Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Join us at our Saturday mass, at 4:30 p.m., in the Chapel located in the Education Building or on Zoom. The passcode to enter is: liturgy. Please mute yourselves upon entering. This week’s worship aid is found here:
We can recognize when a person has a physical inability. Often the non-seeing has a guide dog or a red-tipped cane. The non-hearing will often “speak” using sign language. It is less clear to us if others, or we, have a spiritual disability. Today’s readings address both issues; spoiler – Jesus can help us with both!
Remember also, that though the Lectionary readings are directed to the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 8 is the celebration of the nativity of the Virgin Mary. We are also in the midst of the Season of Creation.
As we move into fall, I challenge our parish and our Shadow Rock neighbors to donate shoes, non-winter socks, hygiene products (not mouthwash or razors) and your gently used clothing. Bring them to the chapel over the next several weeks, and I will work with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz to distribute to asylum seekers in the state. If you have a contact in a hygiene company, ask them for a donation. We are also still seeking dog shoes for our unsheltered friends. We need them from small to medium in the largest numbers but also some for larger dogs. For people who have little stability in their lives, their dogs are anchors for them.
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Abundant blessings,
Rev. Kate Lehman, OSB
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St. Teresa of Ávila is united with many other authentic Catholic faith communities as a member of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion (ECC). The ECC is a "community of communities" that share a common theology and liturgical tradition with the Roman Catholic Church, but do not participate in its canon law.
The "ECC Difference" can be seen in the inclusion of all baptized Christians at the Eucharistic table, respect for and recognition that the Spirit is at work in those of other religions, ordination of women and married individuals, offering of the sacrament of marriage to committed LGBT couples and those remarrying after divorce, invitation to follow conscience regarding birth control, and active/equal involvement of the laity in the governance of the Communion.