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Daily Scripture

+ 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Be wise but don’t be a ‘wise guy!’

Readings: I Corinthians 3:18-21 Psalm 24:1-4, 5-6 Luke 5:1-11

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written: “God catches the wise in their own ruses,” and again: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that are vain.”

Wisdom (Sophia) is a feminine attribute of God. True wisdom is rooted in deep faith and an abiding confidence in God’s abiding presence in all of creation and in the depth of our being. Wisdom comes from study, prayer and from the daily effort to live in God’s grace with Jesus as our mentor. Reason without faith leads to rationalization of our wants and desires. Reason combined with faith moves us to contemplation and moves us to probe and ponder the greatest mysteries of life that exceed the power of the human intellect to explicate or explain. That’s why poets, artists and composers are enable us to comprehend the qualities of God in nature, in the human body and in the qualities of a life lived in union with ultimate truth and beauty.

So we need to go to our prayer chair for at least twenty minutes at the beginning and end of every day. We need to walk among the trees and along the sea. We need to listen to music that stirs the soul and sing songs that touch the heart.

Only then can we be thoughtful people of measured speech and positive deeds.

Bulletin Board, Announcements, Calendar

Monday August 30, 2010

Recent Posting: Click Editorial/s/ – Op Ed on the header for three commentaries on the proposed construction of a new mosque in lower Manhanttan.

_and check ‘A simple meditation’ by clicking ‘Notes, Quotes & Comments’ on my website category links to the right.

and for an interesting perspective on the lack of transparency in our venerable old church, click ‘Pastor’s Study’ on the website category links to the right for a pensive article by Father Jim Martin, SJ, Editor of America Magazine. I received it courtesy of my Jesuit friend and Mentor, Fr. George Wilson (Jesuit, but nice!)

Where are women in the Church? Click ‘Pastor’s Study’ for a thought-provoking article by Catholic journalist and author, Angela Bonavoglia.

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Wed 9/1 – Liturgy 7:00 AM, Assumption
Conference, 11:00 AM, West Caldwell
Communion Calls, 1:30 – 3:30 PM
Wake +Frank Whitehead, Bailey’s Funeral Home, Mendham

Thurs 9/2 Funeral, Frank Whitehead, 10:00 AM, St. Joseph
Liturgy, 11:15 AM, Care One, Morristown
Conference, 12:30 PM, Totowa NJ

Fri 9/3 TBD

Sat 9/4 Liturgy, 5:00 PM, St Luke

Sun 9/5 Liturgy, 7:00 and 8:30 AM, Assumption

Mon 9/6 Labor Day

Tues 9/7 Conference 5:30 PM, Morristown

Wed 9/8 Liturgy, 7:00 AM, Assumption
Malachi Meeting, 1:30 PM, Mallinckrodt Convent
Communion Calls, 2:30 PM

Thurs 9/9 Liturgy & Visitation, 11:00 AM, Care One

Fri 9/10 Liturgy, 9:00 AM, Ridge Oak, Basking Ridge
Malachi Reunion, 7:00 PM, Mallinckrodt, Mendham

Sat 9/11 TBD

Sun 9/12 Liturgy, 8:30 AM
Litirugy, 11:15 AM, St. Luke

Mon 9/13 TBD

Tues 9/14 Liturgy, 9:00 AM, Quellen Center @ Mallinckrodt
Support Group, 1:30 PM, Morristown

Wed 9/15 Liturgy, 7:00 AM, Assumption
Communion Calls, 2:00 PM

Thurs 9/16 Liturgy & Visitation, 11:00 AM, Care One

Fri 9/17 TBD

Sat 9/18 _Liturgy, 5:00 PM, St. Luke

Sun 9/19_Liturgy_, 8:30 AM, Assumption
Liturgy, 11:15 AM, St. Luke

Mon 9/20 TBD

Tues 9/21 Quarterly Eye Exam 2:15 PM

Wed 9/22 Liturgy, 7:00 AM, Assumption
Communion Calls, 2:00 PM
Consultation, 4:00 PM

Thurs 9/23 Liturgy & Visitation, 11:00 AM, Care One

Fri 9/24 Senior Lunch, 12:00 Noon, Hope NJ

Sat 9/25 _100th Anniversary of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, 1:00 PM, St Bonaventure, Paterson
Liturgy, 5:00 PM, St Luke

Sun 9/26 Liturgy, 8:30 AM, Assumption

Mon 9/27 TBD

Tues 9/28 TBD

Wed 9/29 Liturgy, 7:00 AM, Assumption
Communion Calls, 2:00 PM

Thurs 9/30 Liturgy & Visitation, 11:00 AM, Care One