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✣✤✥✦✧★ ✛✜✢ Catholic Church February 3, 2019 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Cycle C Brad & Kandra Johnson ✄ ☎✆ ✝✞✟ ✠✡ ☛ ☎☛☞✌ ☎✠ ✁✂ - Youth Ministry ✠ ✌ ☎✟ ✡ ✍✎✏ ✑ ✒ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✠✡ ☛ ☎☛☞✌ ☎✠ ✌ ☎ ✗ ✘ ✍ ✎✙✚✎ ✖ Pete Wenstrand Office: 712-246-1718 Finance Council - Chair Email: [email protected] Online Bulletin: Linda McGargill parishesonline.com/shenandoah Council of Faith Formation Online Giving: catholicfoundationiowa.org Dana Wenstrand Vaughn Livingston Office Hours - M-W-T - 9-4 Trustees Tues - 9-2 Fri - Closed Sue Hanna & Jane Emge Music Coordinators Fr. Raphael Assamah - Pastor Cell# - 712-246-8876 Mary Beth Gowing Diane Strunk Organist Secretary 712-246-1718 Marty Maher KC Knight Laurie Johnson Visitation Ministry Joan Bloom 246-9812 Ladies Guild President Lynda Marshall Director of Religious Education 402-813-2113 Readings for the Week of Feb 3, 2019 Sunday Jer 1:4-5, 17-19/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 [cf. 15ab]/1 Cor 12:31 ❇ 13:13 or 13:4-13/ Lk 4:21-30 Monday Heb 11:32-40/Ps 31:20, 21, 23, 24 [25]/ Mk 5:1-20 ✯✭ ✰ ✯✱ ✲✳ ✴✵ ✶✷ ✭✸ ✯✹✺✷ ✻ ✭✼ ✴ ✯✹ ✩✪✫✬ ✭✮✪ Sunday in Ordinary Time. Expectations Tuesday Heb 12:1-4/Ps 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32 [cf. 27b]/Mk 5:21-43 have a habit of tripping us up. We think Wednesday we have it all figured out. We know what Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a [cf. 17]/Mk 6:1-6 to expect. But then something happens Thursday Heb 12:18-19, 21-24/Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, to surprise us and we have to decide 10-11 [cf. 10]/Mk 6:7-13 whether to believe it or not. Is this for Friday Heb 13:1-8/Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc [1a]/ real? The folks in Nazareth had expecta- Mk 6:14-29 ✯✺✭✸✷ ✭ ✯✹✪✺ ✴ ✸ ✳ ✯✺ ✪ ✷ ✭✸ ✱ ✹✺✷ ✷ ✭✸ ✭ ✾ ✿ ❀ ✽ ✽ Saturday Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 ✬ ✭✼✫❄✸ ✶✯ ❂✭✷ ✷✺ ❅✫✵ ❅✪ ✯✹✪ ❆✸ ✭✺✸ ✯✪ ❄ ❁ ✭✷✪ ❂✹❃ [1]/Mk 6:30-34 One, could he? God has a habit of sur- Next Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 [1c]/ prising us, of defying our expectations. Sunday 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11 Cycle C - Reflections on the Readings not to dismay ourselves but rather to get in touch with how far this multi-faceted love can transform our per- Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time sonal lives and enthuse us to become agents of Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19; Psalm 71 peace and harmony in society at large. 