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Mass Intentions
Wednesday
February
17 6:00 pm † Rosalyn Ludwig
Thursday February 18
8:30 am † Don Russell
Saturday February 20
5:00 pm † Hubert Dvorak
Sunday February 21
10:30 am † Deborah Noll
Readings
for the Week of February 14, 2010
Sunday:
Jer 17:5-8/1
Cor 15:12, 16-20/Lk 6:17, 20-26
Monday: Jas
1:1-11/Mk 8:11-13
Tuesday: Jas
1:12-18/Mk 8:14-21
Wednesday: Jl
2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20 to 6:2/Mt 6:1- 6, 16-18
Thursday: Dt
30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25
Friday: Is
58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15
Saturday: Is
58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32
Next Sunday:
Dt 26:4-10/Rom
10:8-13/Lk 4:1-13
Dance for Life
The
area Knights of
Columbus are sponsoring their annual “Dance for Life” on
Saturday, March 6th,
from 7:00-11:00pm at 5650 Kacena Avenue in Marion to benefit our
local Birthright, so mark your calendars! Tickets are $7 per
person (5 yrs & older) and
will be available for sale after Masses here at St John's next weekend.
There
will be door prizes, silent auction items, DJ Dorrington music, free
food and
much more, so plan to treat your Valentine and love of YOUR LIFE to a
fun
evening out!
Ash
Wednesday, February 17th
6:00
pm: Mass &
Ashes @ St. John’s, Mt. Vernon
7:30 pm: Mass &
Ashes @ St. Isidore’s, Springville
Annual Soup Supper
After
St. John’s Ash Wednesday Mass
Sponsored by Parish Community Life
Connecting With the Sunday Readings - Sixth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
February
14, 2010
We
have heard this
Gospel about the Beatitudes in another form. The Beatitudes outline the
blessings that Jesus offers those who follow him. While Matthew has
Jesus
offering them on the mountain, Luke has Jesus proclaiming them on level
ground.
We can conclude that they are for any situation, anywhere. The core
message is
basically the same in both accounts: In God’s Kingdom, our lives
will be
different. The Kingdom is for those in need, the poor and the hungry,
and will
not easily be grasped by those who already believe that they have
everything.
A Gospel
Word for the Home - Luke 6:17, 20-26
In forming the
Beatitudes, Jesus uses the time-honored language of paradox to
emphasize his
powerful message. Often the New Testament will present ideas that
appear as
difficult to understand, for instance, "the last shall be first" or
"in dying, we will live." In a sense, Jesus is combating the world of
sin with all its empty promises. In our world, a great deal of
attention is
placed on celebrities and their lavish lifestyles or on the blessings
that come
to the rich. Regardless of all the stories of sadness and difficulties
that
occur among so many of them, we still feel that it would be nice to
have what
they have. Even in the times of Jesus the well-to-do were envied. Yet
Jesus
teaches us that real happiness can come to the poor, the hungry and
those who
are ridiculed or insulted because of their connection with Jesus and
his ways.
It’s not enough to hear this just once. We need reminders because
the opposite
message comes to us daily through advertising and the media.
Thought for
the Week
There
is much wisdom
in the saying that "true happiness comes in not getting what you want
but wanting
what you get." It has to do with accepting who we are as well as the
basic
conditions of our lives. In line with the spirit of the Beatitudes, as
a result
of recent economic difficulties, people have been engaged in a kind of
examination of conscience about their buying habits. We are seeing more
attention being given to what’s called the simple life: doing
more with less.
While this can have a certain self-serving tone to it, it can also be a
way of
focusing more on what’s really important in life, which is doing
the will of
God—in love.
Liturgical
Ministers for Ash Wednesday
February 17th
5:00 pm - Sacristan:
Mary Weber
EM: Peter Bahl, Donna
Herring, Jim Kendall, Brett Kimm, Tasha Redmond, Sue Schettler, Ann
Thuerauf
Lectors: Mike
Herring, Charlene Vig
Servers: Cory
Brannaman, Lindsey Ockerlander, Bernadette Poduska
U/G: Larry &
Judy Poduska
Liturgical Ministers for February 20/21
5:00 pm - Sacristan: Irene Leonard
EM: Diane Apel, Mark
Binsfield, Sharon Dendurent, Sue Schettler, Mary Weber
Lectors: Dennis
Allard, Vicky Wieseler
Servers: Bernadette
Poduska, Adrienne Smith, Sarah Zinkula
U/G: John & Betty
Wolfe
10:30 am -
Sacristan: Jim Kendall
EM: Kathy Dix, Donna
Herring, Diane Kimm, Richard Povey, Heidi Ryan, Sue Schettler, Hugh
Scieszinski
Lectors: Abigail
Chihak, Mike Herring
Servers: Jenna
Brannaman, Dennis Ludwig, Alexander Reid
U/G: Dean &
Kathy Mallie
Meetings and Activities of the Week
Monday, Feb. 15
7:00 pm - Parish Community Life Commission
Tuesday, Feb. 16
7:00 pm - Faith Formation Commission
Wednesday, Feb. 17
9:00 am - Mom's Group
6:00 pm - Ash Wednesday Mass, soup supper to follow
Friday, Feb. 19
8:30 am - Eucharistic
Adoration
5:30 pm - Stations of the
Cross
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