Carpenter or Carver Jesus caused quite a ruckus outside of church one day as He overturned tables, drove out merchants with their wares, and said that He could raise up a temple in a mere three days. People had no idea that He meant the holy temple of His body (John 2). In 1986, a fire at England’s Hampton Court Palace caused damage much harder to fix than overturned tables. Modern-day wood carvers faced the task of trying to restore centuries-old decorative carvings by the master craſtsman and artist Grinling Gibbons. To repair what was damaged and reconstruct what was destroyed, what could they do except try to follow the master Gibbons’ example? It sounds a lot like the challenge faced by Jesus’ Apostles as they prepared to carry on His ministry. Our Lord chiseled away at the lack of faith or, oſtentimes, people putting too much faith in their own ambitions. Like a wood carver, Jesus came to make something new. Like our Lord, Gibbons had no desire to just scratch the surface. Instead, he could see the potential in a plank and, using every tool available to him, hew until the wood became a work of depth and exquisite beauty. As we celebrate All Souls’ Day this month, we can take Jesus at His word that He will not reject anyone who comes to Him (John 6). Instead, He works with us and invites us to be part of His work. Your giſt for the TV Mass will help chip away at the budget shortfall that Heart of the Nation has had since we began televising the Mass nationwide in 2011. We hope we don’t have to abandon the work so well begun. A wood carver uses one hand for the power to push a chisel into the wood and the other hand to guide it. May you find strength to join in the Lord’s work with His love to guide you. Faith As Close As Your TV Monthly Bulletin November 2014 Announcements Fr. Tony Scannell Chaplain Prayers to Share is month’s bulletin has a special feature—anksgiving, Advent, and Christmas prayers to use and share. Each prayer is illustrated by beautiful, traditional artwork. To print extra copies to send with your holiday greeting cards, please visit www. HeartoſtheNation.org. Daylight Saving Time Ends Enjoy a little extra sleep before Mass on Sunday, Nov. 2. e end of Daylight Saving Time means you set your clocks back one hour before going to bed on Saturday night.
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Carpenter or Carver Jesus caused quite a ruckus outside of church one day as He
overturned tables, drove out merchants with their wares, and said that He could raise up a temple in a mere three days. People had no idea that He meant the holy temple of His body (John 2).
In 1986, a fire at England’s Hampton Court Palace caused damage much harder to fix than overturned tables. Modern-day wood carvers faced the task of trying to restore centuries-old decorative carvings by the master craftsman and artist Grinling Gibbons. To repair what was damaged and reconstruct what was destroyed, what could they do except try to follow the master Gibbons’ example? It sounds a lot like the challenge faced by Jesus’ Apostles as they prepared to carry on His ministry.
Our Lord chiseled away at the lack of faith or, oftentimes, people putting too much faith in their own ambitions. Like a wood carver, Jesus came to make something new. Like our Lord, Gibbons had no desire to just scratch the surface. Instead, he could see the potential in a plank and, using every tool available to him, hew until the wood became a work of depth and exquisite beauty.
As we celebrate All Souls’ Day this month, we can take Jesus at His word that He will not reject anyone who comes to Him (John 6). Instead, He works with us and invites us to be part of His work. Your gift for the TV Mass will help chip away at the budget shortfall that Heart of the Nation has had since we began televising the Mass nationwide in 2011. We hope we don’t have to abandon the work so well begun.
A wood carver uses one hand for the power to push a chisel into the wood and the other hand to guide it. May you find strength to join in the Lord’s work with His love to guide you.
Faith As Close As Your TV
Monthly Bulletin November 2014
Announcements
Fr. Tony ScannellChaplain
Prayers to Share
This month’s bulletin has a
special feature—Thanksgiving,
Advent, and Christmas prayers
to use and share. Each prayer is
illustrated by beautiful, traditional
artwork. To print extra copies
to send with your holiday
greeting cards, please visit www.
HeartoftheNation.org.
Daylight Saving Time EndsEnjoy a little extra sleep before Mass on Sunday, Nov. 2. The end of Daylight Saving Time means you set your clocks back one hour before going to bed on Saturday night.
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“So much to be thankful for—this
is a blessing of our modern media
world!” ~Beatrice
“Our diocese no longer sponsors
Sunday Mass from our local church
on regular TV. I am so grateful I found
you.”~Kathleen
“I have already made a pledge
(monthly) for $10. I would like to
increase it to $15.”
~C.W.
A Different Kind of Thanksgiving One out of ten. Not one for the record books. After
curing ten lepers, I imagine that Jesus felt at least a tinge of disappointment when only one said thanks.
Of course, Jesus didn’t do good works for the gratification. He did want people to know that, with faith, healing goes more than skin deep.
That Gospel reading on Thanksgiving Day (Luke 17:11-19) puts a different slant on the holiday’s meaning than the tale of Niles Standish and the Pilgrims sitting down to a feast with the Wampanoag chief, Squanto, and other Native Americans.
We sometimes take God’s blessings for granted. We chalk them up to luck, the rewards of our own hard work, or even just probability (you
win some, you lose some). Holy Scripture and
the lives of saints can help us see things more readily in the context of our faith. Take Fr. Damien de Veuster and Mother Marianne Cope, both declared saints within the last few years.
They cared for lepers exiled to a peninsula on
the Hawaiian island of Molokai, tending to their spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being.
Thanks to medical advances, mandatory quarantine ended in 1969, but some residents chose to remain on the peninsula. It had become home—a place where they were accepted, looks, love, and all.
There’s no record of how many of the lepers thanked Fr. Damien and Mother Marianne. It’s not the thanks we get that count anyway, but the thanks we give.
With gratitude, Heart of the Nation welcomes new members to the Circle of the Heart monthly giving club. To join, please mark the box on the enclosed envelope, and indicate the amount of your pledge. (If you need to change or cancel your pledge, it takes just a quick call, e-mail, or note to Heart of the Nation.) Thank you!
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