FATHER JIM'S JOTS - St. Elizabeth Catholic Church - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 22, 2024

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 22, 2024

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

A few months ago, I was writing about summer plans and praying for safe journeys for all traveling during the summer months.  Now, I wish all of you a happy first day of Fall!  It is hard to believe that time has passed so quickly and that the seasons are changing already.

On one side of the flyer in the bulletin, you will see a call to action against the shipping of illegal arms to Haiti.  This flyer is from the Justice Coalition of Religious: Women & Men Religious Working for Global Transformation at the United Nations and Around the World. To learn more about this organization and this call to action, you can visit their website at: jcor2030.org.  As Catholics, our most important commandment is to "do to others whatever you would have them do to you" (Matthew 7:12).  I encourage everyone to support our Haitian brothers and sisters. Please see the flyer to find out how you can participate.

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

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 in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Blessings to you and yours,

Fr. Jim Arsenault

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