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27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 4, 2015 – YEAR B PRELUDE INTRODUCTORY RITES ENTRANCE: Praise to the Lord (#199) GLORIA: Mass in Honor of St. Benedict (hymnal insert) LITURGY OF THE WORD RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Ps. 128: May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives. (p. 216) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. (p. 217) LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PREPARATION OF GIFTS: Christians, Let Us Love One Another (#480) HOLY, MEM. ACC. A, AMEN, LAMB OF GOD: TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY Mass in Honor of St. Benedict (hymnal insert) IN ORDINARY TIME COMMUNION: Seed, Scattered and Sown (#363) COMMUNION 2: 10:45 CHOIR: MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 The Gift of Love (arr. Hopson) 9:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of the CONCLUDING RITE Stevens & Olsofka Families by Jean Stevens SENDING FORTH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 – Saint Bruno, Priest; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (#478) Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, Virgin 9:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of the CANTORS Klark-Boling Families by Mary & Gene Klark 5:00 p.m. Kayce Long WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 – Our Lady of the Rosary 8:15 a.m. Randy Kerr 9:00 a.m. Rudy Lopo (RIP) by Rosemary Walther 10:45 a.m. Kevin Skinner THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 9:00 a.m. James Rimelspach (RIP) by Msgr. Paul P. Enke EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 – Saint Denis, Bishop, and 5:00 p.m. Cliff Kirchner, Leann Kirchner, Mary Klark, Companions, Martyrs; Saint John Leonardi, Priest Gary Kristensen, John Martin 9:00 a.m. John Fulton Heisey (RIP) 8:15 a.m. Martin Flautt, LaFern Davis, Bev Knoderer, by Ginny & Betsy Heisey Marianne Lisska, Mary Maltry SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 10:45 a.m. Paul Gassman, Rebecca Gassman, 5:00 p.m. Christopher Csubak (RIP) P.J. Gassman, Lynn Harden, Mark Harden, by Ginny & Joe Prusaczyk Kathy Kiebel, Joe Krempel, Robin Krempel, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 – Annie Lach TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:15 a.m. Bernard Lukco (RIP) (Anniversary) HOMEBOUND MINISTERS: by the Albright/Lukco/Fletcher Family Marty & Carol Flautt, Rita Brinkley 10:45 a.m. Archie & Catherine Shafer (RIP) by Maxine Montgomery 4:30 p.m. Mass at Swasey Chapel, Denison University for GIFT BEARERS: the Living & Deceased Members of 5:00 p.m. Joe & Ginny Prusaczyk

