The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jb. 38:1, 8-11
Ps. 107:23-26, 28-31
2 Cor. 5:14-17
Mk. 4:35-41

• Imagine yourself in the boat with Jesus and his disciples. What do you see?
  What do you hear?
  How do you feel?


• Think about some occasion when you were in serious danger. How did you act?


• How might today's readings contribute to you appreciation of the new creation brought about through Jesus?

STEWARDSHIP

"Neither in my youth, nor now that I am old, have I seen a just man forsaken... begging bread"
Psalm 37:25

"Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake."
Deuteronomy 15:10

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also".
Luke 12:34

"All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the LORD'S; they are holy to the LORD."
Leviticus 27:30

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

• The best thing a parent can give their children is presence.


• Quit gripping about your church. If it was perfect you couldn't belong.


• Opportunity may knock once, but temptation leans on the bell.

WE COULD LEARN A LOT FROM CRAYONS:
some are sharp,
some are pretty,
some are dull,
some have weird names,
and all are different colors...
but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

New Link of the Month: Sacred Space

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-11,
Ps. 104:1ab,24ac,29bc-30,31,34
1 Cor. 12:3b-7,12-13

• How does the Paraclete/Holy Spirit carry on the mission of the earthly Jesus?


• Imagine yourself among Jesus' disciples gathered in Jerusalem on Pentecost.
  What do you see?
  What do you hear?
  What do you feel?


• In Paul's concept of human nature what is the relation of the person's spirit to the Holy Spirit?
  Why do we need the help of the Holy Spirit to live a life of Christian virtue?

STEWARDSHIP

    The word tithe is Greek for "tenth". For centuries the Catholic Church has recommended that we as Christians give one tenth of the fruits of our labor back to God. Of that 10%, the Church asks that we give 5% to our Parish and 5% to other charities.

Old Testament:

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the Lord of hosts:
See if I will open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?"

New Testament:

"Avoid greed in all forms. A man may be wealthy, but his possessions do not guarentee eternal life."

"Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's"