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SMALL GROUP FAITH SHARING

What is Small Group Faith Sharing? It is a group of committed Christians coming together to share aspects of their faith as they reflect either on the Sunday Scriptures or some other relevant topic and determine how such sharing might impact their lives.

Here is what others have said:

“small groups…have allowed people to get to know one another and to develop an atmosphere of respect, caring, support and prayer.”

Small groups: “has resulted in the group forming spiritual…and personal bonds that have been enriching for all.”

And another: “we’ve become family to one another…people come and go as their schedules permit; we always pray at the end…for those who could not join us.”

So please consider either joining an existing group or perhaps getting together to create a new group. Resurrection has meeting space available for new groups depending upon the time and day of the week. Group sharing materials are also available. Current groups: Mary Louise Chesley-Cora; [email protected]. Her group will meet in October, contact her for location. Leo McDermott; [email protected]. His group will begin meeting September 26, 2019 at Resurrection. Pat Sormani; [email protected]. Her group meets monthly. Contact her for location.

September 29, 2019

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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INTENTIONS

Monday Sept. 30 8:30 am Tuesday Oct. 1 7:00 pm Rita Freudenthal Wednesday Oct. 2 8:30 am Friday Oct. 4 8:30 am Saturday Oct. 5 5:30 pm Parish Community Sunday Oct. 6 8:15 am +Marie O’Leary 10:30am +Anne Houck

God is the source of all healing and hope, to whom we lift up in prayer the needs of the sick and those who care for them. Lord, allow your healing hand to assist Eva Skripchuk, Burt Strasser, JD

Howell, Jack & Jane Tabaka, Bill Dorsey, Joseph Hemphill, Alyssa Stover, Chet Andruskiewicz, Jim Gambort, Helen Meys, Candi Smith, Sean McCormick, Janice Kane, Ralph Culver, Mike Pohlen, Cass Thomas, Patty Calhoun, Katie Fink, Beth Bell, Julie Edmiston, Pete DeAscanis, Anna Catriew, Annabelle Capritta, Patricia Barber, Joey (Morton) Scruggs, Steven Huhn, Ed Donaldson, Frank Maguire, Kathie Wisniewski, Ginnie Marzouca, Fran Huhn, Rick Markel, Peggy Wessel others mentioned in our parish book of intentions.

LITURGY

GOT A PLACE IN THE CHOIR

That’s ALL God’s Children of ALL AGES!!!

Fall is so often a good time to revisit interests that may have been in the back of your mind, but that you’re now ready to explore. Have you, your child or your teen been wondering about being part of the music ministry here at Resurrection? Well … this is a great time to give it a try. Young Adults and Adults: Our music groups welcome new members throughout the year. Rehearsal times and scheduled Masses vary, so there’s a group that’ll work for you! Interested? Please contact Ruth Sanders, 302-368-0146 Ext 106, [email protected] .

Children’s Choir: We invite all children in grades 1 through 5 to join Children’s Choir! Children’s Choir serves at the 10:30 am Mass the first CFP Sunday of the month, beginning October 6. The children rehearse at 8:40 am, before attending CFP at 9:15. They then meet again in the Worship Space at 10:20 for final preparations before singing at Mass. Please contact Ruth Sanders, [email protected], 368-0146 Ext. 106.

Teens: The Youth Music Group serves at the 10:30 am Mass on the second Sunday of each month beginning in October. Anyone in the 6th through 12th grade is enthusiastically invited! If you like to sing or play an instrument, we would love for you to join in. The Youth Music Group rehearses at 9:15 am right before the 10:30 Mass on the second Sunday of the month. The Group is next scheduled to serve on October 13. Please contact Kate Regan at 302-738-9989 or [email protected].

wice each month beginning in October, we will have Children's Liturgy of the Word during the 10:30 am Mass. Children’s

Liturgy of the Word follows the structure of the Liturgy of the Word being celebrated in the main assembly, allowing the power of the liturgy to act on children, encouraging their growing relationship with the Lord and allowing them to share their own experiences of God's presence. The children are dismissed to Room 4 after the Opening Prayer. They listen to the same scripture heard in the main assembly, but from the Children’s Lectionary. They are then lead in an interactive reflection that connects the Word to their life experiences. They pray the Creed and then, in their own words, the Prayer of the Faithful. The children return to the main assembly during the Preparation of the Altar and Gifts.

Is there someone in your family who can help with this ministry? Please contact Ruth Sanders, [email protected], 302-368-0146 x106.

Volunteers are Needed to help with Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Individuals and family helpers set up Room 4 before Mass and put everything back in place after Mass.

Candle bearers lead the procession to Room 4. Some older children and teens may serve as lectors.

Adult prayer leaders lead the reflection & prayers. Cantors lead the children in song.

