Fr. Jim's Jots! ~ Twenty-Second in Ordinary Time, August 30, 2020

FR. JIM'S JOTS

Special thanks to all who have helped with this year's Zoom Jazz Festival. You have been a blessing to Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church with your time, talent and treasure.  Next week we will give you an update on how much funds were raised.

During this difficult time with the pandemic COVID-19, hurricanes and the heartbreak of racial unrest and prejudice against Black Men, may we work against systemic racism and promote a non-violent change.  Below is a prayer to St. Francis.  May we pray and work.  Ora et Labora and VOTE.

PRAYER

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

 Grant that I may not so much seek

To be consoled, as to console;

To be understood, as to understand;

To be loved, as to love;

For it is in giving that we receive,

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned

And it is dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

P.S.  Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of James Edward Cooley, Jr., the brother of our beloved, Ethel Cooley.

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