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22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

“My Ways Are Not Your Ways” Peter knew that Jesus was the messiah awaited by God’s people, but he did not understand that Jesus would be a suffering messiah. God forbid that any such thing ever happen to you! But it did happen to Jesus, and it happens to those who follow him: If a man wishes to come after me, he must deny his very self (and) take up his cross. Jeremiah had foretold the suffering of those who work for the coming of the kingdom: All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me... The word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day. It is not easy, this business of following Christ. You work for peace, and people accuse you of being unpatriotic. You stand up for the poor, and people write you off as a naive dreamer. You work for nonviolent change, like Martin Luther King, or Ita Ford, or Archbishop Oscar Romero, and they shoot you. Meanwhile, you calmly go about your life, praying that God fill our hearts with love and increase our faith. Do not conform yourselves to this age, Paul wrote to the Romans. We pay a price for such an approach, but we do so willingly because of our faith in the promise of salvation. Gerald Darring

“The Church, like a pilgrim in a foreign land, presses forward amid the persecutions of the world and the consolations of God, announcing the cross and death of the Lord until he comes. By the power of the risen Lord, she is given strength to overcome patiently and lovingly the afflictions and hardships which assail her from within and without, and to show forth in the world the mystery of the Lord in a faithful though shadowed way, until at the last it will be revealed in total splendor.” Vatican II, Constitution on the Church (1964) 8 August 31, 2008

Some καιρός / kairos thoughts… καιρός / kairos—Greek—time—viewed as an occasion rather than an extent

A fist shaken against anyone or anything

Prayer List

can be relaxed and the rock released to make fire to cup water to bless the day anda Poem from liturgy.slu.edu

God labors for us so that we might work for him. Gently, the Lord encourages us to take up the cross of our baptismal initiation and follow Jesus. This encouragement takes many forms tailored to each of our weaknesses and strengths. By pushing us, encouraging us and helping us, the Lord points us toward the goal of salvation. Jesus seeks us out; he pulls us toward him by many paths. Be quiet and feel his tug! Philip J. Sandstrom, S.T.D. © 2001 Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved.

Pray the rosary for world peace, Avis Cox, Fr. Clarence Biggers, Gladys and Ben Kramkowski, Rita Moenk, Doug Bearden, Sarah Snider, Thornton/Lynch family, Ryan Amsberry, Annie & family, Connie, her mother & family, Blake, Erik, Campbell family, Jonathan & family, Sharon & family, Will, FMS, Cap. Corp., Patrick & Brittany, Broughman family, Fannie Crowder & family, VAL, Father Ingram’s father & family, Karen’s mother, Cheryl Mobley & family, William Hudson, Robert, Walter, Danielle, Christopher, Barbara, Katherine, Nicholas, Kaylin, Kasie, Mary Beth & family, Mary Ann Mahoney & family, Donna & family, Ann Chancellor & family, Sheila & family, cancer patients & families, military & families, Brandon, Plantation Villa residents, Don, Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. & Mrs. Rooks, Katherine & family, Mr. Dunn, Mr. & Mrs. Barlow, Jane & family, Scott & family, Diane & Peter, Michele & Gary, Lucy’s father & family, Bobbie, Joan & family, Karl’s mother & family, June & family, Tina & family, Belinda & family, OLM family, Kat, Delgratia & family, Mr. Gomez & family, Sara’s mother, Dr. Lynch & family, Rob/Allie & family, Chuck & family, Frank & family, Liesa & family, mother of Dr. Petros, Dr. Issa & family, Odessa, Anita’s mother & family, Ruby, Ruby’s mother & family, Davies family, Katie & family, family of Angie, Ann & family, Gretchen & family, Eileen, Scott & family, Robert, Flavia & family, Tony’s family, Roy & Martha Wright, Roy, Alice Swygert, Alan, Nard, Tony, Glenda, Nelson, J. Bob, Munn, Vogt, Wolfe families, Russell & family, Ola, Gene Wilson & family, Jane Brock & family, Janet Kramer & family, Elayne & family, Winnie, Phil & family, Tony, Stan, Emily & family, Ruthie & Ed, Mr. Bergin & family, Russell & family, Mrs. Sanseverino & family, CC Center, veterans & families Jessie Emmett, Mark, Michael’s mother, Carrie, VAMC, Rambo’s mother & family, Josephine Mary, Mary Anna, S. Paul, Tony, J. W. Wilson & family, Jason & Kim, Josie, Kelly, Mickey’s family, Jon & Janet Cook & family, Karen’s cousin, Mike Aguado & family, Carl & family, Dr. Lopez & family, Dr. Vanapalli & family, Dr. Nair & family, Garrett & family, family of Duffie, Aaron Christian, Marina & family, Mitchell’s father & family, Estella’s mother & family, Kerry’s mother & family, Gail & family, Beth & family, Bernard, Anna & family, Sara Lucas & family, Mary Gilliam & family, Delgratia & family, Bobbie Elayne & family, Carol, Cheryl Mobley & family, Bettie & family, Jane & family, Scott, Chris & family, Michael & family, Berger family, Mendez family, Ikai family, Joshua Moser, Stephanie Christian, Carolyn Williamson, Patricia Finch, Ed Schaffer, Justine, Chris B., Joyce Jones, Anna & Henry, Doris Bishop, Sean McHugh, Debbie McCloud, Joey Milani, Julia Dahm, Mary Ondovchik, Ann Rudy, Sonja Robinson, Gary Toler, Julian Campbell, Peggy Cable, Claude Rickman, Z.C., Dames gang, Anderson family, Chris Stahler family, Mary Jo Shamas, Frances Homsey, Gus Kneidinger, Frank, Ana Maria & Erwin Molano, Ligia Restrepo, Isabel Vribe, Alvaro Penagos, Chris & Stevie, Paula, Dan & kids, Mary Foster, Jim Cannon, Nancy Truesdale, Mary Platt, Amy & family, Lee family, Robin Renc, Denise Kell, Patricia and Kenneth Booth, Lauren & Baby Brown, Elaine Cole, Elysa Cole-Ali, Marie McDemmond, Anthony Morgan, Eric Hawthorne, Lynn & Leroy Burrows, Shirley Walton, Edna & Louis, Norman Hightower, Russ family, Gary Bright, Melanie & Matt Stanley, Carlo Dellaquila, Katherine Catti, Joanna & Michael Spataro, Maria Beck, Angela & Justino Prado, Stephanie & Matt Fletcher, Chinelo, Heidi B., Fred Arterburn, Helen Anderson, Kelly Timken, Robert S. & family, Michael Coates, Wright family, Louis Talbot, Doane family, Sandra Connell, Raymond & Virginia Jones, John Crowe, Caron, Anais, & Ken Pierre, Rick Long, Janelle Powell, Mr. & Mrs. Cotton Elphingstone, John Chatham, Josslyn Sharkey, Deb Moore, Jaki Turner, Jerrell family