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October 18, 2020
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Prince of Peace Catholic Church Readings for the week of October 18, 2020
4300 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Phone 248-681-9424 ~ Fax 248-681-5543 Sunday: Is 45:1, 4
6/Ps 96:1, 3, 4
5, 7
8, 9
10/ Website: www.princeofpeacecatholic.church  1 Thes 1:1
5b/Mt 22:15
21 
Monday: Eph 2:1
10/Ps 100:1b
2, 3, 4ab, 4c
5/ Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.   Lk 12:13
21 Thursday and Friday Closed
Tuesday: Eph 2:12
22/Ps 85:9ab
10, 11
12, 13
Father Ron Jozwiak   14/Lk 12:35
38 [email protected]
Wednesday: Eph 3:2
12/Is 12:2
3, 4bcd, 5
6/ Weekend Liturgies:   Lk 12:39
48 Saturday: 4:00 p.m.
Sundays: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 NOON Thursday: Eph 3:14
21/Ps 33:1
2, 4
5, 11
12,    18
19/Lk 12:49
53 Weekday Liturgies:
Monday - Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. Friday: Eph 4:1
6/Ps 24:1
2, 3
4ab, 5
6/ Suspended until Roof project is completed.  Lk 12:54
59
Saturday: Eph 4:7
16/Ps 122:1
2, 3
4ab, 4cd
5/ Reconciliation/Penance   Lk 13:1
9 By appointment for parishioners.
Next Sunday: Ex 22:20
26/Ps 18:2
3, 3
4, 47, Parish Office: 248-681-9424    51/1 Thes 1:5c
10/Mt 22:34
40 Amanda Brewer Email bulletin articles to: [email protected]

Bookkeeper: 248-681-9424 Deb Peltier [email protected]

Education Office: 248-681-5070 [email protected]

Adult Education/RCIA Office: 248-681-9424 Coordinator: Jeanne Martin [email protected]

Worship Office: 248-681-9424 Minister: Linda Plotkowski [email protected] Baptisms, Weddings, Funeral/Memorial Services

Youth Ministry: 248-681-9424 [email protected]

Musicians/Choir: 248-681-9424 Pastoral Musician: David Hansen

MISSION STATEMENT:

“Growing in Grace, Gratitude and Giving”

Page 3 PRINCE OF PEACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” Wise words from the Lord himself for all ages. We must remember that this phrase was initially pronounced during the time of Roman oppression of the land. People were taxed more back then than we are now. There was a temple tax, custom tax, land tax and even trade taxes. Finally, there is this tax M basically a tax to the roman emperor who was oppressing the people M they were paying the oppressor to maintain their own oppression, a moral dilemma for sure.  When Jesus’ enemies unite to try and trick him, they show him the roman coin. Now this coin was constructed with the image of Caesar and a proclamation of his divinity. Guess what, we’re so used to these stories that we forget the coin broke the first two commandments and the Jewish people were loathed to do that, but they did. As Jesus is handed the Roman coin he asks a simple question: “Whose image is this and whose inscription.” His enemies have the right answer but in that they convict themselves in violating the first two commandments. Had they not trafficked in this coin, they would not have known the answer.  In just a few words Jesus makes them decide on who side they are on M God’s or Caesar. In reality, he is giving them a choice to make: Who is it that you serve? And that is our choice too. All of life belongs to God and our response to life has been formed by the Words of God himself. All our choices have to be made first on the side of God, and with the Gospel values, and only then on the side of the world. We are people who must decide what part of our lives can be rendered to Caesar. For example, God does ask us to build up our communities and people, and taxes are a part of that. But we can never forget that we belong to God, all life is a gift from God and everything we have is through the graciousness of our God to us. In essence, Jesus is asking us to follow the first commandment M love God and serve him alone. Once that is etched into our very being, duties to the world are given their proper position. God first for we all have to serve him if we are true to His Word.  
Fr. Ron

This weekend, October 17 and 18, is World Mission Sunday. We celebrate this day by remembering our baptismal call
to bring the Gospel to all! The collection today for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith supports the work and witness of the Mission Church, as it provides for priests, religious and lay leaders who offer the Lord’s mercy and concrete help to the most vulnerable communities in the Pope's mission. 

Thank you for your generosity!

Page 4 PRINCE OF PEACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUR PRINCIPLES FOR CATHOLICS DURING ELECTION SEASON Every four years, Catholics face an intense dilemma in regard to the vote. There are ardently Catholic Democrats who wonder how their co
religionists could possibly choose a Republican candidate, and there are ardently Catholic Republicans who express precisely the opposite opinion. And both sides, typically, look with eagerness to their bishops and priests to resolve the tension. Each presidential election cycle, the Church endeavors to clarify the issue, usually to the satisfaction of very few. However, under the rubric of “once more unto the breach, dear friends,” let me try to provide some direction by articulating four basic principles.  First, Catholic social teaching clearly goes beyond the split between Republican and Democrat, between liberal and conservative, and therefore corresponds perfectly with neither political camp. Anyone who says that either of our political parties perfectly, or even adequately, represents Catholic social thought is simply misinformed. Broadly speaking, the Democratic Party advocates a number of themes and principles reverenced by the Catholic tradition: concern for the underprivileged, for the migrant and refugee, and for the environment, as well as opposition to capital punishment and to all forms of racism. And again, broadly speaking, the Republican Party sides with Catholic teaching in a number of ways: opposition to abortion and euthanasia, defense of the traditional family, advocacy for conscience protection and freedom of religion. Which of the two parties is more “Catholic?” It seems to me impossible to adjudicate the question in the abstract.  Are we left, therefore, simply in a lurch? Not quite, and this leads to the second principle I would like to explicate: among the various values mentioned, a priority must be given to the defense of human life, since life is the most fundamental good of all, the one without which the other goods wouldn’t obtain. Therefore, in the political calculus of a Catholic, opposition to abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment should take pride of place. Now, just to keep things complicated, Republicans are relatively right in regard to the first two and Democrats in regard to the last one, though, to be sure, the number of those threatened by abortion and euthanasia is far greater than the number of those under threat of capital punishment. Sometimes people will say that all lives are equally sacred, but in this context, that observation is something of a red herring. For the relevant question is not which lives are more sacredNthose of the unborn, the elderly, the poor, the migrantNbut which lives are more direly and directly threatened.  And this leads to a third principle: a Catholic may never vote for a candidatebecausethat candidate supports a morally repugnant position, onlydespitethat support and only because of balancing considerations. Thus, for example, a Catholic in good conscience could never say that she will vote for Joe Bidenbecausethe Democrat is pro
choice, and by the same token, a Catholic in good conscience could never say that he will vote for Donald Trumpbecausethe Republican is for capital punishment. Each would have to say some version of “despite his unacceptable position, I will vote for him because, in prudence, I have determined that other commitments of his and/or his own character counter
balances his objectionable opinion.” Does this lead us into somewhat murky waters? Frankly, yes, but that’s necessarily the case when we’re dealing not with matters of principle but matters of prudence. Continued on page 5