1 Corinthians 12:31--13:13; Luke 4:21-30 Understanding Love Love is a much-used word today. But what our culture calls love, in its songs and films, frequently is not love at all; it is the opposite to love. It is desire, control and possessiveness. Today a lot of people are cynical Theme: Love must Be Broad as Well as Deep about the existence of real love. They are doubtful about the existence of goodness unsullied by self- George Herbert is an English poet, priest and amateur interest. One reason is that today we have a better musician. One day on his way to a music session with understanding of the complexity of human nature, some of his friends he came upon a poor man whose and the mixed motives behind everything we do. We horse had fallen under his load. Both man and horse know how people could make great sacrifices, yet were in distress and in urgent need of help. Herbert those sacrifices become worthless because they are took off his clerical robes and helped the man to un- done from motives of self-interest. load the horse, get it on its feet, and then load it up again. Then he gave the man some money to refresh What Paul proposes in description of love is clearly an himself and his horse. ideal. An ideal is like a star. Though we can never reach it, it still guides us. We must be willing to try to That done, he set out again to keep his appointment really love people. To be possessed with love is to be with his friends. Normally he kept himself very clean filled with a power which will not be denied; which will and trim. So, when he turned up with hands dirty, and do anything, brave anything, suffer anything, endure his clothes soiled, his friends were very surprised. When anything, for the sake of who or what it loves. Loves he told them the cause of it, one of them expressed never fails. Other things fade and pass away, but love disapproval that he should have got himself involved endures. If a person truly loves, he or she possesses all ✤✥✦✧ ★ ✩✢✪✫ ✬ ✭✮ ✯✰✱✬ ✮✭ ✣✫ ✲ ✳✥✫ ✧ ✭ ★✣ ✤✴ ✭✪✭ ✩✵ ✶✫ ✧✭ ✢✣ other virtues. Faith, hope and love are the three great thought of what I have done will be like music to me at virtues. These remain and the greatest of these is love. midnight. The omission of it would have caused dis- All things pass away, but the kind word, the kind pres- cord in my conscience. For if I am bound so far as it is ence, the kind deed, the sharing, the self-sacrifice to ✮ ✬ ✯✱✴✭ ✪ ✫ ✱ ✯✪ ★✦✫ ✢✦✭ ✴ ✧ ★✫ ✷ ✯✪ ★✬ ✸✱✪ ✲✹ ✺ ✧✭✣ ✧ ✭ ✤ ★✢✩✻ ✢✣ help follow human beings, never pass away. ✶ ✣ ✩ ✣ ✱✴ ✻ ✰ ✭✫ ✹✤ ✫ ✥✣✭ ✱ ✥✪ ✢✣ ✤✫✪✥✮✭✣ ✫ ✤✲✹ ✼ Let us seek to express genuine and divine Love for one ✚✛✿ ✓✘✙ ❀ ❁❂✗ ❃❄ ❅ ❃❆ ✖ ✽✜ ✾ another. Remain Blessed! ✷ ✣ ✫ ✱ ✩★✬ ✹✤ ✤✭✦ ✱✣✩ ✪✭ ★ ✩✢✣ ✻ ✫ ✲ ★✥✰ ✢ ✭ ✤ ✥ ✤ ✴ ✧ ★✫ ✢✤ ❇ ❈ ❉ ❇ ❊ acknowledged as one of the best descriptions of love ☎✆✝✞✟✠ ✡☛☞ ✝✌☛ ✁☞ ✍✍✎✝✂ ✁✂✄ ever written. This hymn to love is a firm favorite at wed- January 27, 2019 dings. It is a good description of how to build up real love between a couple to supplement and transform Tithes - $2027.00 the romantic love that has usually brought the happy Plate - $156.00 ✯ ★✢✪ ✫ ✱ ✭✫ ✧✭✪✲ ✳ ✥✫ ★✥✰ ✹✤ ✦ ✱✣✦ ✭✪✣ ✢✤ ✢✣ ✣ ✱ ✴ ★✬ ✯✪ ✢✮ ★✪✢✰ ✬ ❇ ❉ ✚ ✓✛✜✖ ✏ ✑✒ ✓✔✕ ✖✗✘✙ - $13.00 romantic. He wants us Christians to live together, and Mass Intentions - $105.00 to help bring all people on earth together as well, re- Hall Rental - $150.00 flecting the unity found in the