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ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY   PAGE SEVEN             APRIL 28, 2002 

JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF
LITURGY OF HOURS

One and all are encouraged to join in praying Morning Prayer (Lauds) each Monday through Thursday morning at 7:45 a.m. Friday morning, Morning Prayer is prayed at 7:30 p.m. during the school year. Daytime Prayer is prayed at 11:50 a.m. before the "Regina Caeli".
Copies of the "Liturgy of the Hours" are provided in large print by the front doors of the church.   Anyone wishing to own his/her own copy of the "Liturgy of the Hours" in big print may buy one at the Parish Pastoral Center.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY

Volunteers are needed to become Eucharistic Ministers. Please contact Tom or Susan Mogan at 818-991-7932. Please ask Tom or Susan about special "family scheduling."  (Please do not call after 8:00 p.m. in consideration of family time. Thanks for helping us be a family!)   
The only requirements are:  1) you are a Fully-Initiated Catholic Christian (baptized, confirmed, and made First Communion),  2) you are "canonically" able to receive the Sacraments (if married, married in the Catholic Church), and 3) you are frequently receiving Holy Communion. Also, please register in the Pastoral Center. Schedules may be picked up in the Sacristy. 

DOES GOD GET EVEN?


Doesn't the Bible Say:  "Vengeance is mine, says the Lord."?


Yes, God gets even!  In the Old Testament God's Call to Israel to be His People was unstoppable.  When evil tried to block Him, God's goodness conquered it.  God did not do evil things, but in the clash between good and evil, between grace and sin, grace and God's goodness win.  And, it isn't always pretty!  In the New Testament, when sin had its grip on us, He "got even" by sending His Only-Begotten Son to destroy sin and death, and to restore us to eternal life.

However, I have an idea you question is a little closer to home.  Sometimes people feel as though God gets even with them personally.  God always loves us and calls us to conversion --- namely, to turn-away from sin and to turn toward Him.  His only purpose in creating us, is to love us, and for us to love Him in return, so that we can be with Him forever in eternal glory.  Vengeance is not part of God's Plan.  But when we sin, we often suffer the consequences of our failures and bad choices.  We cause those results by what we do.  It is not God getting even!  Some people would blame God, or think that God does evil things to us because we commit sin.  Not true!  Remember what Jesus says to people who accused Him of casting out devils in the name of the devil:  "A house divided against itself can not stand."  If God were to do evil things, how could He be at the same time good and loving?  It is not possible!   

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."  President George Washington.

CAMPERSHIPS

If you would like to help children participate in our "Summer Spirit Day Camp," your donation of a campership(s) would be gratefully accepted. Each year we have children who would like to participate in our summer camp, but whose families are having a rough time financially.     

For more information, please call Pilar at 881 - 889 - 1279, ext. 214.

MANDATORY RETRAINING SESSION
FOR CURRENT EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

There will be a mandatory retraining session for all current Eucharistic Ministers on Tuesday, May 28th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the parish hall.

The purpose of this session is to train everyone in the procedures to serve in the Parish Hall while our church is under reconstruction from June to November.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.