24th Sunday in ordinary time

September 15, 2019 Volume 3, Issue # 41

Our Pastor is Father Victor Ray

It was a marvelous story that Jesus told, wasn't it? Charles Dickens calls it the most beautiful story in all of

literature. Pick up your Bibles when you are by yourself. Open to Luke 15, read these stories. Read this

story of the parable of the prodigal son and I can guarantee you one thing, it will make its way straight to

your heart. There is a beauty, there is a humanness about it that is irresistible.

Young son - ''Give me.'' He was attracted by the world of music and laughter and excitement and glamour

and sensuality. Doesn't that sound human? That's as up to date as this morning's paper. And he just left

everything with the inheritance that was his and made his way to the far, far country. Right on target with

today's world! But then a famine came. And somehow a hungry stomach is usually an eloquent preacher of

righteousness.

Ghandi said, ''Even God himself dares not appear to a hungry man except in the form of bread!'' So from the pig pen, the prodigal came to himself. Now that little phrase is good news. In other words, the

Father is saying to you and to me that when we are away from his house, away from fellowship with him, we

are really NOT ourselves. So when the prodigal came to himself, he got up and headed back home. And

there a beautiful story follows. That Father on the roof top looking out, seeing the boy coming - he says,

''Bring a robe for him.'' That's a sign of honor. ''Bring a ring for him.'' That gave to the prodigal son the

power now of attorney of his father. ''Bring shoes for him.'' That meant that he was no longer a slave but a

son and this goes back to the spiritual we are familiar with. ''All God's chillun' got shoes.'' No 'longer would

God's have shoes. They would be sons. And then we see that Father running. Now in the Hebrew mind, a

Jew might many times fall down before God, begging for forgiveness and reconciliation and there be healing

there; but to see God runnin ...

Father Victor Ray

Wisdom From

Our Pastor

a CACINA Parish

Let’s Pray For:

Abrams, Al

Harper Family

Hartwig, Bill

Hickman, Bp. Peter

Judi and Larry

Kovar, Lyn

Little, Ron

Marx, D.A.

For all of our Parishioners

that follow us through

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for your specific request that

you have sent us.

For all those that need a

Prayer, Raise, your Right

Hand Toward Heaven and

know that the Parish of Saint

Teresa of Calcutta Catholic

Community is beside you in

your Prayer.

The Daily Prayer of Saint Teresa

Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with

your spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life

may only be a radiance of You. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I

come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no

longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so

to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.

Reflections of the Week:

How can I imitate the father in Jesus’ parable?

Whom can I welcome back?

Meeks, James

Obuchowski, Essy

Patton Kelsi and Ben

Ray, Father Victor

Retke, Wayne

Rodrigues, Betty

Spano, Dee

Talboom, Mark

Villafana, Ivy

Warner, Bill

PRAYER BASKET

Prayers received by the air waves

Fernanda, Bruno Husband, Annette, Don

Fabien, Jack, Susan, Billy Family Intentions

Wesley Victor Adolfo

Javier Mike Ifeanyi

AnnMarie Tequila, Daughter, Sister

Shahana Aditya

Upcoming Celebrations

MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT 9/8/19 - 17 COLLECTIONS: $262.00

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For all those Celebrations that I have missed, Forgive Me and I sincerely hope they were all Wonderful. Wishing you all the Happiness and Repeat of your Special Day!

For more detailed Church information, read the

STOCCC Gazette which is found on the Website:

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BIRTHDAYS

Father Juan 9/4

Cindy Giddens 9/9

Frank Frazier 9/15

Joe Ursitti 9/19

Bill Hartwig 9/19

Michael Villafana 9/19

Jan MaGray 9/22

Ann Robin Whitlock 9/24

Barb Fichter 9/28

ANNIVERSARY

Frank Frazier/Joe Ursitti 9/1

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church calendar PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES EVERY SUNDAY IN ROOM 107 AT 9:15 AM

Sunday, September 15, 10:30 am, Mass– 24th Sunday Ordinary

Sunday, September 15, 12:30 pm, House of Ministry Meeting

Sunday, September 22, 10:30 am, Mass– 25th Sunday Ordinary

Tuesday, September 24, 6:30 pm, Homeless Mat Workshop

Saturday, September 28, 3:00 pm, Ordination for Barb Fichter

Sunday, September 29, 10:30 am, Mass– 26th Sunday Ordinary,

Saint Teresa Induction into CACINA, Blessing of the Chapel

with a Potluck to follow (Please sign up for the Potluck).