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ALTAR SERVERS: 5:00 p.m. Nicholas Arnold, Emily Butt, Tyler Butt 8:15 a.m. Ally Gilliam, Amber Gilliam, Nick Shannon 10:45 a.m. Breauna Doucette, James Dow, Jedah Cashion SIMPLIFY WITH ONLINE GIVING You can use Online Giving for Diocesan special collections. Contributions can be made to the World Mission Sunday LECTORS: collection which is scheduled for October 18th. Look for the 5:00 p.m. Tom Gilligan, Gene Klark green button link on our website at www.saintedwards.org. 8:15 a.m. Selma Lesher, James Matesich Please contact the Parish Office at 740-587-3254 if you have 10:45 a.m. Melissa Fink, Stephen Fink any questions. SUNDAY OFFERTORY COLLECTION SUNDAY NURSERY The offertory collection for September 27th was $11,944.34. The Nursery/Playroom for young children is open during the The Missionary Co-Op appeal on the weekend of September 10:45 a.m. Mass. To be added to the Sunday schedule of 20th was $3,213.14. volunteers, contact the new coordinator, Kristen Gilbert, at 740-920-4078 or email [email protected]. A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR…. IN SYMPATHY 1. A reminder on two important activities at the parish this We pray for: parishioner Donald E. Contini, husband of weekend: parishioner Marta Contini; Edward Valente, brother of • Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m., we will observe our annual parishioner Joe Valente; and Leon Marshall, former parishioner Blessing of the Animals at the front steps of the church. and husband of Jeanne Marshall. May they live forever in the Animals (and birds and reptiles) are most welcome, too. light of God’s love. Donations of cat or dog food are most welcome as well. • Please do plan to attend our Ministry Fair after all RCIA Masses this weekend. Here is your chance to step up The next session of the Period of Inquiry is this Tuesday, and be good stewards of our parish by sharing your time October 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. We will begin and talents with the Lord and your fellow parishioners. our study of the Mass, and anyone in the parish is invited • This weekend is observed by the Church in our country to attend. If you know of someone who is still interested in as Respect Life weekend. There is a stuffer in our learning more about Catholicism and the Church’s process for becoming Catholic, please encourage them to contact bulletin, along with special petitions at Mass, for this Mike Millisor in the Religious Education Office (587-4160 or important aspect of our beliefs with this year’s theme [email protected]). This is the last opportunity to join “Every Life is Worth Living,” a fitting follow-up to Pope this group. Francis’ message to all of us. PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION – 2015-2016 WELCOME! You may have come as a stranger to us, yet you are known The PSR schedule this week is to Our Lord, Jesus Christ. In His name we pray you will find Today, Sunday, October 4 peace, hospitality and friendship with us. Grades 5, 6, 7, 8……………9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 15-minute break for dismissal and arrival Grade Pre-K/K………10:45 a.m. to the end of Mass EVENTS/MEETINGS THIS WEEK This Wednesday, October 7 Sunday, October 4 – Respect Life Sunday Grades 1-A, 2-A, 3-A, 4-A…classes from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Catholic Schools Week 15-minute break for dismissal and arrival St. Vincent de Paul Collection Grades 1-B, 2-B, 3-B, 4-B…classes from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Welcome Sunday – after Mass – Hall Ministry Fair – after Mass – Hall CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME PSR – see schedule Do you know of someone who has left the Church and might Choir Rehearsal – 9:30 a.m. – Loft be interested in finding their way home to an active practice of Blessing of Animals – 6:00 p.m. – outside of Church the faith? Once again, St. Edward will offer a five-consecutive Ignite – 6:30 p.m. – Hall Sunday series, Catholics Returning Home, beginning Sunday, Monday, October 5 October 18th at 1:30 p.m. in the Lounge. Please invite Eucharistic Adoration – 9:30 a.m. until Tuesday anyone seeking more information to contact Mike Millisor 9:00 a.m. – Church (587-4160 or [email protected]). Lighthearted Scripture – 7:00 p.m. – Lounge Tuesday, October 6 ST. EDWARD YOUTH MINISTRY RCIA – 7:00 p.m. – Hall Handbell Choir – 7:00 p.m. – Loft IGNITE Men’s Group for Rediscovery – 7:30 p.m. – Lounge Regular Sunday night gatherings with food, faith, and Wednesday, October 7 fun. Rosary Makers – 9:30 a.m. – Lounge October 4th – Life: Is This It? 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Parish Hall PSR – see schedule October 11th – Jesus: Who is Jesus? Men’s Faith Sharing Group – 7:00 p.m. – Lounge 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Parish Hall Santa’s Attic Meeting – 7:00 p.m. – Hall October 18th – Cross: Why Did Jesus Die? Thursday, October 8 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Parish Hall Scripture Study – 9:30 a.m. – Classroom 8 October 25th – Vocations Fair at St. Francis de Sales, Women of St. Edward – 6:30 p.m. – Lounge 1:00-3:00 p.m. AND Lynd’s Fruit Farm Corn Maze/ Choir Rehearsal – 7:00 p.m. – Loft Bonfire, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus – 7:00 p.m. – Hall Our Service Project for October is decorating mini- Saturday, October 10 pumpkins for Children’s Hospital patients. We will start our That Man is You! – 7:00 a.m. – Hall project on October 11th at Ignite. Peace, Marissa ST. VINCENT DE PAUL COLLECTION SUNDAY NOTES FROM THE LOFT Conference members will be at the doors of the church to Starting next week and continuing throughout October, receive your generous donations after all the Masses