St. Paul Roman Catholic Parish Fort McMurray 480 Signal Road, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4R7 780-791-4305; ; Fax: 587-258-6898 Visit us: Website at www.stpaulparishwb.com Email: [email protected]32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Parish Staff Pastor Fr. Reddy [email protected]Assistant Pastor Fr. Jhack Diaz [email protected]Bro. Jayson [email protected]Parish Secretary: Janet Alipio [email protected]Liturgy Schedule Monday-Friday Rosary & Mass 8:40 am Saturday 7:00 pm Sunday 9 am & 11 am Mass/Adoration RCIA- Every Wednesday at 7pm at St. Paul’s Church Spanish Rosary -Every Second Friday of each month at 7pm THANK YOU for your donation made to St. Paul Parish. November 4th and 5th General collections $9,290.20 St. Paul Parish Confirmation/ First Communion Schedule 2017-2018 Gift’s of the Spirit Sunday- November 25, 7:00pm November 26, 9:00am Confirmation- December 6, 7:00 pm December 7, 7:00 pm Passo- ver Sunday January 27, 7:00 pm January 28, 9:00 am BAPTISM Baptism prepara- tion on every third Tuesday of the month. Next one will be held on November 21st at 7 pm at St. Paul Church . And The Sac- rament of Baptism will be celebrated on every fourth Sunday of the month at 2 pm in St. Paul Church. 2017-2018 Sunday Missals and Youth Missals are available for sale . Please ask church’s office or when you go to masses they can be found at the front of cry room. Sunday Missal cost $5.00 Youth Missal cost $10.00 There’s a box beside where the missals are. Please in- sert your payments in the box. UNREGISTERED ENVE- LOPES If you are using an Unregistered Donation envelope for 2017 you will not be receiving a receipt for income tax purposes. Please check this list to determine if is this applies to you. Please write your name, address and phone number on the next envelope you use. Thank you. 2017 UNREGISTERED EN- VELOPES 529, 619, 642, 643, 644, 647, 671, 703, 764, 774, 783, 797, 802, 829, 831, 839, 847, 848, 864, 866, 877, 865, 844, 912, 918.
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St. Paul Roman Catholic Parish Fort McMurray
480 Signal Road, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4R7
780-791-4305; ; Fax: 587-258-6898 Visit us: Website at www.stpaulparishwb.com
Spanish Rosary -Every Second Friday of each month at 7pm
THANK YOU for your donation made to St. Paul Parish. November
4th and 5th General collections $9,290.20
St. Paul Parish Confirmation/ First Communion Schedule 2017-2018
Gift’s of the Spirit Sunday- November 25, 7:00pm November 26, 9:00am Confirmation- December 6, 7:00 pm December 7, 7:00 pm Passo-
ver Sunday January 27, 7:00 pm January 28, 9:00 am
BAPTISM Baptism prepara-tion on every third Tuesday of the month. Next one will be held on November 21st at 7 pm at St. Paul Church. And The Sac-rament of Baptism will be celebrated on every fourth Sunday of the month at 2 pm in St. Paul Church.
2017-2018 Sunday Missals
and Youth Missals
are available for sale .
Please ask church’s office or
when you go to masses they
can be found at the front of
cry room.
Sunday Missal cost $5.00
Youth Missal cost $10.00
There’s a box beside where
the missals are. Please in-
sert your payments in the
box.
UNREGISTERED ENVE-LOPES
If you are using an Unregistered Donation
envelope for 2017 you will not be receiving
a receipt for income tax purposes. Please
check this list to determine if is this applies
to you.
Please write your name, address and phone number on the next envelope you use. Thank you.
Sunday Reflection By Dn. Raymond 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 12
When we lived to Calgary, we loved to travel to Banff for the mountains, Yellowstone for the famous geyser, the Old Faithful Geyser, Vancouver for the ocean view, or simply to Cochrane for ice cream. Kids always asked “Dad, are we there yet?” before the engine even warmed up. There was no DVD entertainment in cars then. I am sure parents of young children now hear this same famous time-honed question. How can it be that this “typical question” of children pass down from generation to generation? Maybe it is an innate instinct, like Canada geese flying south or salmon swimming upstream to lay eggs, or robins jerking up worms.
