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Dear Brothers and Sisters:
We are on the twenty ninth ordinary Sunday of the year. The first reading is from one of the suffering servant songs. The servant incurs great suffering as an expression of the Lord’s will. Crushed in infirmity, the servant’s life is given as an offering of sin. Suffering is not beyond the purview of God’s providence, and in fact may be a constitutive part of it at times. By the servant’s suffering, many are justified because it rectifies infractions and ushers in new horizons. How do we receive sufferings in our life?
The second reading invites us to celebrate the glory and grace of the risen Christ. Recognizing and celebrating Jesus as a great high priest, His eternal priesthood has bearing on His followers and the human community in general. Through His experience of human frailty, He serves as our conduit to heavenly glory. He became our heavenly intercessor who grasps the fullness of the human experience. How do we understand our humanness and submit to God in humility, trusting in our High Priest, who saves us?
In the Gospel our Lord teaches His disciples the real meaning of being considered either great or first. Two of the disciples ask Jesus to share with them the highest honor and greatest glory in His kingdom. Interestingly, their request was not rebuked out of hand as self-ambition, but rather the Lord invites them to consider what they would be willing to suffer for such an honor. In the process, the Lord teaches to all His disciples the nature of leadership and greatness is service, slavery and sacrifice. Are we willing and how do we consider sharing in the ministry of service and sacrifice?
Fr. Aloysius Royan Anthony
Fr. Aloysius Royan Anthony
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Grandparents' Day Mass
Friday, October 18 @ 10:00AM at St. Mary
Family Mass
Sunday, October 20 @ 9:30AM at St. Mary
All Saints' (Vigil) Mass
Thursday, October 31 @ 6:30PM at St. Augustine
All Saints' Day Masses
Friday, November 1 @ 8:45AM at St. Mary
Friday, November 1 @ 6:00PM at St. Mary
Mass of Remembrance (All Souls' Day)
Saturday, November 2 @ 11:00AM at St. Mary