads
This statue was handmade and
hand-painted
and has a little piece of the glass
from the image face of Mary –
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PV-Fatima w/glass - 27  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 18  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 15  |
OL-Fatima w/glass - 18  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 12  |
OL-Fatima w/glass - 11  |
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OL-Guadalupe
w/glass - 28  |
OL-Grace
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OL-Mt.
Carmel w/glass - 24  |
OL-Lourdes
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IH-Mary
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IH-Ivory
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SH-Jesus
w/glass - 24  |
SH-Blessing
w/glass - 24  |
Sorrow
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w/glass - 24  |
Inf.-Prague
w/glass - 24  |
OL-Lourdes
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OL-Mt.
Carmel w/glass - 18  |
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OL-Grace
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SH-Jesus
w/glass - 18  |
OL-Guadalupe
w/glass - 12  |
We
cannot
get
these
statues
any
more
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the
men
making
them
were
from
Portugal
and
no
longer
do
so
We
will
have
a
limited
number
until
they
are
gone
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These statues are a treasure, a work of art
At
the
end
of
this
message
are
healings
from
statues
and
the
Jesus
and
Mary
waters
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Give the gift that keeps giving this
Christmas!!
Call Doris - 1-888-211-3041
Blow Out Sale on Blue Books for Christmas
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Guiding Light Homily Books
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Priestly Newsletter Books
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Rosary Books, Mass Books, Nursing Home Books
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Coloring Books
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Daily Message Books
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Given March 21, 2014
R. Pray for These Things
1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
Jack, Jean, Amanda, Special intentions
3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
6) People going to Florida and China.
7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
9) Pray for pope helping us.
10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
11) Blue Book 14 cover; Blue Book 13 – all involved.
For our Publisher and all involved
12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
15) Donors and members and their families.
16) Healing of the Family tree.
17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
18) All who asked us to pray for them.
19) All we promised to pray for.
20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie,
2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
21) 2 babies and moms.
22) Funds and insurance.
23) Jerry's garage.
24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
26) Consecrate all hearts.
27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.
We need money for
Fr. Joe's new homily book
(we sent almost 40,000 to priests,
cardinals, bishops)
Can you please help us?
888-211-3041
The Wedding Rosary
Crystal Image Rosary
$40 plus shipping
Special First Communion Rosary with Image Center
in a gift box
white blue red
and an 8 x 10 picture of Our Lady of Clearwater
and a 4 x 6 picture of Our Lady of Clearwater$10 plus postage
Original Image Rosary
8mm glass beads
in a matching gift box$40 plus shipping
Special Sale Statues with image glass
15" Pilgrim Virgin Fatima – $85
12" Our Lady of Fatima – $75
plus shipping
while supplies lastCall Regina 1–727–776–2763
Call Rosie 888–211–3041
In Spanish with the Imprimatur
Also we are ready to print
5000 copies of the
Parents and Children's Rosary Book
in SPANISH.
Can you help with a donation?
Give the gift that counts.
Give to your priests Fr. Carter's Books plus postage.
Tell My People $5.00
Response to God's Love $8.00
Response in Christ $8.00
God's Blue Books 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
$4.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 4
Blue Book 5
Blue Book 6A
Blue Book 6B
Blue Book 6C
Blue Book 7
Blue Book 8
Blue Book 9
Blue Book 10
Blue Book 11
Blue Book 12 & 13
Old Mass Books with the Imprimatur
$2.00 plus postage
New Mass Book with Imprimatur
$8.00 plus postage
New Parents & Children's Book with the Imprimatur
$8.00 plus postage
Fr. Joe's Cycle A – Steadfast to the Sun – Starts in Advent
$5.00 plus postage
Give the gift that keeps on giving!
Give to your priest.
Fr. Carter's Priestly Newsletters Book II
$6.00 plus postage
Special sale statue with glass
27" Statue of Our Lady of Fatima
$175 plus postage
Get a canvas print of Mary's image
with a sliver of glass and a little
bottle of Jesus and Mary water.
The glass will be fixed behind the
back of the picture.
$200.00 plus postage
Dan called and gave the report to me, when I hung up I saw this rainbow and took a picture for him.
Shepherds of
Christ Ministries P.O. Box 627 China, Indiana 47250
Telephone: (toll free) 1-888-211-3041 or (812) 273-8405
FAX: (812) 273-3182
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