Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 10, 2014 Deadline for Bulletin news items is Wednesday 5pm. Send news items to [email protected]. You can also call the rectory at (707) 869-2107 and leave a message. Parish Website: www.rrchurches.com *Input for TODAY comes from the current issue of America Magazine (http://americamagazine.org/sections/word) Upcoming Dates: Aug. 10 th Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Aug. 13 th Finance Committee, 4pm in St. Hubert’s Hall Aug. 15 th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-Holy Day of Obligation 9am and 6pm mass at St. Elizabeth Aug. 16 th &17 th Mission Sunday: Fr. Francis Gayam Aug. 26 th St. Colman’s Guild Aug. 31 st St. Vincent de Paul Second Collection Sept. 20 th & 21 st Jazz & Blues Fest Parking Project Sept. 27 th Harvest For Humanity Benefit for St. Vincent de Paul Oct. 5 th -6 th St. Elizabeth Guild Rummage Sale-St. Hubert’s Hall Oct. 18 th Catholic Men’s Conference Please pray for our brothers and sisters Who Are Ill or in Pain: Maureen Shaw, John Hoffman, Margie Heil, Helen-Lee Bryant, Mary Tamargo, Mary Coverdale, George Shorb, Art Mc Nulty, Lotte Cabral, Margaret Nelson, Don Covello, Louis Baros, Tom and Elaine Joyce, Gerald Dodson, Dale Guinn, Bill Rodgers, Gary Wood, Mary Helen Carpenter, Helen Murphy, Joanne Rodgers, John Beamon, Frank Lambert, Phil Mohardt, Jeanie Torr, Larry Gomme, Sara Bardoni, Cheryl Cabral, Jean Wright, Ila Donovan, Abbey Moreno, Alicia Bicoy, Maureen O’Rourke, Valerie Jones, Mel Jones, Andy Jones, Frank Danzart II, Robert Navarro, Mike Wilson, Erling Ribbing, Janice Miller, Shirley Segar, Sheryl Cabral. TODAY: The presence of the unknown or the strange truly does create fear, with which the apostles struggled as do most of us…Jesus has revealed power over nature and the forces of chaos; but even more important, he has revealed his divine nature and the ability to save when all seems lost. * St Elizabeth Guild Parking Project: The RUSSIAN RIVER JAZZ & BLUES CONCERT provides a much needed annual income stream for St. Elizabeth’s through parking fees. We need volunteers to help on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 & 21. For shift times and description of volunteer services needed please call Rose Chromy at 969-2679. Thank you! Offerings: St. Elizabeth: $1,808.44 8/2 & 8/3 St. Catherine: $ 262.00 St. Colman: $ 495.00 TOTAL $2,565.44 Thank You for your generosity! Mass Intentions: 8/15 9am Mary Dixon, requested by Francine Korn 8/16 4pm AND 5pm Luttie Penaloza +, requested by Susan Poirier 8/17 9am John Flaherty +, requested by Lucy Flaherty 11am Luttie Penaloza +, requested by Susan Poirier 8/9 4pm Luttie Penaloza +, requested by Irene Deem 5pm Helen Leseberg for good health, requested by Irene Deem 8/10 9am Antonio & Elena Calonico + AND Happy 90 th Birthday Peggy Mylett, requested by Lucy Flaherty 11am Patricia La Plante +, requested by Irene Deem Parish Website At last we have a new parish website and blog. Check it out at www.RRchurches.com. Let us know what you think and give us your comments and suggestions. Thank you, Irene. Also, we now have a Facebook page you can “Like”.
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 10, 2014
Deadline for Bulletin news items is Wednesday 5pm. Send news items to [email protected].
You can also call the rectory at (707) 869-2107 and leave a message. Parish Website: www.rrchurches.com
*Input for TODAY comes from the current issue of America Magazine (http://americamagazine.org/sections/word)
Upcoming Dates: Aug. 10th Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Aug. 13th Finance Committee, 4pm in
St. Hubert’s Hall Aug. 15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary-Holy Day of Obligation 9am and 6pm mass at St. Elizabeth Aug. 16th&17th Mission Sunday: Fr. Francis Gayam Aug. 26th St. Colman’s Guild Aug. 31st St. Vincent de Paul Second Collection Sept. 20th & 21st Jazz & Blues Fest Parking Project Sept. 27th Harvest For Humanity Benefit for
St. Vincent de Paul Oct. 5th-6th St. Elizabeth Guild Rummage Sale-St.
Hubert’s Hall Oct. 18th Catholic Men’s Conference
Please pray for our brothers and sisters
Who Are Ill or in Pain: Maureen Shaw, John Hoffman, Margie Heil, Helen-Lee Bryant, Mary Tamargo, Mary Coverdale, George Shorb, Art Mc Nulty, Lotte Cabral, Margaret Nelson, Don Covello, Louis Baros, Tom and Elaine Joyce, Gerald Dodson, Dale Guinn, Bill Rodgers, Gary Wood, Mary Helen Carpenter, Helen Murphy, Joanne Rodgers, John Beamon, Frank Lambert, Phil Mohardt, Jeanie Torr, Larry Gomme, Sara Bardoni, Cheryl Cabral, Jean Wright, Ila Donovan, Abbey Moreno, Alicia Bicoy, Maureen O’Rourke, Valerie Jones, Mel Jones, Andy Jones, Frank Danzart II, Robert Navarro, Mike Wilson, Erling Ribbing, Janice Miller, Shirley Segar, Sheryl Cabral.
