T HIR TY -T HIRD S UND AY Second Reading -- You are LECTORS

IN O RD IN AR Y T IM E
children of the light (1 8:00 A.M. – Freda Jones,
Thessalonians 5:1-6). Carlos Nix
November 16, 2008
Gospel -- To all those who have, 10:00 – Remona Miller,
more will be given (Matthew Michele Jones
Blessed are you who fear the 25:14-30 [14-15, 19-21]).
Lord. EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
— Psalm 8:00 A.M. – Rose Palmer, Leticia
128:1a Wanted: Pierce,
Joann Richardson,
Maxine
Harvey
For both Sunday Masses. 10:00 A.M. – Paula Nix, Carrie
Please contact Margaret Jones, or Miller,
Victor Ammons, if you are Mabel Parsons, Lydia
interested. Ramierz, Carol Robinson,
S PECI AL P RAYER L IST Rose Roos, Karen
Please take a church Rutherford, Robert
bulletin with you when Rutherford, Theresa
you visit our sick & shut- Rutherford, Terese Spears
in members. HOSPITALITY MINISTERS
Inell Hunter Home 8:00 A.M. – Hargett Hayes,
Raymond Ferguson Paraclete Manor Carlos Nix
Apts. Elaine Johnson,
Emily Vaughn John Knotts 10:00 A.M. Team:A – Arimeta
Center,#3041 Dupree,
Averee Howard Green Creek Carol Farste, Jenny Gillis,
Center Chaunceyetta Mize, Grace
Bobby Waddell Grove Care Center Momon, Barbara Watters
SHARING OUR GIFTS Suevonia Stewart
Autumn is the season for Home
harvesting and sharing the fruits Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Nicholson WELCOME - Terese Spears
of our labors. This week’s Home
scriptures use images of the Mary Brown Home NEXT WEEK’S COUNTING TEAM
harvest, family life, pregnancy, Edith Bolder St. Joseph Hospital
Betty Johnson St. Joseph Hospital
#4 – Dan Ryan, Deborah
and investment to describe the Buckley,
Donald MetoyerProvidence Pl, 89th
abundant harvest in the reign of Alma Hughes
Parallel
God. We discover that sharing Pearl Allen
the gifts we have been given Home
brings eternal rewards for Phil Roos
everyone. Home
In the Gospel parable a Georgia Willoughby
master entrusts his possessions Home
Mrs. Mendy (Mother of Alphonse M EETIN GS & S PEC IA L E VE NTS
to three servants before going on
Mendy) Home Sunday School and First
a journey. Each is given some
Nancy Walsh Home Communion Classes meet every
talents. What they do with those
Kevin Warren Home Sunday following 10 a.m. Mass,
talents determines what the Marion Shaffer St. Mary’s in the Youth Center.
master will do with them when he Manor, F-6 Jr. Youth Group – every 2nd & 4th
returns. How about us? What are Mary Graham St. Luke’s Hospital Sunday.
we doing with our talents? How NEXT SUNDAY’S ASSIGNMENTS Sr. Youth Group - every 1st &
will our Master treat us when he st
1 Reading – Ezekiel 34:11- 3rd Sunday
returns?
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2nd Reading– 1 Corinthians Center.
TODAY' S R EA DI NG S 15:20-26,28
First Reading -- The woman GOSPEL - Matthew 25:31-46 KNIGHTS OF PETER CLAVER
who fears the LORD is to be Knights 2nd Sunday
praised (Proverbs 31:10-13, 19- ALTAR SERVERS Ladies Auxiliary 1st Sunday
20, 30-31). 8:00 A.M. – Christopher Battle Jr. Knights Time: TBA
Psalm -- Blessed are those who Adrianna Blankenship, Jr. Daughters 2nd Saturday, 2:00
fear the Lord Robert Trigg p.m.
(Psalm 128). 10:00 A.M. – All Servers will St. Monica
Bldg.
serve
WEDNESDAY Sunday, November 23, 11:30
9:00 A.M.. - Mid-Week Mass a.m.
6:00 P.M. - Prayer Meeting St. Monica Catholic Church
5:30 p.m.- Financial Council JE SU -TV Channel 7
Meeting A Fictional Television Broadcast
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A DVEN T F AM ILY “Breaking News: A Look at
SATURDAY
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8:00 A.M. - Men’s Breakfast &
Bible Study P ROJ EC T A biblical interpretation of Luke
ADVENT BEGINS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1:57-80
30TH “The Annunciation & the
Adm. Bldg.
Visitation”
9:00 A.M. - Women’s Breakfast Each week, we are receiving
Admission: free, Refreshment
& Study more requests for assistance, and
provided.
St. our pantry shelves must be
Produced and Directed by the Black
Monica Room restocked more often than usual. Catholic Implementation Team.
10:00 A.M. - November 22 During ADVENT, we are asking KC-ST. JOSEPH DIOCESAN VICTIM’S
COMBINED COUNCILS MEETING our St. Monica Families to donate ADVOCATE: LESLIE GOULD,
Administr food items to help restock our 816-361-2666
ation Building Food Pantry.
