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Bits and Peaces. fr. Greg Corrigan A Catholic Response to Racism via Zoom An important conversation for all! Sept. 30, Oct. 14 & 28, Nov. 11, 7-8:30 p.m. "Anti-Racism: A Catholic Response," Zoom forum sponsored by St. Catherine of Siena and Resurrection Parishes. Participants should obtain a copy of the book "Racial Justice and the Catholic Church" by Fr. Bryan Massingale before the forums. To register, call (302) 633-4900 or Fr. John Hynes at jhynesscs@aol.com. A link will be sent for each meeting. Questions are powerful things. Questions elicit answers in their likeness. It’s hard to respond to a simplistic question with anything but a simplistic answer; it’s hard to rise above a combative question. But it’s hard to resist a generous question. We can ask questions that inspire dignity and honesty, and revelation. Krista Tippett What do you want in a parish? What do you bring to a parish? What does a parish bring to others? We Shape the Future It seems to me that we need to recognize that to develop the best humanity, the best spirit, the best community, there needs to be practices of exploring. How do we do that? How do we work together? How do we talk together in ways that will open up our best capacities and our best gifts? Vincent Harding

Peace to you, fr. Greg Corrigan

-God is the source of all healing and hope, to whom we lift up in prayer the needs of the sick and those who care for them. Lord, allow your healing hand to assist Eva

Skripchuk, Burt Strasser, JD Howell, Jack & Jane Tabaka, Bill Dorsey, Joseph Hemphill, Alyssa Stover, Chet Andruskiewicz, Jim Gambort, Candi Smith, Sean McCormick, Janice Kane, Ralph Culver, Cass Thomas, Patty Calhoun, Katie Fink, Beth Bell, Julie Edmiston, Anna Catriew, Annabelle Capritta, Patricia Barber, Joey (Morton) Scruggs, Steven Huhn, Ed Donaldson, Kathie Wisniewski, Ginnie Marzouca, Rick Markel, Peggy Wessel, Andy Werner, Wayne Bunting, Bea Mercatante, Lorraine Sturmfels, Ann Amsler, C.D. Malmgren, Elmer Godwin, Jill Bauerle, Tina Mahler, Meghan Weiss, Paul Sanders, Joyce Graney, Joan Rzucidlo, Nancy Bunting, Joan Read, Jane Hanson Leslie Johnson, Elaine Fusco, Linda Read, Joe O'Shaughnessy, Maryellen A. Sedlacek and others mentioned in our parish book of intentions.

LITURGY

Readings for the Week – September 20, 2020 Monday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Mt 9:9-13 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Eccl 11:9—12:8; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17; Lk 9:43b-45 Sunday: Ez 18:25-28; Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5; Mt 21:28-32

For the celebration of Mass at home With gratitude and joy we offer Mass Online from Resurrection Parish for each Sunday will be posted on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. our homepage https://www.resurrectionde.org FaceBook page www.facebook.com/resurrectionde and our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/ResurrectionParishDelaware

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For the celebration of Mass at church Sunday 9:30 a.m. Mass Please come with an open heart. Changes to Mass are necessary for the health and safety of all. We welcome everyone to walk joyfully and patiently as a parish community as we figure this out in a safe, yet holy way. To register to attend the Mass, please visit the parish website www.resurrectionde.org and look for the sign up genius link. You may also call the parish office at 302-368-0146 ext. 0 until Thursday at 3 p.m. to register.

Please Note: a face mask or covering is required for all 6 ft. social distancing is required at all times

on parish property Parishioners who are particularly vulnerable (e.g. over the age of sixty, existing heart or lung conditions, diabetes, or otherwise immuno-compromised) are STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from attending public celebrations of the Church until all restrictions have been lifted. The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass issued on March 12, 2020 remains in place for the Diocese of Wilmington. For those who cannot attend Mass in person, know that God’s infinite grace and mercy remain abundantly available.

PARISH LIFE Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) A 12 Step Program for men and women who meet to support each other in our common recovery from two No-Fault Illnesses: --an emotional or psychiatric illness, and --chemical/substance dependency. Meetings are Open and meet at Resurrection Parish (368-0146 ext.115) every Monday at 7:00 p.m.

Pray Together While Apart Wednesday Morning, 9 a.m.

Join in as we share prayer, scripture and song via

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CHRISTIAN FORMATION PROGRAM

CFP this Sunday, September 20th online!