TODAY: The presence of the unknown or the strange truly does create fear, with which the apostles struggled as do most of us…Jesus has revealed power over nature and the forces of chaos; but even more important, he has revealed his divine
nature and the ability to save when all seems lost.*
St Elizabeth Guild Parking Project:
The RUSSIAN RIVER JAZZ & BLUES CONCERT provides a much needed annual income stream for St. Elizabeth’s through parking fees. We need volunteers to help on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 & 21. For shift times and description of volunteer services needed please call Rose Chromy at 969-2679. Thank you!
Offerings: St. Elizabeth: $1,808.44
8/2 & 8/3 St. Catherine: $ 262.00 St. Colman: $ 495.00 TOTAL $2,565.44
Thank You for your generosity!
Mass Intentions:
8/15
9am Mary Dixon, requested by Francine Korn
8/16
4pm AND 5pm Luttie Penaloza +, requested by Susan Poirier
8/17
9am John Flaherty +, requested by Lucy Flaherty
11am Luttie Penaloza +, requested by Susan Poirier
8/9 4pm Luttie Penaloza +, requested by Irene Deem
5pm Helen Leseberg for good health, requested by
Irene Deem
8/10
9am Antonio & Elena Calonico + AND Happy 90th Birthday Peggy Mylett, requested by Lucy Flaherty
11am Patricia La Plante +, requested by Irene Deem
Parish Website
At last we have a new parish website and blog. Check it out at www.RRchurches.com. Let us know what you think and give us your comments and suggestions. Thank you, Irene. Also, we now have a Facebook page you can “Like”.
Like all great discoveries, legend has it that the scientific “Archimedean Principle” was hatched by the famous Greek mathematician while he was taking a bath! It seems that Archimedes had been given a problem to solve by King Hiero. The King had ordered a solid gold crown, but he had reason to believe that the person commissioned to fashion the crown was cheating him. He had paid for pure gold, but he suspected that the crown had been partially filled with something of lesser value.
Archimedes struggled unsuccessfully with the problem of how to verify the king’s suspicions until one day, as he was bathing, he came to realize that an object would displace its own weight in water. This discovery enabled him to conduct a test later in which, by immersing the crown in a vessel of water, it was established that the king was right: the crown had not been fashioned out of pure gold. The legend goes on to say that when Archimedes made the discovery, he shot out of his tub, and without even stopping to put on his clothes, went running down the streets of ancient Syracuse shouting, “Eureka! Eureka! I’ve found the answer!” We can only imagine the shock and surprise of those who witnessed this triumphant spectacle!
We are constantly reminded that man does not invent everything -- not by a long shot. Like Archimedes' revelation, so many things simply exist -- only waiting to be discovered. Take for example mathematics. I may not be a genius when it comes to algorithms and geometric proofs, but even I can tell that 5x5 would equal 25, whether or not human beings came into existence. Stop and think about this for a minute. What this means is that an extremely large, accurate sub-system of can figure out, not only certain physical laws, but also project data well beyond our own sphere of understanding. The point is, mathematics existed before we did. So did fire, the mechanics of the wheel, even the fundamental principles of our most powerful computers. Humankind did not create them—we only discovered them. How amazing it is to stumble onto things so powerful and ordered as DNA, and the physical laws of the universe—and to contemplate the discoveries yet to made, both large and small—from the tiniest quantum particles, to the incompressible vastness of our universe.
In today's Gospel Lesson, the "Parable of the Treasure" and the "Parable of the Pearl" are twin stories with the same message. In both cases, the discovery of something of immense value comes as a surprise—a complete shock. In both parables we detect the joy of an exciting discovery. In both parables, when the discovery is made it fulfills all of the finder's hopes and dreams, so much so that compared to the new-found treasure, everything else is without real value and can be let go with a feeling of contentment. The Lesson is clear: the Kingdom or Rule of God is the all-embracing, totally-absorbing, ultimate Treasure in life. The value and the importance of this discovery takes precedence over everything else in life. Whether it comes as an unexpected
find or as the sudden realization of a life-long search, the Kingdom is the supreme Treasure that eclipses all else. "Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?" the rich young man asked Jesus. "If you wish to be perfect," Jesus answered. "go and sell what you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow Me" (Mt. 20:16,21). "For where your treasure is," Jesus said, "there will your heart be also" (Mt. 6:21). He's tells us, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found," and "like a merchant looking for fine pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it" (Mt. 13:44,45).
When Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of God is like a hidden treasure, He is not saying that it is beyond our reach or hard to find. Rather, He is telling us that it is there for us to discover. We know, after all -- and for certain -- the Gospel Truth that the Rule of God is the Rule of Love; that our rule of life is to love; that doing well is to love well. And we learn to treasure it; we learn to treasure it enough to live it. And the more we learn about it, the more we realize the urgency of it.
Our fulfillment as human persons—our happiness, if you will—depends absolutely on our willingness to position ourselves right here and right now under the Rule of God—God's Kingdom of Love!
Peace and Blessings! Fr. Luis,
P.S. People have been asking me how I’ve been. Each day I thank God for letting me have a chance to have taken care of my Mom for as long as I did. I know many who were not nearly as blessed as I, and I think of those who have survived a far greater tragedy losing their parents in an early age but most of all losing their children.
Each day I find solace to see the blessing and grace of God working in our parish, Mr. Bill Aguirre has fixed the broken stain glass window without charging us for his labor and parts,
The other day a homeless man came to the rectory and handed me the missing “Thurifer,” and he said he found it in the trash can, so we have the cruxifix and the thurifer back, we are only missing one item. I guess two out of three is not bad. Monday morning a young man introduce himself as ‘Nick,’ and reassured me that people are looking for the other missing item. God is good!
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A Little Humor If you can sit quietly after difficult news; If, in financial downturns, you remain perfectly calm; If you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealousy; And can happily eat whatever is put on your plate; If you can fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill; And always find contentment just where you are; Then you are probably a dog.
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