Our souls ache for the gentle, courteous and tender outpouring God wants to provide. As we become mature we learn to wait, to live with the “not yet.” We call it “delayed gratification.” When in Calgary, there was no designat-ed bus taking me to and from work like at Syncrude in Fort McMurray. To get home after work from downtown, I had to walk to the bus stop two blocks away, wait for the #28 , surrender my fee, stand until there was a seat. At long last, I sat down, waited some more, got off, walked another three blocks uphill, unlocked the front door, and finally, finally, finally, heard my kids shouting “Dad’s home.” and expecting another surprise goodie. Some days this could be annoying and challenging, especially when the bus was jam packed in hot summer days or late, or there were traffic jams, or in the summer walking uphill in thunderstorms or in winter the blowing snows. But after a few years, “I get used to it,” as we say.
But we shouldn’t get overly “used to it”. That is the point of this week’s readings. Since we are not children, we can overlook the joy or pleasure that comes when our goal finally arrives, because our minds have for so long looked away. These won’t get fulfilled very soon anyway. Do you remember the first bite and taste when you finally get the medium rare prime rib done to your delight after trying all the big steak houses for years? I had it in Saska-toon after a long day meeting 37 years ago in a small family run restaurant. I felt I was at a banquet in heaven. Do you remember the joy in sharing quiet moments with friend you haven’t seen in years? We did that with Leslie, an University Legion of Mary friend at Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) in China 11 years ago, watching the sunrise amid the sea of clouds, feeling God was in our midst. They all worth the long wait.
This Sunday’s First Reading (Wisdom 6:12-16) “Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disap-pointed, for he shall find her sitting by his gate.” reminds us to watch patiently for the peace and beauty of God at dawn; to keep vigil because Wisdom (the Holy Spirit of God) is searching for those who are waiting. I still remember the joy I had seeing my now wife walking out the ferry after a three long hours wait at the ferry terminal at our first date. And the Gospel (Matthew 25:13) adds, “Stay awake! Make preparations. Do not be foolish. Do not forget to be ready.” Let’s face it. You and I desire God more than anything else. At the centre of our souls is a thirst that will never be satisfied unless the God of all creation comes in person to be living water for us. We live like parched ground without rain. We have huge fractures in our surface. Our souls ache for the gentle, courteous and tender out-pouring God wants to provide—not like hurricanes or floods, but just like a mother with her newborn.
“Your kindness is a greater good than life, You are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.” (Psalm 63). Life is so essential, so precious , so valuable that we fight like little swallow at the bird feeder when it is threatened by monster sized ravens. Still, in spite of all our flurry, God’s delicious kindness is a far greater good than anything else we know, greater even than being alive. It is worth the wait, no matter how long. So, we need to be excited like a child. We can say, “I want” like kids do. But also, we can be calm like an adult. We know that when our desires are thwarted we just need to wait for wisdom, which waits for us. We need to be prepared too, being ready for something even if we don’t know for sure when it’s going to happen. Like Moms and Dads always keep band-aids in their purses and wallets so they are prepared when someone gets hurt. Kids do their homework so they are prepared for school the next day. Everyone puts out their clothes for the next day, packs their lunch and their backpacks before showers and gets to bed on time. When this happens everything is so smooth the next morning. But when we are not prepared, the mornings are a mess and everyone ends up cranky, and blaming each other for not cooperating, causing chaos and delay. So, like a scout (once a scout, always a scout), be prepared, be patient, be willing to wait. For the heavenly banquet is just around the corner serving your favourites, endowed with all the delights and sweetness in every taste (Wisdom 16) and you can enjoy the beautiful dawn at the same time, relaxing in the sea of clouds.
Let us support and act with women who hold out their hands to the poor and open their arms to the needy. Development and Peace is putting human dignity before the exploitation of natural resources in Brazil. We work with our partner MAB (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens) to teach people how to docu-ment cases of human rights violations. During these workshops 842 women who had suffered such violations during the construc-tion of the Jirau dam in the Amazonian state of Rondônia made quilts to express their suffer-ing. Through art and creativity, they found a source of hope and a strengthened commit-ment to social justice. May Peace be with Her!
Tagalog Mass
Sunday No-vember 26th
6pm at St. Paul ‘s Church. All
are welocme!
Spanish Mass Sunday November 19th at 5pm
St. Paul ‘s Church All are welcome!
NIGHT VIGIL PRAYER MEET-ING
November 17th at 7:pm at St.
Paul’s Church.
All are welcome to attend!
“Wisdom is brilliant, she never fades. By those who love her, she is readily seen, by those who seek her, she is readily found.” We are thankful
for the wisdom women bring in working towards sustainable peace. We celebrate and recognize Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Ta-wakkul Karman who were awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2011. Together, they are engaged in a nonviolent struggle for the safety of women
and for women’s rights to fully participate in peacebuilding work.
Source: Women at the Heart of Peace and Rec-onciliation P18
