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Fr.
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Puthota
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Fr.
Charles
Puthota
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August
1,
2021
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Dear
St.
Elizabeth
Parishioners,
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AAA
1%
Circle
Luncheon:
Save
the
Date!
As a
way of
acknowledging
and
thanking
you
for
your
generosity,
those
who
donated
1% or
more
($400
or
more)
toward
the
Archdiocesan
Annual
Appeal
(AAA),
I'm
inviting
you to
a
luncheon
on
Sunday,
November
7, at
12
noon
at the
Basque
Cultural
Center
in
South
San
Francisco.
Please
save
the
date!
The
parish
office
(Sandy
&
Patti)
will
be in
touch
with
you
with
my
formal
letter
of
invitation
for
you to
be
able
to
RSVP
and to
choose
your
entrée.
Weekend
Masses:
Saturday
4:30
p.m.
and
Sunday
9:30
a.m.
Masses
are
attended
by
about
70 and
140
people
respectively.
Please
do
come
join!
Apart
from
the
fact
that
the
weekend
Masses
are
what
the
Church
invites
us to
consider
as
"obligation,"
there
is
always
the
spontaneous
sense
of joy
and
gratitude,
faith
and
hope,
which
impel
us to
celebrate
the
memory
of
Jesus.
Do
bring
your
families
with
you!
Let
your
children
and
grandchildren
too
join
these
Masses
as we
give
thanks
to
God,
get
reconciled
to God
and
one
another,
seek
blessings,
hear
God's
word,
receive
the
Body
of
Christ---and
be
sent
out
into
the
world
to
help
and
heal,
to
comfort
and
console,
to
uplift
and
affirm,
to
encourage
and
inspire.
To
make
this
world
a
better
place!
Weekday
Masses
preceded
by
Divine
Office:
About
12 to
15
people
are
praying
every
day
the
Divine
Office
at
8:00
a.m.
before
the
8:30
a.m.
Mass.
I'm so
edified
and
inspired
by
this
dedicated
group
of
people.
Two
months
ago,
the
group
didn't
know
at all
how to
pray
this
prayer,
with
its
special
format
and
structure.
Now
the
group
has
become
familiar
with
this
form
of
prayer.
I'm so
delighted
that
these
morning
prayer
devotees
have
entered
the
spirit
of
this
prayer.
If
anyone
else
would
like
to
join
on a
regular
basis,
please
do let
me
know.
I'll
buy
more
prayer
books
for
your
use
(each
costing
$41.00),
if you
are
able
to
make
the
commitment.
Also,
those
of you
who
are
retired,
and
those
who
are
able
to fit
the
Mass
into
your
daily
schedule,
please
do
join
the
Mass
at
8:30
a.m.
Monday
through
Saturday.
You'll
not
regret
the
spiritual
nourishment
you
get
from
the
Word
of God
and
the
Body
of
Christ
so
that
we
could
all
become
the
Body
of
Christ,
the
community
of
beloved
disciples
Jesus
is
calling
us to
be.
Gospel
for
Five
Consecutive
Sundays
is
about
the
Eucharist:
Let's
contemplate
the
beauty
and
mystery
of our
union
and
communion
with
Jesus
and
with
one
another
in the
Eucharist.
Pilgrimage
to
Jordan
and
the
Holy
Land
in
October
2022:
Please
see
the
last
page
for
details.
World
Day of
Grandparents
and
the
Elderly,
Each
Year
Fourth
Sunday
of
July:
Pope
Francis
has
just
instituted
the
fourth
Sunday
of
July
each
year,
which
happens
to be
close
to the
feast
of
Saints
Joachim
and
Anne,
Jesus'
grandparents,
as the
World
Day of
Grandparents
and
the
Elderly.
This
came
into
effect
last
Sunday
for
the
first
time.
The
Holy
Father
speaks
glowingly
of his
own
Italian
grandparents
in
Argentina
and
the
great
impact
they
had on
his
life.
While
being
grateful
for
their
wisdom
and
love,
we as
a
society
have
to
find
ways
and
means
of
taking
take
of
them
in
their
senior
years,
all
the
more
important
when
they
become
fragile
due to
age
and
various
health
issues.
Brief
Insightful
Quotes:
"Make
each
day
your
masterpiece."
- John
Wooden.
"Happiness
is not
by
chance,
but by
choice."
- Jim
Rohn.
"You
do not
find
the
happy
life.
You
make
it." -
Camilla
Eyring
Kimball.
"There
are
two
ways
of
spreading
light:
to be
the
candle
or the
mirror
that
reflects
it." -
Edith
Wharton.
"Believe
you
can
and
you're
halfway
there."
-
Theodore
Roosevelt.
"You
must
be the
change
you
wish
to see
in the
world."
-
Mahatma
Gandhi.
"It is
never
too
late
to be
what
you
might
have
been."
-
George
Eliot.
"Stay
foolish
to
stay
sane."
-
Maxime
Lagacé.
"Whatever
you
are,
be a
good
one."
-
Abraham
Lincoln.
"You
must
do the
things
you
think
you
cannot
do." -
Eleanor
Roosevelt.
"Wherever
you
go, go
with
all
your
heart."
-
Confucius.
What
is
Catholicism?:
"Catholicism
is a
tradition
that
places
great
emphasis
on
tradition.
It
recognizes
that
the
Bible
itself
is the
product
of
tradition
(or,
more
precisely,
of
many
traditions).
Before
there
were
written
texts
the
faith
was
handed
on
through
proclamation,
catechesis,
worship,
and
personal
example.
For
Catholicism,
God
speaks
through
means
such
as
these,
not
only
through
words
but
through
deeds
as
well.
History
in
general
and
the
history
of the
Church
in
particular
are
carriers
of
this
divine
revelation.
Catholicism,
therefore,
not
only
reads
its
Sacred
Scripture,
but
also
its
own
corporate
life
and
experience.
As
Pope
John
XXIII
(d.
1963)
once
said,
history
itself
is a
teacher."
(Richard
McBrien)
Catholic
Jokes:
1.
Little
Mary
was
sitting
on her
grandfather's
knee
and
after
looking
at him
intently
for
some
time
she
said,
"Grandpa,
were
you in
the
Ark
with
Noah?"
"Certainly
not,
my
dear,"
he
replied
in
astonishment.
"Then,"
asked
Mary,
"Why
weren't
you
drowned?"
2.
A
newly
ordained
priest
had
just
finished
his
first
Nuptial
Mass
without
making
any
mistakes
in the
ceremony.
He
looked
down
upon
the
bride
and
bridegroom
with
relief
and
satisfaction
as he
raised
his
arms
for
the
final
blessing
and
said,
"This
marriage
is
ended.
Go in
peace
to
love
and
serve
the
Lord."
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