this we will be learning new settings of some of the parts of weekend. Thank you for your financial support to help those the Mass. We will learn the Lamb of God next week. in need in our area. More information about the Mass parts will be included in the coming bulletins. PICTURES NEEDED MEMBERS OF OUR Children’s Choir for 1st through 7th graders will begin on PARISH ~ SERVING IN THE MILITARY Sunday, November 1st. Rehearsals will be on Sundays Pictures of parish family members who are currently serving immediately after the 10:45 a.m. Mass (about noon) in the military are needed to display in our picture frame until 12:45 p.m. The Children’s Choir will sing for the at the building entrance by the Parish Office and to print 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass. Sign-up forms are being in the new Parish Directory. Please take this opportunity distributed through PSR. Contact Paul at 740-587-3254 to recognize and honor them. Email photos to the Parish or [email protected] if you have questions or if Office at [email protected] and send in printed you need a form. copies for us to put in the picture frame. HEARTBEATS BOTTLES FOR LIFE NEW PICTORIAL CHURCH The Heartbeats of Licking County Bottle For Life campaign DIRECTORY starts next weekend, October 10/11. Heartbeats needs your Please be a part of our new family help to support their ultrasound imaging program. Mothers directory program – we need YOU to who see images of their babies choose life. Baby bottles make our new family album complete! Let’s put names will be available for you to take home and fill with donations with faces. We have chosen to partner with Lifetouch for through October 25th. Please be generous. professional photography. There is NO charge to have your family portrait taken, each family will receive a SPIRITUAL ADOPTION BABY SHOWER free 8” x 10” portrait and there is NO obligation to buy Your spiritually adopted baby will be born later this month any additional photographs. and we are planning a “Baby Shower” for October 17 through In your one-hour session you will: check in, be November 1, 2015. Needed items include: diapers – newborn, professionally photographed, immediately view your size 3, 4, 5, or 6; Baby toiletries – shampoo, cornstarch portraits and have an opportunity to purchase additional powder, soap (new/unopened) any size from 5 oz. to 24 oz.; portraits. Photo sessions are here in the St. Edward washcloths and towels; bottles (new) small or large; clothes – newborn up to 12 months and sleepers/PJs; and shoes/boots Lounge. all sizes to size 7. Welcomed also are new car seats and Friends and/or extended Family members can have cribs, high chairs and baby seats and toys. Your donations their photo taken with you! (Just the family photo will be will be given to Heartbeats of Licking County. Contact John included in the directory.) You can bring your pet! at [email protected] if you have questions. Thank you in You can schedule your portrait session online from advance for your generosity. the St. Edward web site at www.saintedwards.org, or through a volunteer in the Gathering Space or in the ADULT FAITH FORMATION COMMITTEE Parish Hall this weekend or by calling the church office This parish ministry is being revived and we are interested in at 740-587-3254. When you sign up online and enter your your ideas for the future. Do you know of an engaging Catholic email address, you will receive an electronic reminder along speaker or program that would benefit the parish? Please with a $10.00 Portrait Coupon! Thank you for scheduling, it send any suggestions to Cheryl Houser (cherylspazz@gmail. is important to us! com) or Leigh Priano ([email protected]). A committee meeting date in October will be announced in the bulletin, and ST. EDWARD STEWARDSHIP FAIR ~ please let us know if you are interested in being a committee BE MERCIFUL LIKE THE FATHER member. We are having a Ministry Fair, October 3rd and 4th, in our Parish Hall after all Masses. Please be EVENTS FOR MEN’S FAITH ENRICHMENT mindful that Stewardship is a way of life, honoring That Man Is You! (TMIY). The fall semester continues God in everything we do with all His gifts and living life God- Saturday, October 10th, from 7:00-8:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall. centered rather than self-centered. If we understand our role Please prayerfully consider joining other men of the parish for as Stewards of God’s gifts, we are passionately involved in these weekly sessions this fall. Hope to see you there. All men our Parish community. Visit our Ministry Fair to find out about are cordially invited to join the Men’s Group. ministries to which you may feel called. Talk to ministry leaders in the parish to hear more about how our parishioners are WELCOME SUNDAY (DONUT SUNDAY) ~ serving each other and our community. – His mercy endures OCTOBER 4 forever. – Psalm 136 In conjunction with the Ministry Fair, Welcome Sunday is today after both Masses. The Knights of Columbus will be FIRST SUNDAY ROSARY providing coffee and donuts. This month, Donut Sunday is Come one and all! You are invited to pray the Rosary with your sponsored by parishioners Kevin & Cheri Spoo. If your St. Edward community ~ before the 10:45 a.m. Mass! Please family or business would like to be a sponsor for Welcome join us October 4th at 10:20 a.m. in the Church. Rosaries and Sunday, please contact Scott Scholten at 740-258-3287. guides will be handed out in the Gathering Space. We look forward to praying together! BLESSING OF ANIMALS NEW PARISHIONER WELCOME Bring your pets outside the St. Edward church doors BRUNCH for a blessing on Sunday, October 4th at 6:00 p.m. Together with Monsignor Enke, the Welcome Again this year, we will support the Licking County Committee