triune God. And only love can bring this unity about. If we are honest, many of us do not even think seriously about living in com- munity and getting involved to solve community prob- lems. We limit our boundaries of care and concern to our family and friends and spend more time defending our rights than carrying about our community responsi- bilities. There may be times when we even find the mute exchange of peace at Mass a too challenging intrusion on our privacy. So, it may be a useful test to take each of the words Paul offers- Patience, kindness and so on ❋ and ask ourselves how far they drive and inform our behavior towards each other. The aim is ✁✂✄ ☎✆✝✞✟✠ ✡☛☞ ✝✌☛ 2 ✴ ✲ ✲ ✢✙ ✍✙✓ ✾✛✣✫ ✪ ✓ ✖ ✢ ✙ ✍✛✙✓ ★✔ ✥ ✣✩✑★ ✖ ✜✙ ✧✓ ✙ ✙✪✓ Motivation of the week (emotional) ★✏✾ ✾✓✛✓✖ ✙ little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local THE DOLL AND THE WHITE ROSE newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right Cashier hand this little boy some money back. The away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The ✥ ✣✩✑★✖✜✙ ✪ ✍✎✓ ✒✓ ✓ ✖ ✫ ✣✛✓ ✙ ✪ ✍✖ ✬ ✣✛ ✭ ✗✓✍✛✢ ✣✑ ★ ✔ ✒ ✣✗ family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the ✮ ✯ ✰ ✱✲ ✰ ✍ ✢✪✏ ✓ ✛ ✢ ✍✏ ★ ✜✫ ✢✣✛ ✛✗ ✒ ✩✙ ✗ ✣ ✩ ★✣✖✜✙ ✪ ✍ ✎✓ ✪ ✓ life-sustaining machine, because the young woman ✮ ✫ ✣✖✓ ✗ ✙ ✣ ✒ ✩ ✗ ✙ ✪ ✏ ✢ ★✣✑✑ ✔✳ ✪ ✓ ✖ ✙ ✪ ✓ ✑✏ ✙ ✙ ✑✓ ✒ ✣✗ ✓ ✖ ✣✩✧✪ would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✰ ✙ ✣ ✙ ✪ ✓ ✣✑★ ✣✫✍ ✖ ✖✓ ✙ ✙ ✣ ✪ ✏ ✫ ✳ ✛✍ ✖ ✖ ✗ ✍✛✓ ✙ ✩✛✖✓ ★ the family of the little boy? Two days after this encoun- ✲ ✮ ✢ ✩✛✓ ★✣ ✖✜✙ ✪ ✍✎✓ ✓ ✖ ✣✩✧✪ ✫ ✣✖✓ ✗✸✳ ✪ ✓ ✣✑ ★ ✑ ✍ ★ ✗ ✗✣ ✩ ter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the ✹ ✶ ✺ ✴ ✻ ✛✓ ✑✏✓ ★ ✳ ✣ ✩ ✦ ✖ ✣ ✙ ✪ ✍✙ ✗✣✩ ★ ✣✖✜✙ ✪ ✍ ✎✓ ✓ ✖ ✣ ✩✧✪ ✫ ✣✖ ✴ ✹ ✴ ✲ ✹ ✻ ✗✣✩✖✧ ✣✫✍ ✖ ✪ ✍ ★ ✍✢ ✢✓ ★ ✍ ✍ ✗✔ ✥ ✣✩✑ ★✖✜✙ ✢ ✙ ✣ ✫ ✗ ✰ ✮ ✙ ✣ ✒ ✩ ✗ ✙✪✏ ✢ ★✣✑✑ ✫✗ ★✓ ✍✛✔✳ ✪ ✓ ✖ ✢✪✓ ✍ ✢✦✓ ★ ✪ ✏ ✫ ✙ ✣ ✓ ✗ self as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look the funeral home where the body of the young wom- around. She left quickly. an was exposed for people to see and make last wish- es before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, hold- The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Final- ing a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of ly, I walked toward him, and I asked him who he the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left ✴ ✲ ✙ ✣ ✧✏ ✎✓ ✙ ✪✏ ✢ ★ ✣✑✑ ✙ ✣✔ ✙ ✜✢ ✙ ✪ ✓ ★✣✑✑ ✙✪ ✍✙ ✫ ✗ ✢✏ ✢ ✙✓✛ ✏ ✢✪✓ ★ the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been loved most and wanted so much for Christmas. She changed forever. The love that the little boy had for his was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. I re- mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. plied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had tak- her after all, and not to worry. But he replied to me en all this away from him. ✱✼ ✰ ✯ ✴ ✣ ✘ ✍ ✖ ✙ ✍ ✑✍✩✢ ✥ ✍ ✖ ✜✙ ✒ ✛✏ ✖✧ ✏✙ ✙ ✣ ✪ ✓ ✛ ✪ ✓ ✛✓ ✢✪✓ ✢ ✍★✑ ✗ ✔ is now. 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