Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

November 5th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 8 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for November 5th are Sorrowful.

Florida Retreat
November 2nd - 5th
1:30pm and 6:20pm
Please tune in and listen.

November 5th - Prayer Service at 1:30pm
Please tune in and listen.

Pray for Fr. Joe, Dan, Mary,
        Rita, Jim, Rosie, Louie's family –
        Madonna, Christopher, Sanja,
        all Shepherds of Christ intentions on lists.

Shelia is working on mailing pray for her please.
Pray for China and mailing.
Also pray for Urgent intention

Prayer for Grace for our Country

Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.

November 2, 2019

31st Sunday of Ordinary Time

Wisdom 11: 22 — 12: 2

The whole world, for you, can no more than tip a balance,
like a drop of morning dew falling on the ground.
Yet you are merciful to all, because you are almighty,
you overlook people's sins, so that they can repent.
Yes, you love everything that exists,
and nothing that you have made disgusts you,
since, if you had hated something, you would not have made it.
And how could a thing subsist, had you not willed it?
Or how be preserved, if not called forth by you?
No, you spare all, since all is yours, Lord, lover of life!
For your imperishable spirit is in everything!
And thus, gradually, you correct those who offend;
you admonish and remind them of how they have sinned,
so that they may abstain from evil and trust in you, Lord.

Psalm 145: 1-2, 8-11, 13-14

Hymn of Praise Of David

Aleph
I shall praise you to the heights, God my King,
I shall bless your name for ever and ever.

Bet
Day after day I shall bless you,
I shall praise your name for ever and ever.

Het
Yahweh is tenderness and pity,
slow to anger, full of faithful love.

Tet
Yahweh is generous to all,
his tenderness embraces all his creatures.

Yod
All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh,
and your faithful shall bless you.

Kaph
They shall speak of the glory of your kingship
and tell of your might,

Mem
Your kingship is a kingship for ever,
your reign lasts from age to age.

(Nun)
Yahweh is trustworthy in all his words,
and upright in all his deeds.

Samek
Yahweh supports all who stumble,
lifts up those who are bowed down.

2 Thessalonians 1: 11—2:2

In view of this we also pray continually that our God will make you worthy of his call, and by his power fulfil all your desires for goodness, and complete all that you have been doing through faith; so that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and you in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

About the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, brothers, and our being gathered to him: please do not be too easily thrown into confusion or alarmed by any manifestation of the Spirit or any statement or any letter claiming to come from us, suggesting that the Day of the Lord has already arrived.

Luke 19: 1-10

He entered Jericho and was going through the town and suddenly a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He kept trying to see which Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd; so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him, 'Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I am to stay at your house today.' And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully. They all complained when they saw what was happening. 'He has gone to stay at a sinner's house,' they said. But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, 'Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.' And Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham; for the Son of man has come to seek out and save what was lost.'

31st Sunday of Ordinary Time

October 30, 2016

HOMILY – (Wis 11:22-12:2; 2 Thes 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10) A young family went to a nice restaurant for dinner one evening. One of the little boys in the family happened to find a bright shiny dime and was fascinated by it. He put it in his mouth and started to choke on it. The parents became frantic and started calling for anyone to help their choking son. A man at a nearby table came over, turned the boy upside down, gave him a few swats and the dime came out. The parents were so grateful and asked the man “are you a doctor or a medical practitioner?” No the man said, I work for the IRS.

    Diocesan policy requires pastors to present the parish finance report to the parish at or near the end of the fiscal year. Well the fiscal year ended on June 30, but with my vacation and knee replacement and other events, this turned out to be the most convenient Sunday for me to present it to you. I always like to choose a Sunday where the readings have something to do with money so my homily doesn’t stray too far from the theme of the gospel. Today’s gospel has a lot to do with money. Last week we heard about two people who went up to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and one was a Publican. You might recall, I described the publican as a public employee who was basically a tax collector. He collected taxes from his fellow Jews to give to the Romans who ruled over the entire Middle East. Also I explained that when tax collectors collected taxes, they always included something for themselves (determined at their discretion) which provided the tax collector and his family a means of support. Some were very generous toward themselves when they added on the additional tax. Rome didn’t care how much they added on as long as Rome got the amount they thought should come to them. Today we hear about a chief tax collector who made quite a comfortable living at his job.

    But when he met Jesus, his life changed as it has changed for so many. Honesty and concern for the poor and needy replaced cheating and greed as the dominant driving force in his life. That day salvation came to his house.

    When I look at our own finance statement, I have to look at it with a considerable amount of appreciation for what our parishioners do for St. Boniface Church. A couple of years ago we had a drive to increase offerings and it was very successful. It seems to me that this past fiscal year people have continued to donate the amount they had originally pledged. We did end fiscal year 2012-2013 in the red, having $6100 more in expenses than we had in income, but considering that we had large expenses for renovating the Church, we did quite well. And none of the expenses we had for our renovation had to be paid for out of our savings. That figure of $6100 represents less than 1% of the entire budget. All this says I am grateful we did so well.

Remember, however, that these are figures from last June. Some of you may have noticed that our Sunday collections recently have been quite a bit less than what we need to meet our expenses. I know that some people are having a difficult time financially. I know that our Sunday attendance has been going down and our population is getting older. This year in October our count was just under 400 people coming weekly to Sunday Mass. That is a drop of 8% from last year. Some people have suggested that we lost people during the renovation while the scaffolds were up, or the floor was torn up, or whatever and they never came back afterwards. But all is not lost. New condos and homes are being built in the neighborhood and, hopefully, some percent of those homes will be occupied by Church-going Catholics who have not yet discovered where we are. I hope they discover us soon because at the rate we are going, we are going to end the fiscal year $30,000 in the red. That is not so good.

    We have to do something or in a few years we will go broke. I am suggesting that everyone increase their weekly donation by about $3 or $4 dollars a week. I suspect you will never miss it and I’m sure it will come back to you in some form or another. The Lord is not going to let any of us out do him in generosity. I’ve always experienced that. If you can do better, it will be very helpful, because not everyone will be able to make an increase of any kind. I want to end on two positive thoughts, the renovation for the church has been paid for and the church should remain in good condition for quite a few years now (barring any unforeseen catastrophe).

    Secondly, when we have our big celebration of our anniversary in the spring, that celebration has been paid for by a generous donor. The cost for the celebration is not coming from your Sunday contribution.

    I am well aware that most of the people who come to St. Boniface are folks who live outside of Northside. I am also aware that many of our parishioners are very generous. I am often amazed at how generous some people are. I just want to thank you for coming to St. Boniface and thank you for helping to keep us in the business of serving God and serving God’s people. Amen.

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^{August 1, 2019

R. Pray for
These Things}

                1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
                2) Pray for Dan, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
                    Jean, Amanda, Matthew, 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 19 and cover and 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 homily book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
               15) Donors and members and their families.
               16) Healing of the Family tree.
               17) Dan & Melanie, Gary, Mary Jo, Jim & statues, Kerry, Tom & wife.
               18) All who asked us to pray for them.
               19) All we promised to pray for.
               20) Rita, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja, Lisa, Eileen, Louie,
                     Fr. Mike, Fr. Ken, Laverne, 2 Dons, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
                     Ed, Jimmy, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
                     Betty, Sophie, Steve, Monsignor, Sally Jo, Jack, Mary Ellen, Catherine & mom.
               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.