would like to invite new families Humane Society’s Pet Food pantry. Please bring a to our parish Welcome Brunch on Sunday, donation of dog or cat food. October 18th at 12:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Our last brunch was last October, so even if you don’t feel “new” you are most Prayer for Pets welcome to attend. Invitations have been mailed but if you did Saint Francis, you loved all creatures great and not receive an invitation, please join us. RSVP to Maureen by small. You praised and blessed the Lord for the calling 740-334-7911 with your name, adult/child count and animals who shared your life. Joining our prayer to any food restrictions by Sunday, October 11th. yours, we too thank and praise God for our pets. ST. VINCENT HAVEN We give You thanks, God, our Creator, for Your wonderful CHARITY GOLF OUTING RESULTS and inspiring gifts: for birds and fishes, and all creatures of We are pleased to announce that this year’s golf outing raised the sea and sky, for wild animals and tame animals, for cats over $22,000 for the St. Vincent Haven homeless shelter in and dogs and for all our pets. Newark. The golf committee would like to express a sincere THANK YOU to all of those corporate sponsors, individual Help us, God, our creator, to take good care of our pets. sponsors, golfers and volunteers who made this event Thank You for the happiness they give us. Saint Francis of possible. We are looking forward to another successful year Assisi, pray for us and pray for our pets, too. Amen. in 2016!!! ST. EDWARD CHILI COOK-OFF INTENTIONAL WORKS OF The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Chili Cook-Off and MERCY SPONSORED Dinner coupled with the viewing of the Ohio State Buckeye BY THE WOMEN OF ST. EDWARD game vs. Rutgers on Saturday, October 24th, beginning at Beginning this December, Pope Francis has 6:00 p.m. after the 5:00 Mass. Enter your family’s secret and declared this to be a year of Extraordinary best chili recipe and compete for prizes, while the Buckeyes Jubilee of Mercy. Let’s not wait till December, compete for another victory. Honors and bragging rights will let’s begin to act with intention and search be awarded to the top three chili recipes selected by people’s choice voting. Dinner is from 6:00-7:30 p.m. (or until all the for ways to practice the 7 Corporal Acts of Mercy beginning chili is gone), and the game will be broadcast on the new this month. giant 10-foot screen in high definition at 8:00 p.m. BYOB and The 7 Corporal Works of Mercy are Feed the Hungry, Give favorite tailgate or party/lawn chairs to the church hall to enjoy Drink to the Thirsty, Clothe the Naked, Visit the Imprisoned, the game. There will also be a silent auction, a 50/50 drawing, Shelter the Homeless, Visit the Sick, and Bury the Dead. other raffles, prizes and a ton of fun. For more information, These works of mercy give us the opportunity to recognize call Nick Hahn at 216-272-5702. Go Bucks! Christ in others, find Him in unexpected places, allow Him to work through us, grow in a relationship with our Savior ST. EDWARD CHRISTMAS BAZAAR and be part of a loving giving community. Incredible mercy, The St. Edward Christmas Bazaar, Bake Sale and Poinsettia incredible grace but these gifts come with a great challenge to Sale is December 5th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. If you would take on a mentality of mercy. We need to pay attention to the like to be a vendor, please email [email protected] opportunities that God sends us. We need to be intentional to request a Vendor Agreement. The spaces are reserved disciples of Christ. on a first-come, first-served basis. You will receive an We have been given an opportunity this month to Feed acknowledgement and your space will be confirmed when we the Hungry via a work program sponsored by United Way. receive your signed form. During the week of October 12th-16th, we will be preparing lunches for 35-40 homeless people who are being transported SPAGHETTI DINNER AT ST. LEONARD PARISH to work at the New Albany Beauty Park. We are looking for Each year, the St. Leonard Parish Knights of Columbus volunteers to make sack lunches in our church kitchen sponsor a Spaghetti Dinner to celebrate the feast day of St. John Leonardi. You are invited to enjoy spaghetti, meatballs, at 10:00 a.m. Lunches will have: a sandwich, cookie, apple/ salad, bread, beverages and dessert on Saturday, October orange and bottled water. Lunches will need to be delivered 10th, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. The cost is $8.00 to the St. Vincent de Paul Haven at 12:30 p.m. each day. If for adults, Seniors $7.00 and ages 5-12 $4.00. you can volunteer to be a lunch maker or delivery driver, please email Merilee Wagner at [email protected] or VOCATIONS FAIR phone her at 740-975-0002. The Knox/Licking Vocations Club is sponsoring a Vocations Fair at St. Francis de Sales Church on Sunday, October 25th, FAMILY ROSARY DAY from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Religious Sisters, Priests, Seminarians, Please join Bishop Campbell on October 11th at 3:00 p.m. Deacons, and Lay Minsters will be there to answer questions at St. Joseph Cathedral for the annual Family Rosary Day; a and to talk about their vocation. Lunch will be provided. Sign time for devotion to our Blessed Mother. up for door prizes. BETHESDA POST-ABORTION The Catechism Corner HEALING MINISTRY “How long does it take to be healed?” “I have been to This week we conclude the section of the Catechism on confession. I have prayed. 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“What page, what passage of the inspired books of the Old and New Testaments is not the truest of guides for human life?” ~Saint Benedict, from the Rule of Saint Benedict (73:3)