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SAVE THE DATE October 12, 9:00-noon, Environment Ministry Enrichment Gathering: Come and enjoy a morning learning how we prepare our worship environment – and why we do what we do! We

hope to include some hands-on flower arranging, depending on what’s in the garden. It’ll be a morning sprinkled liberally with prayer and humor, facilitated by Resurrection’s own Jane Hanson. Please let us know you’ll be there by emailing [email protected].

PARISH LIFE

50 Acts of the Apostles Memories of Resurrection

Parishioners who have Gone to Eternal Life

Parishioners are invited to contribute to this 50th anniversary feature as a way of celebrating our Parish Life.

──── Memories will be collected in the Gathering Space, via email, and/or the parish website resurrectionde.org/50-acts-of-the-apostles-stories September 29 through October 13.

──── The collected reflections will be published in November 2019.

──── Photos may be submitted.

──── To contribute or assist with this project please contact: Debbie Seymour /302-368-0146 ext. 0 [email protected].

IN NEED OF MINISTERS: Christiana Care Hospital is in need of Ministers to bring Holy Communion to the sick. Please note that this ministry is a separate ministry from what the parish does in bringing Holy Communion to the sick of the parish. However, in order

to become a minister, persons will need to be recommended for this ministry by the parish. To be recommended volunteers will need to contact either Deacon John or Fr. Bill. Also Volunteer EM needed please to help at Woodlea once a month on Wednesday morning. See Kay Lennon. Thank you. Parish Life Committee: The Resurrection Parish Life Committee’s purpose is to create social activities, welcome new members and invite others to join our parish. This committee appreciates input from parishioners so activities offered meet the needs and wants of parishioners in building a stronger community. The committee thanks the parishioners who offered some great ideas last weekend for future community activities. The $10 Wawa gift card winner was JoAnn Hedrick! If you have other ideas, questions or would like to help, please contact Nancy Maloney at [email protected] or Linda Malm at [email protected].

SOCIAL CONCERNS

Emmanuel Dining Room: We are so blessed to have such wonderful volunteers at Resurrection this September 12, 2019. Ed Collins, Mike Mayer, Deb and Joe Shekiro, Mike Rzucidlo and Judy Ward served a hot meal to 171 people. We thank all Resurrection volunteers who contribute to this important ministry. Please consider signing up on the booklet in the atrium for the 12th of any month with your name and phone number. No experience needed.

CHRISTIAN FORMATION PROGRAM

Our K to 5 Elementary Program will meet 9/29, 10/6, 10/20 and 10/27 from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. See you there! Would you like more information?

Contact Nancy Maloney, CFP Coordinator, at [email protected] or 368-0146 ext. 104.

Registration Materials are available on our website.


YOUTH MINISTRY

YNIA 2020 Meeting October 6, 2019 immediately following 10:30 a.m. Mass in the youth room Middle School and High School Youth Group October 6, 2019 6:30—8:15 p.m. Parent Meeting during youth

group October 6, 2019 6:30—8:15 p.m. Registration for middle and high school youth group and Confirmation has begun. For information contact Elaine at 368-0146 ext. 107 [email protected]

HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT OPPORTUNITY The Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, NJ offers a retreat for high school students each spring and fall. The fall retreat is October 4-6, 2019. Cost: $135/Person

To register or for more information go to https://capemaymarianists.org/high-school-teen-retreat-weekends/

TAKING IT HOME

The covenant that God established with Israel called for faithfulness, faithfulness between the people of Israel and their God and faithfulness as a people to each other. The people of Israel were called to honor God alone in their worship, to obey the law as handed down from God through Moses and to practice care for those in need, especially the poor, the orphaned and the widowed. Why might this be? It is this way because God intended the earth and everything in it for the sake of all human beings. And whenever there are those who lack these basic necessities, the common good demands that those who have share with those who have not. This was the covenant, a commitment between the Israelite people and their God to be faithful to God and to one another by the way they demonstrated care for those in need. In terms of the covenant, true worship of God was not simply ritual sacrifice, but care for the poor and care for the poor was justice and doing justice was true worship of God. Whenever the people of Israel strayed from acting in accord with the covenant, the Lord would send prophets to remind the people of their covenant responsibilities. Amos, one of these prophets, is the one who speaks in our first reading this weekend. The first reading is full of anger at those who would dare live lavishly at the expense of the poor. Amos saw the complacency of the people who were failing to live and