Register now to receive your Sadlier E-Book. September 20th (online E-Book), and September 27th (Outdoor CFP for K-

2nd Grade at the Resurrection Parish's Patio) Please contact: Nancy Maloney nmaloney.resurrectionde@gmail.com to register your child.

YOUTH MINISTRY Middle School & High school Bike Ride On the Jack Martell Trail DATE: Saturday, Sep. 19, 2020 TIME: 10:00-Noon

Contact Elaine for details or to register at elittle@resurrectionde.org or 368-0146 ext. 107

MS YOUTH group September 20 at 6:30 pm VIA ZOOM

Contact Elaine for Zoom link.

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SOCIAL CONCERNS

Resurrection Parish continues to support the FOOD CLOSET at Community Christ Church

___ soup, beans, rice___ canned fruit and vegetables ___ mac & cheese___ pasta, pasta sauce ___ peanut butter and jelly___ tuna, canned meats ___ breakfast cereal

You may drop items off in the bin at Resurrection Parish, or bring them directly to Community of Christ Church. As always, THANK YOU! for helping those most in need. We realize this is a trying time for everyone and we greatly appreciate your continued support. LOCATION: Community of Christ Church, 1205 Milltown Rd. Wilmington, DE 19808 HOURS of operation: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. PHONE: (302) 994-7867

Taking It Home Deacon John

Although we usually imagine, as our first reading suggests, that God's ways are not our ways, we still often make assumptions about God's ways. And when we make these assumptions, we usually assume that God pretty much works according to the way that we work. We assume for instance that the way God works is in accord with our sense of fairness. And our sense of fairness is that those who deserve to get something because they have made the effort and done the work, should justifiably get what they deserve. On the other hand, those who fail to make the effort, should also get what they deserve, which is nothing. This idea of "just deserts" is essentially our sense of fairness; our way of saying what is right and just; after all isn't God about being fair and just? Unfortunately, God is always more than we humans can imagine. So in our system of "just deserts," we believe that God should treat us appropriately. If I do everything that I think God wants me to do, like attend mass, keep the commandments, pray and obey then God should reward me with entrance into the kingdom of heaven. And not only should God reward me with entrance into the kingdom of heaven, God should protect and bless me for the good life that I lead. But if I fail to do what God wants of me then I truly should not deserve to expect God's favor. But does God really act the way we do according to our sense of "just deserts?" The gospel parable that we hear this weekend of the last hired servants just might blow away our sense of God acting according to our ways; our ways of "just deserts." What we

think of as fair and just, just might not be the ways of God. Instead this gospel should give us a whole new perspective on the ways in which God acts with us. What Jesus is really trying to tell us is about our relationship with God. And what Jesus is saying about that relationship is that entry into the kingdom is not about "just deserts," did I deserve it. No one and that is absolutely no one, is owed eternal life in union with God. To think otherwise is to suppose that you can work your way to heaven. And you can’t. Instead the kingdom is a matter of assent. When given the opportunity, did I accept God's offer to do the work of the kingdom, which is helping God in the building up of that kingdom now here on earth.

The whole point of the parable is not to look at it from our perspective, the perspective of what we think is just and fair, but from God's perspective. Because when we can see it from God's perspective, we just might be able to see that God, as the owner of the vineyard wants us, regardless of the hour, to do the work of the vineyard. And the work of the vineyard is the

building up of creation. Therefore, the wages we receive are not the reward, but the work itself, which is our joy in being able to contribute to the completion of creation. The problem of seeing the parable from our perspective, which is the deserving model, is that such an approach leads to self-justification. It all depends on me. And when everything depends on me, grace as God's free gift becomes a matter of merit; did I do what was necessary to save myself, after all I am a sinner? But God does not see us as sinners. God sees us as the good people God created, which is why God calls us in the first place and why the call comes always and whenever we are ready to hear it. The problem with the merit approach is the way in which we think we can manipulate and control God. God is at my beck and call. But grace is simply grace, God's free gift. It is God's free choice as owner of the vineyard to offer it to anyone at anytime. This may not always be just and fair in our own particular worlds, but it is God's nature as God because God loves what God has created. The bottom line is that salvation is not based on our standards, the standards of just deserts and merit, but on God's infinite mercy and love. God is calling each one of us at any hour on any day because God is responding to our need, which is the need to be called out of our way of thinking, which is that of undeserving sinners, and into God's goodness and loving embrace. This way of thinking does go against our pattern of human thinking about our relationship with God, but it will also most certainly deepen that relationship with the God who is always near to all who call upon him.

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