“Faithful submission to the will of God, always and everywhere, in all events and circumstances of life, gives great glory to God. Such submission to the will of God carries more weight with Him than long fasts, mortifications and the most severe penances.” ~ SAINT FAUSTINA KOWALSKA

Monday, October 5, 2015 ~ Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin

Holy Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Meditation: When personal tragedy strikes, or when there is a great human calamity, people will often ask ”If God is all-loving and compassionate, then why is there so much suffering and evil in this world?” Jesus' parable about a highway robbery gives us a helpful hint. Jesus told this dramatic story in response to a devout Jew who wanted to understand how to apply God's great commandment of love to his everyday life circumstances. In so many words this religious-minded Jewish person said: “I want to love God as best as I can and I want to love my neighbor as well. But how do I know that I am fulfilling my duty to love my neighbor as myself?” Jesus must have smiled when he heard this man challenge him to explain one's duty towards their neighbor. For the Jewish believer the law of love was plain and simple: “treat your neighbor as you would treat yourself.” The real issue for this believer was the correct definition of who is “my neighbor.” He understood “neighbor” to mean one's fellow Jew who belonged to the same covenant which God made with the people of Israel. Up to a certain point, Jesus agreed with this sincere expert but, at the same time, he challenged him to see that God's view of neighbor went far beyond his narrow definition.

