Vol. 4 00190 www.ologwarren.org Our Lady of Grace Parish - Giáo Xứ Đức Mẹ Ban Ơn Lành “. I have found my lost sheep.” Today’s liturgy sets before us three parables that center on God’s mercy The Year of Grace and love. This love is an incredible, almost ridiculous love that knows no bounds, welcoming all in its embrace. Jesus tells the story of the Good September 15, 2019 Shepherd. A group of tax collectors and sinners gathers eagerly around 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Jesus, hanging on his every word. With his keen eye, Jesus does not di- Chúa Nhật XXIV Thường Niên, Nam C rect his parable to this interested, aenve group. Instead he speaks to a group of self-righteous bystanders. Some Pharisees are standing on 26256 Ryan Road Warren, MI 48091 the side, complaining that “This man welcomes sinners and eats with Phone: 586-755-1313 them.” Doesn’t he know who these people are? Perhaps by direcng his Fax: 586-690-4441 message to them—and to us—Jesus wants to show how outrageous is Sick Call: 586-755-5490 his love, a love that welcomes sinners in its embrace. : [email protected] Email St. Paul Evangelization Institute “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of Steve Dawson, President them,” he asks them, “would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and 657-777-2963 go a er the lost one unl he finds it?” This is crazy, uerly ridiculous! No sane person would leave ninety-nine strong, healthy sheep at risk in Parish Staff/Ban Điều Hành GX. Rev. Hoằng Lâm/Pastor-Lm. Chánh xứ the desert in order to rescue one who is weak and fragile. Who would Dcn. (Phó Tế), Kevin Tietz/DRE do such a thing? No one who has any sense. Would I? Would I risk all I Trưởng Giáo Lý have to save the small, insignificant, fragile one? Yet this is precisely the Ron Frankland/Office Manager-Thư Ký point. Jesus’ love does not make sense. It is a crazy, passionate, uerly Regina Ciavattone, Vicariate Rep. ridiculous love. It is a love that risks all it has to save the one. It is a love Ken Kronner, Parish Council President that embraces everyone, even the sinner who stands condemned and Office Hours/Giờ Văn Phòng alone. It is a love that embraces the undesirables, the persons whom I Mon thru Thur: 9AM-12Noon — 1PM-4PM Masses/Thánh Lễ look down upon, those who in my judgment count for nothing. Am I Mon thru Sat: 8:30AM ready to love in this way? Am I prepared to love to this extent? Weekend: Sat 4PM (English) Sun 8AM & 10AM (English) The love Jesus has is a crazy love, one that is uerly ridiculous in the 12Noon (Vietnamese). Holy Day: To be announced/Sẽ thông báo. eyes of the world. It is a love that risks all in order to gain the one. May Confessions/Giải Tội He teach us to love in this way. May He help us widen our horizons so Mon thru Sat: 7:30AM our love can be crazy and ridiculous, like His. Weekend: Sat 3PM, Sun 11:15AM (Vietnamese) Deacon Kevin Parish Mission Statement: The Combined Catholic Community of Our Lady of Grace and St. Cletus, led by Jesus Christ and His Good News, endeavors to be renewed in Spirit, grow in faith, and live the Gospel. We invite all people to join us in joyful worship in service to God and neighbor. Sứ Mạng của Giáo Xứ: Giáo xứ kết hợp hai cộng đoàn Công giáo Đức Mẹ Ban Ơn Lành và Thánh Cletus, dưới sự dẫn dắt của Chúa Giêsu Kitô và ánh sáng Phúc âm, quyết tâm đổi mới trong Chúa Thánh Thần, để cùng nhau tăng trưởng trong đức tin, sống chứng tá để loan báo Tin mừng. Giáo xứ xin mời gọi tất cả mọi người đến cùng hoan hỉ hiệp thông trong việc thờ phượng Chúa và phục vụ tha nhân. Vol. 4 00190 www.ologwarren.org Our Lady of Grace Parish - Giáo Xứ Đức Mẹ Ban Ơn Lành 2 New York, Abortion, and a Short Route to Chaos In a single generation, we have moved from reluctant toleration to joyful celebration of abortion. Bishop Robert Barron It was the celebration that was particularly galling. On the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law a protocol that gives practically unrestricted access to abortion, permitting the killing of an unborn child up until the moment of delivery. In the wake of the ratification, the legislators and their supporters whooped, hollered, and cheered, a display depressingly similar to the jubilation that broke out in Ireland when a referendum legalizing abortion passed last year. Of course, all of the rhetoric about women’s rights and reproductive health