St. Joseph Catholic Church http://stjoerayne.org just another cool wordpress blog! Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en 10.05.08 http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/30/100508/ http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/30/100508/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:08:54 +0000 eagles1412 http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/30/100508/ Bulletin

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]]> http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/09/091408/feed/ ELDERBERRIES BOUREE’ TOURNAMENT http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/elderberries-bouree-tournament/ http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/elderberries-bouree-tournament/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:14:06 +0000 cbric http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/elderberries-bouree-tournament/ Saturday, Sept. 20th

10:00am - 3:30 pm

Family Life Center

Registration Fee $20

]]> http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/elderberries-bouree-tournament/feed/ SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/safe-environment-training/ http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/safe-environment-training/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:12:30 +0000 cbric http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/safe-environment-training/ Initial and Continuing

Tuesday, October 7th  6:00pm

Youth Hall

]]> http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/08/safe-environment-training/feed/ Happy Anniversary Fr. Bill http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/05/happy-anniversary-fr-bill/ http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/05/happy-anniversary-fr-bill/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:27:11 +0000 eagles1412 http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/05/happy-anniversary-fr-bill/ Please join us in wishing Fr. Bill a HAPPY ANNIVERSARYas he celebrates the 34th year of his ordination on September 14th.

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]]> http://stjoerayne.org/2008/09/04/083108/feed/ 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME http://stjoerayne.org/2008/08/25/22nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/ http://stjoerayne.org/2008/08/25/22nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:39:05 +0000 cbric http://stjoerayne.org/2008/08/25/22nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/ August 31, 2008

22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

GOSPEL: PROFILES IN COURAGE

In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks us what it would profit us if we gained the whole world and forfeited our life. Things of this world are meaningless in heaven.

There once was a rich man who wanted to take his wealth with him when he died. He somehow got permission to bring one carry-on bag with him when he entered heaven. St. Peter saw him struggling with the bag. When he unzipped the bag, he discovered it contained bars of gold bullion. St. Peter couldn’t believe his eyes. “You brought pavement?” he asked the man.

Clearly, the rich man needed more religious education. He might have learned well from the church where one pastor put up a sign in front: FREE TRIP TO HEAVEN. DETAILS INSIDE.

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21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

GOSPEL: STELLAR AND SHAME-FACED

Ronald Reagan enjoyed saying: “Hard work never hurt anybody, but why take the chance?”

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that if we wish to follow him we must deny ourselves and take up our cross. Form the cushiony chair of comfortable Catholicism, Jesus’ call to “take up the cross” sounds a lot like the “hard work” that President Reagan was referring to.

But then we should recall the words of the great American humorist Will Rogers: “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” It’s time to motivate ourselves to follow Jesus.

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20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

GOSPEL: RELENTLESS LOVE

In the Christian world of 19th century Britain, Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, because he came from an Italian family of Sephardic Jews, was treated by some as an outsider, ever after he joined the Anglican church.

Disraeli once said, “Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” He may have resonated with the persistence of the Caananite woman in today’s Gospel. She was not of the House of Israel to which Jesus said he was sent. Instead she was an outsider, a foreigner, a gentile. Yet her persistence won healing for her daughter.

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