Prayer: Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: What does Jesus' story tell us about true love for one's neighbor? First, we must be willing to help even if others brought trouble on themselves through their own fault or negligence. Second, our love and concern to help others in need must be practical. Good intentions and showing pity, or empathizing with others, are not enough. And lastly, our love for others must be as wide and as inclusive as God's love. God excludes no one from his care and concern. God's love is unconditional. So we must be ready to do good to others for their sake, just as God is good to us. Jesus not only taught God's way of love, but he showed how far God was willing to go to share in our suffering and to restore us to wholeness of life and happiness. Jesus overcame sin, suffering, and death through his victory on the cross. His death brought us freedom from slavery to sin and the promise of everlasting life with God. He willingly shared in our suffering to bring us to the source of true healing and freedom from sin and oppression. True compassion not only identifies and empathizes with the one who is in pain, but takes that pain on oneself in order to bring freedom and restoration.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 ~ Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint Bruno, Priest, Founder of the Carthusian Order; Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin

Holy Gospel: John 1:47-51 Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

Meditation: Jesus enjoyed visiting the home of Martha and Mary as they were gracious and hospitable. But notice in this brief encounter we see two very different temperaments in Martha and Mary. Martha loved to serve, but in her anxious manner of waiting on Jesus, she caused unrest. Mary, in her simple and trusting manner, waited on Jesus by sitting attentively at his feet. She instinctively knew that what Jesus the Lord most wanted at that moment was her attentive presence. Who are we more like – Martha or Mary? When in prayer in church or at home or work does anxiety and preoccupation keep us from listening and from giving the Lord our undivided attention. What about that mobile phone that seems to be glued to our hand, waiting for the next text message from someone, rather that turning it off so we can focus totally on our prayer conversation with Jesus? Folks, the Lord asks us to give him our concerns and anxieties because he is trustworthy and able to meet any need we have. His grace frees us from needless concerns and preoccupation. And so we must ask ourselves: Do you seek the Lord fully and attentively? Also, are you gracious and hospitable to Jesus – do you welcome him?

Prayer ~ Saint Bruno: O God, who called Saint Bruno to serve you in solitude, grant, through his intercession, that amid the changes of this world we may constantly look to you alone. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer ~ Blessed Marie Rose Durocher: Lord, who enkindled in the heart of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher the flame of ardent charity and a great desire to cooperate in the mission of the Church as a teacher, grant us that same active love, so that, in responding to the needs of the world today, we may lead our brothers and sisters to the blessedness of eternal life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: The Lord Jesus desires that we make a place for him, not only in our hearts, but in our homes and in the daily circumstances of our lives as well. We honor the Lord when we offer to him everything we have and everything we do. After all, everything we have is an outright gift from God (1 Chronicles 29:14). Paul the Apostle urges us to give God glory in everything: “Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17). Practically speaking, do you have a framed image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus hanging noticeably in your home? Do you have crucifixes hanging in various rooms of your home? Is your Bible a ready source of reading in your living room, den, or bedside? When is the last time you had your home blessed? All of these help us remember Jesus by visibly welcoming him into our physical homes (dwellings) – honoring him, remembering him, praying to him, thanking him – and will nourish and strengthen the spiritual home we build in each of us.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 ~ Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Rosary

“The Church has always attributed particular efficacy to this prayer, entrusting to the Rosary, to its choral recitation and to its constant practice, the most difficult problems. At times when Christianity itself seemed under threat, its deliverance was attributed to the power of this prayer, and Our Lady of the Rosary was acclaimed as the one whose intercession brought salvation.” ~Saint John Paul II, Apostolic Letter ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE, October 2002, No. 39

Holy Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?” And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Meditation: Do you want to live a grace-filled life? Of course you do! The angel Gabriel salutes Mary as “full of grace.” To become the mother of the Savior, Mary was enriched by God with gifts to enable her to assume this awesome role. There is a venerable tradition among many Christians, dating back to the early church, for honoring Mary as the spotless virgin who bore the Son of God in her womb. A number of early church fathers link Mary's obedience to this singular grace of God, including Saint Irenaeus who said: “Being obedient she became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race... The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience: what the virgin Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary loosened by her faith.”

