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November 22, 2014
Christ the King
Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15, 17
“For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it. As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness.
I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest–declares the Lord Yahweh. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them."
"As for you, my sheep, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he–goats.
Psalm 23: 1-3, 5-6
Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
In grassy meadows he lets me lie.By tranquil streams he leads me
to restore my spirit.
He guides me in paths of saving justice.
as befits his name.You prepare a table for me
under the eyes of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup brims over.
Kindness and faithful love pursue me
every day of my life.
I make my home in the house of Yahweh
for all time to come.
1 Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28
In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first–fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first–fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet.
When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
Matthew 25: 31-46
The Last Judgement
‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome, lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me." Then the upright will say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you? When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?" And the King will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me." Then he will say to those on his left hand, "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink, I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me." Then it will be their turn to ask, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?" Then he will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me." And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.’
Christ the King
November 20, 2011
INTRODUCTION
– (Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Cor. 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46) Today we honor Christ as our King. Our scripture readings do not picture him as a typical king. In our first reading, Ezekiel, the prophet, pictures God as a shepherd. God is distressed with the shepherds of his people; i.e., the kings and religious leaders. They led God’s people away from God and to eventual disaster when the Babylonians invaded. God said he himself would lead them rightly. We see this prophecy perfectly fulfilled in Jesus. In our second reading, the whole chapter from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, from which our reading is taken is on the topic of the resurrection. Paul tells us the risen Jesus will reign until evil in every form has been destroyed. Then Jesus will turn the kingdom over to the Father. In the gospel Jesus is pictured as a judge, a judge who judges us on how we behave toward the lowly and the poor. Thus we have three images of Christ the King: a shepherd, the risen Lord and the judge of all nations.HOMILY
– Before Mass we projected on our screen the central part of Michelangelo’s famous painting of theLast Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The painting was based on today’s gospel of Jesus judging the nations. This is one of the most powerful and one of the most memorable of Jesus’ parables. The image of Jesus saying, “Depart from me you accursed?” is a picture of Jesus we would prefer not to think of (unless he is saying it to someone we greatly dislike). When we think of Jesus in relation to ourselves, we would rather picture him as kind, loving and forgiving. As judge he administers both forgiveness and justice. Today’s parable repeats a theme that is found in many other parables, parables that tell us this is a time to come to him for forgiveness and mercy. Then there will come a time when it will be too late: a time when God will ask us to give an accounting of ourselves. We see this theme in the parable of the talents, the parable of the five wise and five foolish virgins, the parable of the workers in the vineyard, the parable of the great wedding feast where those invited offered lame excuses for why they could not come, as well as the part about the guest without the wedding garment, the parable of the unforgiving steward, the parable of the unjust steward and the parable about the rich man and Lazarus, just to mention a few that immediately come to mind.If it disturbs us to think of Jesus as a judge who can condemn as well as forgive, than we can remember what Jesus said in John’s gospel: “I came not to condemn the world but to save the world.” (Jn. 12:47). He goes on to say, “the one who rejects me and does not receive my word has something to judge him; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge.” (Jn. 12:48). In other words, the way we live will catch up with us. There is karma in the universe. The good we have done, the good we haven’t done and the evil we have done will judge us; Jesus will not have to. There is no getting around that. Now is the time for forgiveness. Now is the time to start over, (in the language of the gospel, the time for conversion). We’ve seen many TV shows of judges sitting in a courtroom handing out reward or punishment. I believe that in the final analysis, when the time comes for us to stand before Jesus, he will not be like a judge sitting in a courtroom. It will be the love that is in us, the love for God and the love for others that will determine whether our eternity will be an eternity of peace and joy or an eternity full of regret for having thrown away the opportunities God gave us to know him and love him and love others.
The truth Jesus teaches in today’s parable is reflected in the real life experience of the conversion of St. Paul. When Paul, before his conversion, was persecuting the Christians and was on his way to Damascus to arrest Christians and bring them back to Jerusalem for trial, Jesus appeared to him in a blinding light. Paul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” Jesus answered, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” What Paul was doing to Jesus’ followers, he was doing to Jesus. A powerful image! It is this concept that inspired many saints to dedicate themselves to minister to the poor and suffering such as Mother Theresa, St. Martin de Porres, Damian the leper, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, St. Katherine Drexel, St. Peter Claver, and many others
What you do to the least of my brothers and sisters you do to me. This does not imply that we can ignore our obligation to worship, praise and thank God. It is, after all, the first and greatest commandment to love God above all things. Today we are reminded how important the second commandment is, which is like the first: to love our neighbor as ourselves. Loving God, loving Jesus inspires us to love our neighbor for when we love another, relative, friend, associate, even someone who dislikes us or whom we dislike, especially if they are truly needy, we are loving Jesus. Amen.
Blue Book Blow Out for Christmas
Give the gift that keeps giving this Christmas
6 different Blue Books for $30.00 including postage
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Books available in limited supply for this sale.
Blue Book Blow Out for Christmas
Blue Book 1 – $6.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 2 – $5.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 3 – $4.00 each plus postage
Blue Books 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7,
6A, B, C –
$3.00 each plus postage
Blue Books 4 & 5 –$2.00 each plus postage
The more you use the Blue Books and
become one with Jesus – more
intimate with Jesus –
the more your lives are a blessing and
everything you do in life can help
to bring down great grace for the world
because of your being so
one with Jesus.
Guiding Light Homily Book Series
Fr. Joe’s Books
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4 for $20 plus postage of $5.95
These books can be given to:
1) All Priests
2) Good for Music Ministers
3) Good for DRE's
4) Good for Deacons
5) Good for Principals of Schools
6) Good for Teachers
7) Good for Mom and Dads
This statue was handmade and
hand-painted
and has a little piece of the glass
from the image face of Mary –
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PV-Fatima w/glass - 27  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 18  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 15  |
OL-Fatima w/glass - 18  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 12  |
OL-Fatima w/glass - 11  |
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OL-Grace
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Carmel w/glass - 24  |
OL-Lourdes
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SH-Blessing
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We
cannot
get
these
statues
any
more
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the
men
making
them
were
from
Portugal
and
no
longer
do
so
We
will
have
a
limited
number
until
they
are
gone
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These statues are a treasure, a work of art
At
the
end
of
this
message
are
healings
from
statues
and
the
Jesus
and
Mary
waters
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Given March 21, 2014
R. Pray for These Things
1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
6) People going to Florida and China.
7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
9) Pray for pope helping us.
10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
11) Blue Book 14 cover; Blue Book 13 – all involved.
For our Publisher and all involved
12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
15) Donors and members and their families.
16) Healing of the Family tree.
17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
18) All who asked us to pray for them.
19) All we promised to pray for.
20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
21) 2 babies and moms.
22) Funds and insurance.
23) Jerry's garage.
24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
26) Consecrate all hearts.
27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.
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