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Fr.
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Puthota
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Fr.
Charles
Puthota
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September
19,
2021
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Dear
St.
Elizabeth
Parishioners,
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Installation
of
Boiler
in
Alta
Vista
School:
The
installation
of a
new
boiler
is
underway
in
Alta
Vista
School
at the
cost
of
about
$55,000,
which
would
also
include
the
careful
work
connected
with
addressing
asbestos.
As you
know,
the
parish
will
be
meeting
this
expense,
as we
are
the
landlord
of the
school.
This
is
just
to
keep
you
informed.
Please
continue
to
support
our
parish
in
whatever
way
you
can.
Liturgical
Minister
Training:
Last
weekend
and
this
weekend,
the
Archdiocesan
Liturgical
Training
program
is
taking
place
in our
parish,
both
in the
church
and in
Cantwell
Hall.
This
is to
train
Lectors
and
Eucharistic
Ministers.
Nearly
80
attendees
came
from
many
parishes
of the
Archdiocese.
Last
weekend,
our
parish
volunteers
were
extraordinary
in
showing
our
parish
hospitality
to
those
attending
this
program.
In all
the
arrangements
made
and in
the
food
served
before
the
sessions,
our
volunteers
were
much
appreciated.
As you
know,
one of
the
vital
qualities
in the
church
is to
show
hospitality.
To
make
people
feel
welcome.
To be
a
welcoming
church.
To
make
it a
joyful
experience
for
people
to
gather,
to
pray,
to
celebrate
friendships
and to
build
up the
family
of
God.
Let's
keep
doing
our
proverbial
hospitality
at St.
Elizabeth
parish.
This
Sunday
is
Catechetical
Sunday:
This
year,
the
Church
will
celebrate
Catechetical
Sunday
on
September
19,
2021
under
the
theme
of
"Say
the
Word
and My
Soul
Shall
Be
Healed."
On
this
day,
catechists
are
formally
commissioned
for
ministry
to the
community.
I
would
like
to
thank
our
parish
catechists.
Thank
you
for
your
dedication
and
generosity.
Catechetical
Sunday
is a
timely
opportunity
to
reflect
on the
role
that
each
baptized
person
plays
in
handing
on the
faith
and
being
a
witness
to the
Gospel.
Catechetical
Sunday
is an
opportunity
for
all to
rededicate
ourselves
to
this
mission
as a
community
of
faith.
Pope
Francis'
Apostolic
Journey
to
Central
Europe:
Pope
Francis,
84,
undertook
a
four-day
visit
to
Hungary
and
Slovakia,
his
first
foreign
trip
since
his
intestinal
surgery
in
July.
His
short
visit
to
Budapest
included
the
celebration
of the
concluding
Mass
of the
52nd
International
Eucharistic
Congress,
meeting
with
the
Bishops,
Prime
Minister
Viktor
Orban,
representatives
of the
Ecumenical
Council
of
Churches
and
some
Jewish
communities.
In his
3-day
visit
to
Slovakia,
the
Holy
Father
met
with
the
Jewish
community,
the
Bishops,
priests,
Religious,
seminarians
and
catechists.
Pope
Francis
also
had
meetings
with
civil
authorities
and
diplomatic
corps,
the
Roma
community,
and
young
people.
Let's
keep
our
Holy
Father
in our
hearts
and
prayers.
Word
of
God:
In the
Gospel
this
Sunday,
Jesus
continues
with
his
prediction
(which
we saw
in
last
Sunday's
reading)
about
his
suffering
and
death.
He is
the
Christ,
the
Messiah,
but
not a
triumphant
one,
but
one
who
suffers
and
dies:
"The
Son of
Man is
to be
handed
over
to men
and
they
will
kill
him,
and
three
days
after
his
death
the
Son of
Man
will
rise."
To his
disciples
who
were
jockeying
for
power
and
prominence,
Jesus
expresses
his
values
that
go
against
those
the
world
often
cherishes:
"If
anyone
wishes
to be
first,
he
shall
be the
last
of all
and
the
servant
of
all."
As
followers
and
disciples
of
Jesus,
we are
to
rearrange
our
"worldly"
desires
of
hungering
for
power,
position,
wealth,
prominence,
authority,
glamor,
praise,
etc.
Yes,
we can
be the
first
and
prominent,
but
that
will
be by
becoming
the
last
and
servants
of
others.
This
is
what
Jesus
himself
practiced
in his
life.
Are we
ready
to
live
by a
different
set of
values
than
we
naturally
are
drawn
to?
Are we
ready
to
march
to a
different
drummer?
A
Story
to
Think
About:
King
Pyrrhus
of
Epirus
was
approached
by his
friend
Cyneas
and
asked,
"If
you
conquer
Rome,
what
will
you do
next,
sir?"
Pyrrhus
replied,
"Sicily
is
next
door
and
will
be
easy
to
take."
"And
what
shall
we do
after
Sicily
is
taken?"
"Then
we
will
move
over
to
Africa
and
sack
Carthage."
"And
after
Carthage,
sir?"
"The
turn
of
Greece
will
come."
"And
what,
may I
ask,
will
the
fruit
of all
these
conquests
be?"
"Then,"
said
Pyrrhus,
"we
can
sit
down
and
enjoy
ourselves."
"Can
we
not,"
said
Cyneas,
"enjoy
ourselves
now?"
Insightful
Quotes
from
Pope
Francis:
- 1.
A
little
bit
of
mercy
makes
the
world
less
cold
and
more
just.
- 2.
Grace
is
not
part
of
consciousness;
it
is
the
amount
of
light
in
our
souls,
not
knowledge
nor
reason.
- 3.
Human
rights
are
not
only
violated
by
terrorism,
repression
or
assassination,
but
also
by
unfair
economic
structures
that
create
huge
inequalities.
- 4.
Life
is
a
journey.
When
we
stop,
things
don't
go
right.
- 5.
Although
the
life
of
a
person
is
in
a
land
full
of
thorns
and
weeds,
there
is
always
a
space
in
which
the
good
seed
can
grow.
You
have
to
trust
God.
Jokes:
- 1.
A
minister
in
Florida
lamented
that
it
was
difficult
to
get
his
message
across
to
his
congregation:
"It's
so
beautiful
here
in
the
winter,"
he
said,
"that
heaven
doesn't
interest
them.
And
it's
so
hot
here
in
the
summer
that
hell
doesn't
scare
them."
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2.
A
six-year-old
boy
was
overheard
reciting
the
Lord's
Prayer
at
a
church
service:
"And
forgive
us
our
trash
passes
as
we
forgive
those
who
pass
trash
against
us."
- 3.
A
Faith
Formation
teacher
asked
her
class:
"Does
anyone
here
know
what
we
mean
by
sins
of
omission?"
A
small
girl
replied:
"Aren't
those
the
sins
we
should
have
committed,
but
didn't?"
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