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Please Also Include in Prayer Those Who Have Died in Christ ST. PAUL ON THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH Reporter 157 Lake Shore Road | Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236 | 313.885.8855 | stpaulonthelake.org September 13, 2020 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time THINGS ABOVE FROM FR. BILOT “St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church is dedicated to forming joyful missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.” (New Parish Mission Statement August 2020) When we are caught in the routine of life we don’t always reflect on the what or why of our doings. A married couple falls into a routine and live the life they grew accustomed to until something shatters the routine and makes them stop and assess why and how they are living the Sacrament of Marriage. As a priest, I can get caught in the daily routine of the priestly lifeawaking to pray a Holy Hour, celebrating mass, heading to the parish office and engaging in the ministry entrusted to my care. This can become routine for me as well, despite the fact that each day unfolds differently. In general, the routine can subtly move us away from the healthy and holy aspects of our lives, our vocation. For myself, a call from the Archbishop asking me to change assignments or a tragedy in the parish community can awaken me from the routine and help restore our focus, our mission as disciples of Jesus Christ. Routine is not a bad thing. The rituals in the Catholic Church, like the celebration of the Holy Mass, is there to create a stability, a comfort and a venue for the Holy Spirit to enter deeply into our hearts. The ritual helps to settle our body, mind and spirit so we can become attentive to Jesus’s Spirit in our being. We must be aware always because our routine or ritual can make us comfortable to the point that we know what happens next (like the parts of the Mass) and we start daydreaming. We must be careful not to become distracted. When we become distracted, disconnected, we lose sight of the why M the mission. On August 31/September 1, we were blessed to have Bishop Robert Fisher (Monday) and Bishop Donald Hanchon (Tuesday) celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation within Mass. The Confirmati, the sponsors and the parents and siblings knew the ritual of the Mass; the unknown was the conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation. This unknown created an excitement, a nervousness, and drew attention to the Confirmati, which caused an unsettled feeling in their being. Something was going to happen and they didn’t know what to expect, how to respond, or on a spiritual level what to do. Yet within the ritual of the Sacrament of Confirmation stability is present amidst the excitement. The Confirmati were familiar with the church building, what to say and what to do (because of the practice). The unknown is what Jesus was going to do to their soul. For these young women and men, their soul, their essence, their being was ontologically changed. Their soul was configured in a deep and profound way to the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Our newly Confirmed are now empowered in a very deep and unknown way to be joyful missionary disciples of Jesus Christ. To tap into the graces received in the Sacrament of Confirmation (the benefits, the power, the mercy and unconditional love of Jesus Christ), they need to be in constant watch for the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Like the watchmen in the days of the Old Testament, who announced to the King if an enemy was approaching or a friendly messenger was bringing good news. Like the Watchman of old, the Confirmati need to be on the lookout for what is on the horizon. As a joyful missionary disciple, our Confirmati, and all of us within the Catholic Church, we need to be able to bring good news to Jesus. How do we do this? Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit (given to us in the Sacrament of Confirmation). Joy is an effect of love (love is willing the good of the other M St. Thomas Aquinas.) Since we are unable to contain our love, we desire to share it through our compassion, mercy and forgiveness. We model joy because we have lived love. Thus the love shown and lived reflects our configuration to Jesus Christ. True love that takes us out of ourselves, will be filled with sacrifice, suffering and excitement (like the life of Jesus.) In order for us to love like Jesus, because we are his disciples, we need power. It cannot be human power. It needs to be the power of the Holy Spirit. The power comes through the Sacrament of Confirmation. Confirmation configures our soul to tap into the gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, Understanding, Right Judgement, Knowledge, Courage, Reverence, and Wonder and Awe. Through prayer we ask the Holy Spirit to “fire up” these gifts so that we indeed will to love. In turn, in love, we become joyful missionary disciples of Jesus Christ. St. Paul Parish will be a fire in the community if we all pray and use the Holy Spirit to bring good news to Jesus Christ. Watch and respond, using the Holy Spirit as your guide. Peace, Fr. Jim Bilot WEEKEND MASS CHANGES Saturday R 4:30pm (outdoor) Sunday R 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am (outdoor), and 12:00noon ADORATION HAS RESUMED ON TUESDAYS Please see page 7 for details and Page 3 for a special message from Fr. Colin 2 (Fr.) Colin’s Column An introduction to inspirational information Special Edition! In this column I intend to offer some suggestions for what to do in Eucharistic Adoration. 1. Being with the Lord is the primary goal here. The Apostles were with the Lord constantly and learned from Him by being with Him. Our culture tells us to keep on ‘doing’ but we first need to recognize that our ‘being’ is good. This can include resting with the Lord! 2. Honestly sharing with Jesus and attentively listening to Him… the A RRR method. This stands for Acknowledge, Relate, Receive, Respond. It is taught to seminarians and you can find information about it online. a. Acknowledge = being honest and aware about what is happening in your heart; Tired? Frustrated? Joyful? b. Relate = express your acknowledgement to God. Lord, I am too tired to pray! c. Receive = Listen to God’s response about what you related. This takes quite within yourself and a calming of distraction … good to do at the beginning. d. Respond = Thanksgiving to God? Action? Surrender? Journaling? 3. Spiritual reading. Perhaps the Bible, work of a saint, or a book on doctrine. 4. Rosary. Then you are with Jesus and Mary! St Padre Pio called the Rosary the weapon for these times. 5. Examen Prayer. St. Ignatius has a lot to say about this, but it is taking time to see how God worked in your day/ heart. Many times we see only frustrating things, but he encourages us to see the good. 6. Similar to the Examen = “Thoughtful Men and Women of God a Guide to Contemplative Prayer.” This is a method to review your life with God. Search the whole title online and you will get a free PDF 3 Dispensaon from Mass extended unl Monday, November 23; Catholics obligated to connue keeping holy the Lord's Day The Communicaons Department shares the following message from Father Stephen Pullis, Director of the Department of Evangelizaon and Missionary Discipleship and member of the liturgical team advising Archbishop Vigneron during the coronavirus pandemic: In light of the connued spread of the coronavirus in southeast Michigan and the impossibility for parishes to safely accommodate all Catholics for Mass on Sundays, Archbishop Vigneron has extendedthe dispensaon from the obligaon to aend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligaon for all the faithful in the Archdiocese of Detroit, as well as for all travelers during their me within the territory of the Archdiocese of Detroit, unl Monday, November 23, 2020. While the dispensaon from the grave obligaon to aend Sunday Mass is in effect, all bapzed Catholics are reminded of the grave necessity they have to keep holy the Lord’s Day. Archbishop Vigneron wrote a pastoral note entled “The Day of the Lord” lile more than one year ago calling to mind this important spiritual obligaon. As the day of the Resurrecon of our Lord, Chrisans from the earliest days set Sunday apart as a day unlike others. When it is not possible to parcipate in person in the Sacrifice of the Mass, it is vitally important for every member of the Catholic Church to nourish his or her soul during these days. This means culvang a prayer life in their homes, reading Sacred Scripture T especially the prescribed readings for the Sunday Mass T and making Christ the center of one’s home and being his disciple the central identy of one’s life. It also means connuing to understand Sunday as a day set apart for the Lord. This means acvies on Sunday should be different from the pursuits of the rest of the week. Prayer and me for God, me for family, and works of charity should be central to a Catholic’s Sunday. The obligaon to aend Mass (when not dispensed) on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligaon is a grave call for us who have been incorporated into Christ by our bapsm to share in the sacrifice of Christ to the Father. It is an obligaon that we worship God in a way far superior to our most creave and ingenious efforts because it is not our work but Christ’s.
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