WHO IS WELCOME IN ST. SAVIOUR CHURCH?

Are you a sinner? Have you been away from the church for a long time? Are you divorced or separated? Are you physically or

mentally challenged? Are you from a different culture? Are you not accepted because of your sexual orientation? Are you

elderly, a teen or young adult? Are you discriminated against because of your color? Are you feeling broken? Are you poor or

out of work? Have you been imprisoned? Have you a feeling that you are left out? You are welcome here! This is your home,

and we are your family!

CHURCH OF ST. SAVIOUR

Confessions First Saturday of the month in the church from 4:00-4:30 PM. By appointment for all other times.

Director of Music

Paula McKeown

Stewardship June 10

Offertory

$4,857.00

Attendance

June 17, 2018

"This is how it is with the kingdom of God." What is a kingdom? Is it the brick and mortar that build up the castle? Is it the expanse of land a king can reasonably defend? Our notions of kingdoms may be romanticized in the modern era, but for the Israelites, a kingdom held deep historical meaning. Thousands of years before the birth of Christ, the Israelites had asked God for a king. After the reigns of David and Solomon, the united kingdom dissolved into factions, and the land was conquered by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and, finally, Romans. For the Israelites, a kingdom was something to build, both structurally and civilly. While this had ended in ruin for their ancestors, many of Jesus' contemporaries longed for the restoration of an earthly kingdom. Jesus' words in today's Gospel are a radical departure from this perspective. He compares the Kingdom of God to a field, but it appears that the farmer has little to do with its progress. "The seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord, the land yields fruit." Jesus introduces his followers to a new sort of kingdom, a kingdom where God provides the growth. There is work to be done, of course. "When the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come." But for the Kingdom of God to flourish, there are certain things that are outside of our control. We sow seeds of kindness, justice, and integrity ? and then we must be patient. As shoots of faith appear, we nurture the growth with encouragement. As Christians, our task is not to build the Kingdom of God under our power alone, but to trust in the life-giving movement of God.

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments,

when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”

― Umberto Eco

Sunday, June 17, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary

Time

9:30 a.m. Fathers Day Mass Remembrance

11:30 a.m. Fathers Day Mass Remembrance

5:00 p.m. NO MASS

Monday, June 18, Weekday

8:30 a.m. Francisco & Lily Pacheco

Tuesday, June 19, Weekday

8:30 a.m. Eddie Clarke

Wednesday, June 20,

8:30 a.m. Joseph John Giamboi III

Thursday, June 21, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

8:30 a.m. Tim Nevville

Friday, June 22, Saint John Fisher, Saint Thomas

More, Martyrs

8:30 a.m. Agnes Giodorno

Saturday, June 23, Weekday

8:30 a.m. The People of the Parish

5:00 p.m. Mary Lou & Thomas White /Anna Henry /

Marion Cappiello

Sunday, June 24, The Nativity of Saint John the

Baptist

9:30 a.m. James & Anna O’Brien /

The Maguire Family

11:30 a.m. Claire Gabriel

5:00 p.m. John Gerst / Marion Cappiello

We will NOT have 5:00 p.m. Mass this Sunday, June 17th.

The 5:00 p.m. Sunday evening Mass will resume on Sunday June 24th. Thank you for your cooperation.

ST. THOMAS FOOD PANTRY Please continue to support the food pantry at St. Thomas Aquinas. We are especially in need of hot cereal, soup and toiletries, but whatever

you give will be most appreciated!