Sunday, October 4, 6:30 pm, First Friday

Saturday, October 5, 9:30 – 11:00 am, Pet Blessing

Sunday, October 6, 10:30 am, Mass– 27th Sunday Ordinary

Sunday, October 13, 10:30 am, Mass– 28th Sunday Ordinary

Sunday, October 13, 12:30 am, House of Ministry Meeting

Sunday, October 20, 10:30 am, Mass– 29th Sunday Ordinary

Sunday, October 27, 10:30 am, Mass– 30th Sunday Ordinary

Tuesday, October 29, 6:30 pm, Homeless Mat Workshop

Thursday, October 31, Happy Halloween

Sunday, October 27, 10:30 am, Mass– 30th Sunday Ordinary

Friday, November 1, 6:30 pm, First Friday

Sunday, November 3, 10:30 am, Mass– 31st Sunday Ordinary

Sunday, November 3, Daylight Savings Time Ends

Sunday, November 10, 10:30 am, Mass– 32nd Sunday Ordinary

Monday, November 11, Veterans Day

GATHERING VIDEO

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 EXODUS 32:7-11, 13-14

The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of the land of

Egypt, for they have become depraved. They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to

them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, 'This is

your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!' "I see how stiff-necked this people is,

" continued the LORD to Moses. Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to

consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation."

But Moses implored the LORD, his God, saying, "Why, O LORD, should your wrath blaze up

against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with

so strong a hand? Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and how you swore to them

by your own self, saying, 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all

this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.'" So the LORD

relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

Responsorial Psalm PSALM 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19

R. I will rise and go to my father.

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my

offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me.

R. I will rise and go to my father.

A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from

your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me.

R. I will rise and go to my father.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite

spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

R. I will rise and go to my father.

Reading 2 1 TMOTHY 1:12-17

Beloved: I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he

considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry. I was once a blasphemer and a

persecutor and arrogant, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my

unbelief. Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant, along with the faith and love that are in

Christ Jesus. This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the

world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully treated,

so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example

for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life. To the king of ages, incorruptible,

invisible, the only God, honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

PLEASE RISE

CANTOR Alleluia 2 CORINTHIANS 5:19

R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel LUKE 15:1-32

Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain,

saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable. “What man among

you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them

would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he

sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says

to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy

in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. “Or

what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she

finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me

because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of

God over one sinner who repents.”

Then he said, “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father give me the share of your estate

that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. After a few days, the younger son

collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.

When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he

hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill

of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my

father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to

my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be

called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’ So he got up and went back to his father.

While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son,

embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer

deserve to be called your son.’ But his father ordered his servants, ‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put

a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast,

because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration

began. Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of

music and dancing. He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. The servant said to him, ‘Your

brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ He

became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. He said to his father

in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a

young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns, who swallowed up your property with prostitutes,

for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’ He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.

But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been

found.’”

This is the gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

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OFFERTORY

THE LOVE OF GOD

The love of God is greater far

than tongue or pen can ever tell;

it goes beyond the highest star,

and reaches to the lowest hell;

the guilty pair, bowed down with care,

God gave His Son to win;

His erring child He reconciled,

and pardoned from his sin.

O love of God, how rich and pure!

How measureless and strong!

It shall forevermore endure

the saints' and angels' song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill,

and were the skies of parchment made,

were every stalk on earth a quill,

and every man a scribe by trade,

to write the love of God above,

Would drain the ocean dry.

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,

though stretched from sky to sky.

O love of God, how rich and pure!

How measureless and strong!

It shall forevermore endure

the saints' and angels' song.

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COMMUNION VIDEO

COMMUNION EXTENSION

SANCTUARY Oasis Worship

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary. Pure and holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving, I'll be a living. Sanctuary for You

It is you, Lord. Who came to save

The heart and soul. Of every man

It is you Lord. Who knows my weakness

Who gives me strength. With thine own hand

Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary. Pure and Holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving I'll be a living. Sanctuary for you

Lead Me on Lord. From temptation

And Purify me. From within

Fill my heart Lord. With Your holy spirit

And Take away, Take away all my sin

Lord prepare me to be sanctuary. Pure and holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving, I'll be a living. Sanctuary for You

Lord prepare me to be sanctuary. Pure and holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving, I'll be a living. Sanctuary for You

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Thank You Lord Don Moen

Bible says it's a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, amen

I come before You today

And there's just one thing that I want to say

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

For all You've given to me

For all the blessings I can not see

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

With a greatful heart

With a song of praise

With an outstreched arm

I will bless Your name

Thank You Lord

I just wanna thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just wanna thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

For all You've done in my life

You took my darkness and gave me Your light

Thank You Lord, Thank You Lord

You took my sin and my shame

You took my sickness and healed all my pain

Thank You Lord, Thank You Lord

With a greatful heart

With a song of praise

With an outstreched arm

I will bless Your name

Thank You Lord

I just wanna thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just wanna thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

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