27th Sunday Insert

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

A True Vineyard The church is the vineyard of the Lord. It has been placed by God on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines. Unfortunately, what grows in this vineyard is often not a crop of grapes but wild fruit, of no use to the master. We have within our community a good share of selfishness, power grabbing, and shortsightedness. The very same social ills that we see in the world at large can be found right here within our own community: racism, sexism, economic injustice, and marginalization. We pray that God forgive our failings. We hope that God will take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted. The challenge is for us to become a true vineyard of the Lord, free of all the sinful conditions that we lament in the world. We work for the day when Christians will form a Christian community united in love and service. Is it too much to hope for? No, it is not, as long as we maintain our faith in our God, who can lead us to seek beyond our reach. Gerald Darring

“Although the Catholic Church has been endowed with all divinely revealed truth and with all means of grace, her members fail to live by them with all the fervor they should. As a result, the radiance of the Church’s face shines less brightly in the eyes of our separated brethren and of the world at large, and the growth of God’s kingdom is retarded. Every Catholic must therefore aim at Christian perfection and, each according to his station, play his part so that the Church . . . may daily be more purified and renewed.”

October 5, 2008

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

Imagined walls projected fences fear-built barriers my mind created between you and me and now I act as if they really are there forgive me I knew not what my mind was doing until I listened to my heart anda Poem from liturgy.slu.edu

Vineyards and vine dressing are familiar in many places. In Scripture, they are favored ways of speaking of the Trinity’s care for the Lord’s gathered and covenanted people. In today’s readings from Matthew and Isaiah, the yield of the vineyard is spoiled. In response, Jesus notes he has become the cornerstone of a new structure and has been given to a people who will produce good fruit. May God’s incomprehensible peace be in our hearts and thoughts.

Text, Philip J. Sandstrom, S.T.D. © 2002, OCP. All rights reserved.

Prayer List Pray the rosary for world peace, Avis Cox, Fr. Clarence Biggers, Gladys and Ben Kramkowski, Rita Moenk, Doug Bearden, Sarah Snider, Thornton/Lynch family, Julian Campbell, Annie & family, Connie, her mother & family, Blake, Erik, 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, Carolyn Williamson, Berger family, Mendez family, Ikai family, Joshua Moser, Stephanie Christian, Patricia Finch, Kathy Weaver, Madelene Brewer, Ed Schaffer, Joyce Jones, Jim Schirm, Chris B., Justine, Anna & Henry, Bill & Irene, Mary & Leonard, Aunt Edna, Joey Milani, Mary Ondovchik, Ann Rudy, Peggy Cable, Claude Rickman, Dames gang, Chris & Stevie, Paula, Dan & kids, Jim Cannon, Marcus Osborn, Amy & family, Phil Lee, Denise & Sam Kell, Russ family, Carlo Dellaquila, Katherine Catti, Joanna & Michael Spataro, Maria Beck, Justino & Angela Prado, Stephanie, Mark, & baby Fletcher, Heidi Fitzgerald, Caron, Anais, & Ken Pierre, Chad Nostrant, Randy Taylor, Brian Strickland, Florence & Vincent Santaniello, J.T., Ana Maria , & Erwin G. Molano, Ligia Restrepo, Isabel Vribe, Anderson family, Chris Stahler family, Frank, Mary Jo Shamas, Frances Homsey, August Kneidinger, Vince & Barbara, Tony Pinson, Emilia, Wideman family, Sr. Mary Bonaventure, Hattie Jackson, Carole Chiani, Carol, Madi Lawton, Wayne & Vicki White, Richard Winters, Nancy Slattery, Buster Dickerson, Lee Burn & family, Keisha Funari, Dale & Andre McMahon, Debra Everett, Peggy Johnson, Tammi Peppers, Mike Robson, Marcy & Scott, Kim Henderson & family, Heidi B., Clara Schmidt, Hudson family, Doug Cobb & family, Toni & Christine Cannon, Sean & Erin McHugh, Sally, Frances James, Powell family, Sue Witt, Carla Smith, Mary Scarnati, Ann Baker, Olivia, Mark May, John & family, Tommy & family, Paul Williams, Robin Renc, Robert S. & family, Michael Coates, Erica & Jeremy Granier, Mrs. Bass, John Crowe, Louis Talbot, Wright family, Ellie Doane & family, Alice Talbot, John Herring, Gary & Sharon Creed, Barbara Carl, James & Phyllis Wham, Dan Kessler, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Fry, David Hempen, Steve Kirkland, Michael Cofer, Buddy Brasher, Lana Adams-Tidwell, Kathy McGhee