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Sept 30/Oct 1, 2023 - Sunday Bulletin

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Week in the Church

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS

TUESDAY, OCT. 3RD @ 6:30PM – Prayer Service for the Saint Joseph Icon. All are invited to join to intercede with St. Jospeh for the parish. Knights General meeting at 7pm.
SUNDAY, OCT. 8TH AFTER 8AM & 9:30AM MASSES – Famous pancake breakfast is back. Please join us in parish hall next Sunday for good food & good company

FIRST FRIDAY is on October 6th – Adoration begins after 9am Mass (no 7:30am Mass that day) followed by Benediction at 6:45pm and Mass at 7pm. Sign-up sheet is at the Church entrance – it would be greatly appreciated if 2-3 people can sign up per time slot.

THE MONTHLY FILIPINO MASS – is on October 8th at 6pm.

To help us prepare for All Souls Day and November the month of the Holy Souls, offering envelopes are available at the Church entrance & on table in front of Sacred Heart.

Saturday Sept. 30th Is a Stat Holiday – THE NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION – THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED BOTH SATURDAY, SEPT. 30TH & MONDAY, OCT. 2ND (Also No 7:30am Mass on Monday, Oct. 2nd )

Important Updates

THE MONTHLY FILIPINO MASS – is on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 6pm.
SPECIAL OFFER – go to the Knights of Columbus notices for important information.
Project Advance : Every gift, regardless of its size, makes a difference. Every gift, regardless of its size, makes a difference. All pledge forms were mailed out; if you receive it and already have given; please disregard and we thank you for your donation.
- Please look over information on your pledge form before sending in and make sure it is up to date, make any corrections as needed.
- You may also make a donation online here: https://support.rcav.org/project-advance-2023/ Be sure to select St. Edmund's in the parish drop down menu to ensure the excess funds come back to our community.
PREP 2023-2024 INFORMATION
- PREP Registration is now open and forms are available in the Parish office.
- PREP classes will be held every Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm at St Edmund’s School and begin on September 27, 2023

Reflections

A Full Conversion of Heart

The context for today’s Gospel is the mounting tension between Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders. Jesus has entered Jerusalem and overturned the money changers’ tables in the Temple. Jesus has caught the attention of the religious authorities; the chief priests and elders question Jesus about the source of his authority. Jesus refuses to name for these religious leaders the source of his authority. Instead, he questions the priests and elders through the parable we hear in today’s Gospel. The answer given by the religious leaders is correct, but it convicts them for their failure to heed the call of John the Baptist and for their inability to recognize the Kingdom of God.

The situation Jesus poses is rather straightforward. Given the same task by their father, one son asserts his disobedience in words, but then obeys in his actions; the second son obeys with his words, but disobeys in his actions. The question that Jesus poses is pointed and direct: Which son did what the father wanted? All would agree that “actions speak louder than words” and that even if his words were disobedient, the son who did the work as ordered did the father’s will.

Jesus’ conclusion is also direct. The chief priests and elders, the ones who speak most often about God, did not act accordingly. They did not respond to the message of repentance announced by John the Baptist with a change of heart. Instead, John’s message was heeded by those one would not expect to repent—tax collectors, prostitutes, and other sinners. Because of their actions, these sinners will enter the Kingdom of God ahead of the religious leaders.

Jesus could ask us the same question. Do our words indicate our obedience to God? If not our words, do our actions? God desires a full conversion of heart, that our actions (and our words as well) will give evidence of our love for God.

- Loyola Press

Mass Intentions

Sunday, October 1

· Repose Thomas Deabreu by daughter Ana