Prayer: Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ you Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Contemplation: October is the Month of the Rosary – a time set aside to devote our time and attention to this ancient form of prayer, the devotion to Our Lady, and the Christocentric walk we take with Jesus when praying and meditating on the mysteries and life of Jesus our Savior. By praying the rosary we also implore the aid of our Blessed Mother to help us in the various challenges and struggles each of us face in life, and to help those whom we pray the rosary on their behalf. Recall the words of Saint Paul: “In all things we suffer tribulation, but we are not distressed; we are sore pressed, but we are not destitute; we endure persecution, but we are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we do not perish; always bearing about in our body the dying of Jesus, so that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodily frame.”

Thursday, October 8, 2015 ~ Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Holy Gospel: Luke 11:5-13 Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence. “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

Meditation: Jesus used the illustration of a late-night traveler to teach his listeners an important lesson about how God treats us in contrast to the kind of treatment we might expect from good neighbors. The rule of hospitality in biblical times required the cooperation of the entire community in entertaining an unexpected or late-night guest. Whether the guest was hungry or not, a meal would be served. In a small village it would be easy to know who had baked bread that day. Bread was essential for a meal because it served as a utensil for dipping and eating from the common dishes. Asking for bread from one's neighbor was both a common occurrence and an expected favor. To refuse to give bread would bring shame because it was a sign of in-hospitality.

Contemplation: God will always give us what we need – not what we want, but what we need. There is a difference, obviously, and we should find contentment that God does provide, not the way we want, but the way he wants for us.

Friday, October 9, 2015 ~ Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint Denis, Bishop and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs

Holy Gospel: Luke 11:15-26 When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe. But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. “When an unclean spirit goes out of someone, it roams through arid regions searching for rest but, finding none, it says, ‘I shall return to my home from which I came.’ But upon returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there, and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.”

Meditation: Evil is not an impersonal force that just happens. It has a name and a face and it seeks to master every heart and soul on the face of the earth (1 Peter 5:8-9). Scripture identifies the Evil One by many names, ‘Satan,’ ‘Beelzebul’ - the ‘prince of demons,’ the ‘Devil,’ the ‘Deceiver,’ the ‘Father of Lies,’ and ‘Lucifier,’ the fallen angel who broke rank with God and established his own army and kingdom in opposition to God. Jesus declared that he came to overthrow the power of Satan and his kingdom (John 12:31). Jesus' numerous exorcisms brought freedom to many who were troubled and oppressed by the work of evil spirits. Jesus himself encountered personal opposition and battle with Satan when he was put to the test in the wilderness just before his public ministry (Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:1). He overcame the Evil One through his obedience to the will of his Father.

Prayer: O God, who sent Saint Denis and his companions to preach your glory to the nations and strengthened them for their mission with the virtue of constancy in suffering, grant, we pray, that we may imitate them in disdaining prosperity in this world and in being undaunted by any trial. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: When you see evil at work in the world, what kind of protection do you seek for yourself and for others? Jesus came to free us from the greatest danger of all - the corrupting force of evil which destroys us from within and makes us slaves to sin and Satan (John 8:34). Seek Jesus first, foremost and always.

Scripture passages (NAB translation) courtesy of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; prayers are from The Roman Missal, Catholic Book Publishing, 2011; information about saints, solemnities, feasts and memorials courtesy of Catholic Culture. frlumpe:2015