CATHOLIC FAITH AT HOME RESOURCES
For ST. THOMAS MORE PARISHIONERS
MAY 22
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It is in giving that we receive...
And every summer we have the chance
to give back to God
with OUR TIME AND TALENTS
by supporting our local church festival
- while enjoying fellowship with other parishioners!
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IT’S... B.A.C.K!
STM JULYFEST 2022
JULY 8, 9, and 10
Would you like to win $500?
Just volunteer for a shift you'll be entered into a drawing for $500!!!
Each shift is another entry!
BUT! YOU MUST SIGN UP BY... BEFORE JUNE 19TH
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Many types of roles and areas are available!
Check them out at Sign up Genius by clicking the link below:
For more information and/or questions, please contact:
Pam Moore 513-502-1902
or
Linda Caskey 513-309-8447
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TEN !!!
NEW SAINTS
recognized!!!!
On Sunday, in the Church’s first canonization since October 2019,
Pope Francis recognized 10 new saints -
people who God has revealed are in heaven with Him today.
During his homily, Pope Francis said:
“Holiness does not consist of a few heroic gestures,
but of many small acts of daily love.”
Click below for:
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Click below to watch the whole:
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A JOURNEY THROUGH
THE BOOK OF PSALMS
The Book of Psalms isn’t just a book of the Bible.
Inside, you’ll find hymns, poems and prayers
that were written and prayed with
over many years by various psalmists.
They...
Are praises that glorify God,
Are laments, prayers to God in times of sorrow,
Share wisdom for living in right relationship with
God, others and ourselves.
Every psalm's message is unique,
while richly describing the entire spectrum
of human emotion, from joy to sorrow, fear to trust.
Click below to learn 4 ways one woman's life was changed by:
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RELICS FROM VISIONARY,
ST. BERNADETTE,
ARE COMING TO AMELIA!
For the first time,
the relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous
are coming from Lourdes, France, and touring the United States.
Her relics will be available for veneration
at more than 30 churches and shrines
from East Coast to West Coast, from North to South
and environs in between...
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... and the RELICS ARE COMING TO OUR VERY OWN
Family of Parishes!!
St. Bernadette Parish
1479 Locust Lake Road, Amelia - *** June 8 and 9! ***
Mark your calendars!!
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And read more about this historical tour and its importance by clicking below:
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The BOOK of ACTS
is read during the
EASTER SEASON!!
If there is an action book in the Bible
that moves quickly
from one scene of action to the next,
it has to be The Acts of the Apostles.
Fr. Ed Broom, OMV,
highlights 10 spiritual fruits
from reading the Acts of the Apostles.
Click below for your spiritual progress and schedule your discovery of those:
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June 12
The final- 8th -
Chosen Watch Party
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PARISH DINING HALL
after 10:00 Mass
FREE DONUTS and COFFEE!
Or: In-person and online
Watch Parties June 15
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HOW ARE SAINTS CANONIZED?
Scroll down to find the answer!
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GOSPEL READING REFLECTION
For May 22, 2022
6th Sunday of Easter
Year C
John 14:23-29
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THE WILL OF GOD
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him."
- It is easy to say yes to God’s will in good times. What about in bad times? Do we still say, “Thy will be done?”
- Nothing can happen that God does not permit. He does not positively will everything to happen that does happen–for example, he does not will people to do evil but he does permit it because he positively wills our freedom. Therefore, everything that happens to us falls under God’s permissive will.
- Yet God loves us and only permits evil because he will bring a greater good out of it. As St. Paul said, “We know that in everything God works for good for those who love him” (Rom 8:28, see CCC 313). To explain, “Faith gives us the certainty that God would not permit an evil if he did not cause a good to come from that very evil, by ways that we shall fully know only in eternal life” (CCC 324).
- We do have the freedom and often the duty to right every wrong, yet we must endure evils. This is an everyday occurrence, sometimes an every moment experience.
- Thus, as children of God, we can see everything that happens to us at every moment as coming directly or indirectly from the hand of God and all of it being used by God for our ultimate good and the ultimate good of many others.
- The Catechism quotes three Catholic saints on the will of God in the face of difficulties (CCC 313). We can apply these to our lives, moment to moment.
St. Catherine of Siena said to “those who are scandalized and rebel against what happens to them”: “Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.”
St. Thomas More, shortly before his martyrdom, consoled his daughter: “Nothing can come but that that God wills. And I make me very sure that whatsoever that be, seem it never so bad in sight, it shall indeed be the best.”
Dame Julian of Norwich: “Here I was taught by the grace of God that I should steadfastly keep me in the faith. . . and that at the same time I should take my stand on and earnestly believe in what our Lord shewed in this time – that ‘all manner [of] thing shall be well.’”
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ANSWER TO QUIZ
Living a holy life is not enough
for a person to be declared a saint.
Instead, a person's life story passes through a strict
series of steps that prove they are
actually, right now a saint.
This process of declaring a person to be a saint
is called canonization,
and it tends to take a long time.
It does not begin until after a person has died.
CLICK BELOW TO READ THE:
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Does this all sound so great you wish there was more?
THERE IS !
Click the link below to find more:
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“The Virgin
of
Pochaiv"
The "Lourdes" of Ukraine
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A Prayer for Ukraine
God of peace and justice,
we pray for the people of Ukraine today.
We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.
We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow,
that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.
We pray for those with power over war or peace,
for wisdom, discernment and compassion
to guide their decisions.
Above all, we pray for all your precious children,
at risk and in fear,
that you would hold and protect them.
We pray in the name of Jesus,
the Prince of Peace.
Amen
From the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
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Consecration Prayer for Russia and Ukraine
The Vatican sent to bishops around the world the text of the prayer
that Pope Francis led on March 25
for the consecration of Ukraine and Russia
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Click below for the full text of the:
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