June Birthdays at St. E's ~ provided by Ethel Cooley

06/03 ~ Joyce Coy

06/04 ~ Howard Braxton

06/05 ~ Ernest Ponton

06/06 ~ Vince Neylan

06/10 ~ Larry Williford

06/13 ~ Traven Carter

06/16 ~ Barbara Williford

06/18 ~ Angela Cotman

06/21 ~ Thomas Brown and Sierra Green

06/24 ~ Scott Stell

06/29 ~ Kim Ford

Pentecost at St. E's

Our Pentecost Banner

Fr. Jim delivering his homily!

"This is the Chalice of My Blood..."

Photos taken by cell phone - m.a.allen

HIV/AIDS Retreat and more... by Rosemary Overton

Hi Sisters,

I am going to be a participant of the 6/27-30/13 HIV/AIDS Retreat and will be preparing the hospitality gift bags.

I need 10-15 washcloths, deodorant for men and women, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving razors for men and women, individual pieces of hard candy and chocolate candy.  (Travel sizes or small sizes.)

All items accepted.  We can use extras to help Haiti or other outreach programs.  We are expecting 20-30 clients.  I will know on Saturday, 5/11, maybe, the exact number, when I attend the planning meeting.

Peace and love,

Rosemary



Also:  An article about the Black Catholic Congress

Meditation on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

"... and he was taken up to heaven."  Luke 24:51

Image at Vie de Jesus MAFA

Meditation on the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Love One Another ~ Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Acts 14:21-27

Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13

Rev 21:1-5a

Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35

Jesus speaks of a new commandment in John's Gospel this Sunday.  He tells us: "Love one another."

To love one another means that a community of like-minded people is created that places the needs of others as more important than their own individual need.

This community does not isolate itself but as its members grow in love, they reach out beyond themselves to embrace the world.

Jesus wished his disciples to love others as he loved them.  With a sacrificial love... a joyful love... a generous love... a healing love.

Jesus realized what this kind of love could do in the world he (and we, today) live in.  It could change lives.  It could also identify people as followers of Christ and Children of God.  Didn't Jesus say:  "This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another"?

This community would stand out among the world's peoples, and it would draw others to become a part of it.  People searching for what was absent in their lives.  People searching for meaning in the midst of war, hatred, sickness, violence, poverty, cruelty...  

But Jesus also knew that his disciples and future followers would be rejected by some...  They would suffer for that love they tried to share with others.  Those in power would be threatened by a love they did not understand, and they would try to destroy it...  But Love, which is God, will triumph...

Remember, written in the Book of Revelation, God says:  "Behold I make all things new."


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