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FOUR PRINCIPLES...Continued from page 4
And this last statement conduces to my fourth and final proposition: Catholics ought never to disagree in regard to moral principles, but they can indeed legitimately disagree about the best means to instantiate those principles. So, for example, I think that every Catholic in America ought to embrace the political ideals that I identified above, some more characteristic of the left and others of the right.EveryCatholic ought to be for protecting the environment, serving the poor, defending the traditional family, battling social injustice, advocating for religious liberty and freedom of conscience, etc. But not every Catholic is obliged to subscribe to the same means of attaining those ends. Liberal and conservative Catholics can disagree about the Paris Climate Accords, the legitimacy of off
shore drilling, the advisability of reforming our health
care system, changes to our tax laws, the level of the minimum wage, the best policy in regard to Wall Street regulation, etc., etc. Those latter issues are open to legitimate debate and are matters for prudential judgment.
Perhaps I might, in closing, not so much propose a fifth principle, as deliver myself of a cri de coeur:
Vote! Some Catholics are temptedNand I will admit to feeling the tug of this temptationN that because things are so complicated politically for those who advocate Catholic social teaching, it is best to say, “a plague on both your houses,” and keep to the sidelines. But this is not a tenable position. In the Lord’s Prayer, we petition, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be doneon earthas it is in heaven.” The Gospel message does indeed draw us ultimately to eternal life on high with the Lord, but it also has real
world implications here below. If we Catholics don’t involve ourselves in the political process, as messy as that often is, we permit Catholic social teaching to remain a set of harmless abstractions. 

by Bishop Robert Barron www.wordonfire.org

Baptized in Christ

Lucy Anne Mitchem

Parents: Burney and Amanda
Godparents: Clay Mitchem and Andrea Frey

Page 6 PRINCE OF PEACE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH GOSPEL MEDITATION

Nobody enjoys paying taxes. Despite our

displeasure in being forced to do so, we also realize that the monies generated from taxes allows governments to provide essential services for its people. Corruption really gets our goat, however. Saturday, October 17 When we witness malfeasance, overspending, irresponsibility, and dishonesty in governmental 4:00 p.m.
Gary Graustein spending, the grave injustices make an already Michael Faris unpleasant and arduous task even more difficult. The inappropriate distribution and use of Sunday, October 18 hardearned monies can leave a person quite angry and disconnected. It’s bad enough the government 8:00 a.m. Families of Prince of Peace wants something from me, now God does, too?
10:00 a.m.
Raymond Madden

Faiza Jabro God is not concerned necessarily with our money,
Salem Jabro although its proper use does factor into our faith life. As the payment of secular taxes speaks of our
Julio Jabro allegiance to the government, our return to God Ken & Lorraine Beesley speaks of our allegiance to God. All of creation, 12:00 Noon Families of Prince of Peace even the entire universe, is fashioned in the image

and likeness of God. What speaks to God and has Gracious Lord, meaning and relevance to him? All of creation and Remember in your mercy those who suffer today. indeed our very selves! God delights in us and Give strength and encouragement when we present ourselves back to him, he delights to those who minister to their needs. even more! As the payment of secular taxes is Remember your promise not to let them be tested designed to secure the equitable distribution of beyond what they are able to bear. goods and services to all people, so is our return of

Above all, give them the reassurance ourselves to God in gratitude meant to advance that you are with them as they walk through God’s kingdom here on earth.
this valley of the shadow of death.
W And in your good time send healing of body and spirit. hen our exclusive and sincere allegiance is given to God, God can use us to set things right and In Jesus’ name straight again. The wounds of sin distort our Amen relationship and disorder our world. By giving ourselves and all of creation back to God in gratitude, we acknowledge the proper Creator and Author of life for who He is and devote our labors exclusively to God’s kingdom and the justice, peace, or order God envisions. In giving back to God all that belongs to God, we set the axis of our Dom DiPasqua from LPi, our bulletin printer, will lives correctly and put our priorities in proper order. be making phone calls in the upcoming weeks, All of our relationships, especially with God, our securing new ads for our bulletin. Please consider brothers and sisters, and all of creation are purchasing an ad, sponsoring a charity, or in perceived more clearly as they really are. Using, accumulating, wasting, exploiting, hording, and selfpreservation are no longer necessary.

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