and empowerment was trotted out, but who can fail to see what was at stake? If an infant, lying peacefully in a bassinet in his parents’ home, were brutally killed and dismembered, the entire country would rightfully be outraged and call for an investigation of the murder. But now the law of New York confirms that that same child, moments before his birth, resting peacefully in his mother’s womb, can be, with utter impunity, pulled apart with forceps. And the police won’t be summoned; rather, it appears, the killing should be a matter of celebration. An ideology, taken in the negative sense, is a conceptual framework that blinds one to reality. The purpose of any ideational system, obviously, is to shed light, to bring us closer to the truth of things, but an ideology does the reverse, effectively obfuscating reality, distancing us from truth. All of the buzz terms I mentioned above are ideological markers, smokescreens. Or if I can borrow the terminology of Jordan Peterson, they are the chattering of demons, the distracting hubbub of the father of lies. I recall that during the presidential campaign of 2016, Hillary Clinton was asked several times whether the child in the womb, within minutes of birth, has constitutional rights, and this extremely intelligent, experienced, and canny politician said, over and over again, “That’s what our law dictates.” Therefore, by a sheer accident of location, the unborn baby can be butchered, and the same baby, moments later and in the arms of his mother, must be protected by full force of law. That many of our political leaders can’t or won’t see how utterly ludicrous this is can only be the result of ideological indoctrination. As I watched film of Andrew Cuomo signing this repulsive bill into law, my mind drifted back to cont. pg. 4 Welcome New Parishioners! Huy Van & Kim Thu Pham and Children Quoc Thang, Duy Thuc, Minh Tri, & Quoc Huy Parish Guideline: With good intention to welcome others to Hướng dẫn: Xin lưu ý quý vị dự định đón nhận Bí tích Rửa worship and pray with our Church, we ask the invited person, with tội hay Hôn phối nên vui lòng ghi danh gia nhập Giáo xứ và your free will, be registered in our Parish for at least three (3) sinh hoạt với Cộng đoàn ít nhất ba (3) tháng trước khi chuẩn bị months in order to schedule for the Sacrament of Matrimony or thủ tục giấy tờ. Nếu không là thành viên của Giáo xứ, quý vị bắt Baptism. Otherwise, a letter of permission is definitely required buộc phải có thư ủy quyền của Cha sở của quý vị. from your Pastor. Bí tích Rửa tội trẻ em: Thứ bảy tuần thứ hai trong tháng Sacrament of Baptism of a Child: Second Saturday of the sau lễ 4:00 pm. Xin nộp đơn trong văn phòng Giáo xứ trước một month after 4:00 PM Mass. Arrangements are to be made at least (1) tháng. Xin tiếp xúc Văn Phòng để biết chi tiết tham dự lớp one (1) month in advance. Contact the office for the date of train- chuẩn bị rửa tội. ing. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): Arrangements Tân tòng (RCIA): xin liên lạc với Trưởng Ban Giáo lý (DRE). are to be made with our Director Religious Education (DRE) for the further assistance. Bí tích Hôn phối: Luật của Tổng Giáo phận đòi hỏi phải sắp Sacrament of Matrimony (Marriage): Arrangements are to be xếp với Giáo xứ ít nhất sáu (6) tháng để chuẩn bị. made at least six (6) months in advance. See Parish Guideline. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: Please notify the office Bí tích Xức dầu bệnh nhân: Xin liên lạc Văn phòng: 586-755 -1313. for prayers and receiving of the Anointing of the Sick: 586-755- 1313. Khẩn cấp: 586-755-5490 Vol. 4 00190 www.ologwarren.org Our Lady of Grace Parish - Giáo Xứ Đức Mẹ Ban Ơn Lành 3 FOR THOSE IN NEED OF OUR PRAYERS Minister’s Schedule Sept. 21st & Sept. 22nd 2019 4:00PM Sophia Adams, Julie Ambris, Richard Barner, Barbara 8:00AM 10:00AM 12:00PM Bellono, Joanne Bergmoser, Janet Bishop, Andrew Presider Fr. Hoang Fr. Hoang Fr. Hoang Fr. Hoang Bisson,the Boyce Family, Richard Brochu, Don Bruzdewicz, Francisca Buan, Christine Buhay, Gloria Deacon Dcn. Kevin Dcn. Kevin Dcn. Kevin Castro, Erika W. Cavanaugh, Ruth Ann Clancy, Mary Jane Cosmo, Charles Dagnall, Shawn Doan, Anne Doan, Dcn. Kevin Dcn. Kevin Dcn. Kevin Nguyen Thanh Son Rita Dahmen, Pat Drobek, Judy Dudaryk, Marie Elliott, Volunteer Volunteer P. Gjonaj Tran Kinh John Fornelli, Al Fracassa, Caroline Fredal, Mary Extra.