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WEEKENDS: Saturdays: 5:00pm & Sundays: 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30am HOLY DAYS: 7:00am & 7:00pm

WEEKDAYS: Mon, Tue, Thu 8:15am & Fri 6:00pm

WEDNESDAY: Adoration at 5:00pm & Mass 7:00pm

CONFESSION SCHEDULE: Wednesdays 6:15-7:00pm & Saturdays 9:30-10:00am other-wise by appointment.

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RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Wed, Thu & Fri: 9:00am to 2:00pm.

CLERGY: Fr. Tom Koys, M.A.,S.T.L., Pastor, Fr. Edward Gleeson, Pastor Emeritus Fr. Robert Coleman, Resident Deacon John Wilkinson, C.K.M. Deacon Doug Szarzynski

Twenty-Third Sunday

in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019

Page Two September 8, 2019

FROM THE DESK OF, FR. THOMAS KOYS, M.A.,S.T.L., PASTOR

If you’re an 8:30 Mass person, you undoubtedly know these men. Be sure to thank them for helping out for so many years. Actually, speak-ing of ushers, we are in great need of a couple of people for our 11:30 Mass. (Yes, women can be ushers too, but come on men, don’t sit back and expect our women to do everything).

Not a few prominent Catholic thinkers have raised the question about whether the Vatican is eradicating the teaching legacy of Pope John Paul II, particularly on questions of human sexuality. The matter arises from the pope’s suppression of an Institute that has been dedicated to promoting the culture of life and PJPII’s Theology of the Body. Lest there be any doubt about the new direction of the Institute’s remake, Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri, who was appointed by Pope Fran-cis as its new president said that he would focus on the “central importance of the magisterial teaching of Amoris Laetitia,” a document that would “naturally be integral to the curricula.”

Then in July of 2019, with the publication of new ca-nonical statutes for the renovated Institute and the dis-missal of old faculty members; Msgr. Livio Melina and Father Jose Noriega, two veteran moral theologi-ans were let go. Among the new additions to the facul-ty was Father Maurizio Chiodi, who has argued—citing Amoris Laetitia—that there are some circum-stances that “precisely for the sake of responsibility, require contraception.” So it is important to under-stand the disagreement that led to Melina’s ouster.

Far from being a critic of Pope Francis and Amoris Laetitia, Msgr. Melina has done his utmost to defend the papal document, arguing—against the majority opinion—that the current pope’s teaching on marriage can be reconciled with previous Church teaching. On the hotly contested question of whether Pope Francis had opened the way for divorced and remarried Catho-lics to receive Communion, Melina conceded that the document seemed to imply a change in Church teach-ing, but concluded that it should be read in the light of constant Catholic tradition. That argument was roundly condemned in Avvenire, the newspaper pub-lished by the Italian bishops’ conference.

But if it is “not exactly benevolent” to suggest that Pope Francis is in line with the constant teaching tra-ditions of the Church, does it not follow that the pope has broken with those traditions, and changed those teachings? Msgr. Melina raised that question in an in-terview with the Italian daily La Verita. If the new di-rection of the Institute is confirmed, he reasoned, “what they are saying is: ‘The interpretation of the magisterium of Pope Francis in continuity with the previous magisterium is intolerable in the Church.’” Philip Lawler (Aug 2019, First Things)

Twenty-Third Ordinary Sunday

by Deacon Bill Dunn

I have a big complaint, and here it is: people complain way too much nowadays. You must know a person who com-plains incessantly—probably more than one person. You may even be an incessant complainer yourself. I’m pretty certain I am, but I’m not quite sure what incessant means. And I have a complaint about people who use big words like that just to show off. Who do they think they are, anyway?!

Oh wait, sorry. I can slip into complaint mode very easily these days.

I think the problem is that we’ve lost our sense of gratitude. We seem to ignore all the wonderful God-given blessings in our lives and instead we focus on the negative things, which are usually quite minor.

Our modern culture really needs an attitude adjustment. What we need to do is imagine that instead of living in the year 2019, it is actually the year 1819.

Exactly 200 years ago, James Monroe was the president, there were 21 states in the Union, and most people lived an agrarian life. (Again, Mr. Big Shot with the fancy words! Agrarian means “of the land,” that is, they were farmers who grew their own crops, and rarely drove their SUVs to the local Stop & Shop supermarket to buy exotic food from all over the world and pay with their debit cards.)

Back in 1819, people routinely died in their 30s and 40s, often from infection, cholera, farm accidents, etc. If someone lived into their 50s or 60s, they were considered very elder-ly. Most families had at least one or two children who died before age five. And a significant number of women died during childbirth.

Two centuries ago, the following items did not exist: flush toilets, running water, dental care, antibiotics, electric lights, automobiles, refrigeration, air conditioning, and Kellogg’s Pop Tarts. Also, the WIFI service was pretty weak.

So, what we need to do today is imagine what a typical day would be like if it were the year 1819. First, we rise at sun-

up from our comfy mattress, which is stuffed with things like straw and corn stalks. Then we decide which shoes to put on—a fairly simple decision since we only own one pair of shoes—and go outside to use the outhouse. Then we draw some water from the well with a bucket, and bring it inside to the kitchen

A little while later we get dressed for the day, another simple decision because we only own two sets of clothing: a Sun-day outfit and a “rest of the week” outfit. After a delightful breakfast of possum sausage and corn meal fried in a pan of lard, it’s time to do our chores. The chores are grueling and pretty much non-stop from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Finally, sundown arrives, and we light a flickering candle or oil lamp so we can (barely) see inside the house. We spend the evening doing one of three things: sit by the flickering light and read the Bible, sharpen the tip of a goose feather and write a letter, or go to bed. Watching Netflix on an iPad is not an option.

Speaking of writing a letter, communication in 1819 was ra-ther interesting. After scratching down our thoughts on parchment with the aforementioned quill pen, we wait a few days until we can give the letter to a postal worker, and then confidently know that the letter will be delivered to the cor-rect recipient within no more than seven weeks.

Of course, if the letter is being sent from, say, Connecticut to Ohio, and if the message in the letter is something like, “Grandpa is very sick. Hurry home before it’s too late,” then most likely it is, in fact, too late.

Please try this exercise. Every time you do something during a typical day that was not possible in 1819, offer up a quick prayer of thanksgiving to God. Am I saying that every time we, for example, flush the toilet, we should thank God? Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying.

When we become more grateful and less complaining, we’ll be amazed at how much more we enjoy life. Now if I can just get my wife to whip up a batch of possum sausage and corn meal. Mmm, boy, that sound good!

WHY AREN’T WE MORE GRATEFUL?

Our weekly Offertory collection from the week of September 1, 2019 was $2,398.00. Collected enve-lopes was 81. Our Maintenance was $2,737.00.

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