to fulfill their covenantal responsibilities to those who were in need and so woe to them. And in this very same prophetic tradition, Jesus in this weekend’s gospel tells a parable about a rich man and the poor Lazarus. The parable is intended as a reminder of our covenant responsibilities. It is not good enough to simply claim faithfulness to the law if at the same time we ignore the needs of the poor. However, the story is not an indictment of those who are merely rich, but rather and indictment on those who choose to let their riches blind them to the needs of the poor. This is really the problem of the rich man in our gospel parable. He failed to meet his covenant responsibilities not merely because he was rich, but because he failed to use his wealth appropriately; to do what he should do to help relieve the suffering of a poor brother. Instead the rich man ignored Lazarus, failing even to notice him begging at his feet. It was in this way that the rich man failed his covenant responsibilities. And this is the reason why in the story Father Abraham never once seriously considers helping to relieve the rich man’s torment or act on any of his requests. He should have known better. And so rich man what is it you don’t understand? You lived a life of luxury, deafened yourselves to Moses and the prophets, and numbed yourself to the needs of the poor. So now you are on the other side isolated and tormented. Is this a surprise? Our entire people began as poor and exploited. Everything in our history has urged us to welcome the poor and exploited. You have not done this. Do you really think you can ignore and resist God’s purposes? Did you miss that teaching at synagogue? Are you saying there wasn’t enough evidence for you? If you just had a little more certainty, your self-interest would have kicked in and you would have helped. I don’t think so. If your brothers, like yourself, do not heed the whole history of their people, they will not listen to a man come back from the dead. The problem is not that they didn’t know, but they knew and didn’t care. They hardened their heart and drank their wine. Nothing gets to them, and this self-imposed isolation is their destiny. What does this mean for us? It essentially means that we too cannot be so concerned with our own self-interest that we lose sight of those in need. We should not let either our wealth or our own worries and concerns distract us from the needs and concerns of the poor. Indeed, it too is our covenant responsibility to help relieve the sufferings of those who are in need. And this is not something we should do because it is socially correct or out of Christian guilt, but because our living of the gospel demands it. This is how we build up the body of Christ on earth and it is what Jesus urges us to do. The level of care and compassion we have for one another is a sign that marks us as disciples of Christ, willing to take up our cross and follow after him. Deacon John


Gospel Reflection How much faith does one have to have? How much faith is enough? How is it possible to measure one person’s faith against another? When the disciples asked Jesus to increase their faith, what exactly were they asking of him? These fishermen and nobodies chosen as disciples by Jesus must surely have had moments of realization that they were not the sorts of young men normally chosen by Rabbis to be disciples. They must have looked around at the disciples of other teachers and seen that, by comparison, they weren’t really in the same league. So they ask Jesus to increase their faith. What they’re saying is: make us more like the sorts of people we think we should be. Jesus counters their request by telling them that if they had faith the size of a tiny mustard seed they could accomplish great things. It’s not a matter of how much faith one has but what they do with it. How much faith does it take to do great things? Jesus says that it only takes the tiniest scrap of faith. Jesus follows up this statement by pointing out to the disciples that no matter how small the amount of faith, it carries with it a responsibility and duty to act upon it. One shouldn’t be looking for acclaim and special treatment when one acts out of faith as that is simply what is expected. The gift of faith carries with it a duty to live that faith and act upon it.

27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME GOSPEL – LUKE 17: 5-10

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished’? Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”

Servants and Slaves: When speaking about doing what is expected, Jesus uses the image of a servant or slave. This image may be a difficult one for us, but Jesus is simply using an image that would have held meaning to his audience. The sense of doing what is expected without anticipating acclaim was best captured in the time by talking about a servant or slave. This does not suggest that Jesus condoned the practice of slavery or servitude—they were just cultural norms at the time. When Jesus spoke about these matters it was only to ensure that slave and servants were treated fairly. A lesson for the disciples: For the last few months, in the Sunday gospel readings, we have been working our way through the second half of the gospel of Luke. From the end of chapter 9 onwards, the gospel charts the journey of Jesus towards Jerusalem. Throughout this journey, Jesus teaches his disciples and attempts to prepare them for his departure and their need to step up and take on his ministry. This passage is an example of this instruction to the disciples. Jesus makes clear that they are being called to give their lives to faith in service of others without expecting any return—just as Jesus does! Faith: The disciples ask Jesus to increase their faith, but their question—and the reply given by Jesus— does not make clear the faith that they want increased. Is it their faith in God; their faith in themselves; or their faith in the people they are called to serve? The response by Jesus suggests that, in fact, it is faith in all these things. Faith in God and faith in self are intrinsically linked and Jesus makes plain to the disciples that this faith must find its expression in selfless service to others.

Exploring the Word prepare for 10/6/19

The English translation of the Gospel Verses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Lectionary for Mass, Copyright © 1998, 1997, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; All rights reserved. Reflection, questions and alternative viewpoints © Greg Sunter. © Creative Communications 2008. Used with permission. Art: Vincent Van Gogh 2006 0310

Q. In what ways might the disciples have felt overwhelmed by the expectations of Jesus at times?

Q. Why is it impossible to “measure” faith? Q. How much faith is enough faith? Q. Who are the “people of faith” that you admire? What inspires you about them?

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