When we look at the problems of the world, we might be convinced that it is corrupted beyond hope and that human beings are a blight. But the Lord does not loathe anything which He has made, least of all us. Rather, God loves creation. God loves each one of us.  Still, the Lord hates evil, because it disfigures that which He loves.  Out of God’s compassion and mercy, He corrects us little by little, and reaches out to us, to give us a chance to be what He made us be.  Zacchaeus responded to the Lord’s grace.  Will we?
 


32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time-November 10

From the very earliest times of the Church, praying for the dead has been an essential part of our petitions to God.  Judas Maccabaeus and his army are praised in the Bible for praying for the dead on account that such prayers are part of belief in the resurrection.  Those who have died are not gone forever, they are still our brothers and sisters.  And everyone is in need of the grace and mercy of God, who in His Divine Love, is desirous of giving us mercy.  So let us make special prayers for all those who have died, that they may experience mercy and forgiveness and healing.  God does not forget them and neither should we.  
 




BLESSING NOTICE

Your presence is requested 1 December 2019 at 2 pm for the Blessing of the Ground for the new building.  As part of the blessing, we will be burying a Time Capsule.  If you have an artifact of our parish life or history, like a photo, a Scapular, a Cross, or some other thing, please bring it.  We also need the medals of your favorite saints to place in the capsule or in the ground directly, so that we might invoke the constant help and prayers of our brothers and sisters in glory.  The Knights of Columbus will be cooking for a reception following the blessing.  Every individual, family, group, organization, and ministry in Saint Michael Parish should make plans to attend this historic event.


   Father Joseph