5:00 P.M. - Men’s Bible Study Next Sunday, a grocery bag for Readings f or the W eek
St. each family will be placed in the Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Lk
Monica Room vestibule. Please take one home 18:35-43
and fill it with non perishable Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Lk
foods. Return your family’s bag 19:1-10,
of food on one of the four Acts 28:11-16, 30-31; Mt 14:22-
Sundays during ADVENT. 23
Thank you, your generous Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Lk 19:11-
donations are always needed and 28
Sunday, November 23, 2008 appreciated. Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Lk 19:41-
THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING Marcheita 44
Friday: Rv 10:8-11; Lk 19:45-48
Before the 10:00 Mass - Bush, and Staff Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Lk
Please join Father Terrell and our
20:27-40
church family, in the procession
around the block, as we T HAN KS GI VI NG D AY Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-
T hur sday , No vember 27 th 17; Ps 23;
commemorate Christ as Our
1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt
Lord and King. A Community & Family
25:31-46
Event
F IN AN CI AL R EPOR T 10:a.m.-1:0 0p.m., Gregg-
WEEKLY FORECASTED BUDGET Klice F AI TH E NR ICH ME NT
AMOUNT Community Center,
1600 E 17th Terrace, KCMO
LIKE PRECIOUS JEWELS
COLLECTION $7,700.00
BUILDING FUND $1,800.00 • Free Food, Free Haircuts, When one finds a worthy
(rounded to the • Free Manicures, wife, her value is far beyond
nearest dollar) • Free Transportation, & pearls. Her husband,
WEEKLY GOAL $9,500.00
• Free Clothing Give-Away entrusting his heart to her,
has an unfailing prize.
W EEKLY R EPO RT / N OVE MBE R Proverbs
November 2 THE LEGION OF MARY 31:10
$11,115.37 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2008 “What’s the secret of your
November 9 FOLLOWING EACH MASS. marriage?” my wife and I have
8,103.05 ST. MONICA ROOM (Youth been asked on many occasions
O CTOBE R S UMM AR Y Building) while helping prepare young
Collection $27,010.99 This membership is dedicated couples for married life in our
Building Fund $ 4,612.00 to prayer and service in the parish’s marriage preparation
T OTAL $31,622.99 church, with a devotion to the program. We talk about respect,
Expenses $31,974.38** Blessed Virgin Mary and the communication and our shared
Shortage $ 351.39 Rosary. faith.
** Loan payment not included or
Men, women, and young
paid this month.
Food Pantry $ 789.00 adults are invited to attend As I read this Scripture passage, I
this meeting. realize that the “unfailing prize”
of our marriage is that, on the
day we wed, we entrusted our
hearts to one another. For
twenty-eight years we have
managed, through faith, prayer
and a mutual understanding of
our commitment to daily affirm
that trust. We didn’t say, “Let’s
give it a shot and see what
happens.” We didn’t run the
course until the course got too
tough. We just entrusted our
hearts to one another. We’re not
better people than those whose
marriages have failed. We’re not
perfect. But we have never failed
to remember that we hold each
other’s hearts, cradled like
precious jewels, never to be
broken or traded.
Lord, thank you for giving us
people who we can trust with our
hearts.
S Christians we are called to be
teve Givens
BIBLE SEARCH
1. True or False? Although the
book of Proverbs is a collection of
hundreds of separate sayings by
several authors, it has a clearly
defined purpose.
(Proverbs 1:2-
6)
2. What is true of each of the
twenty-two verses of Proverbs
31:10-31?
a) Each begins with the same
word.
b) The first letter of each verse
forms an acrostic of the author’s
name.
c) The first letter of each verse
consecutively follows the Hebrew
alphabet.
F ROM F ATH ER ’ S D ESK
Upon ordination, I received a
healing and anointing set. It is
the Kit I use to anoint sick people
in the hospital. It has a cross, an
oil container, and a prayer book.
Some of you might have seen it,
had I visited you in the hospital. I
am surprised that I still have it.
Usually most of the gifts that I
have received have been lost or
broken. You cannot expect a
person to keep something for
seventeen years. The Healing
and anointing set was a special it. Yet the New Testament tells us
gift because it is used in the God’s eternal love for us is an
service of others, in that it lets unwavering fact. Surely that
those who are ill feel the reality leaves us with our hearts
Presence of God even in the bursting with gratitude day in
midst of their suffering. and day out. Our response
We all have gifts and talents should be to love God and others
that have been given to us. I in return.
would like to call them Blessings Parish
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from God. Sometimes those
Blessings, even though they were
given to us, were sometimes
meant to be gifts given in the
service of others and to God. So
often we want to keep those
Blessings to ourselves. In Matt.
25:14-30 we are reminded that
we cannot keep the light under a
bushel basket. It was meant for
all to see. Service to others and
God removes us from selfishness
and being self-centered. As
workers for the kingdom of God.
If you consider yourself a person
of Faith, our actions must follow
our beliefs.
Lord in heaven, you have given
me many blessings. How can all
that I am AND HOPE to be
respond to the many wonderful
gifts you have given me?
Fr. Terrell M
Finnell
A Stewardship Minute
“The only ultimate value in our
lives is the love God has for us.”
This sentence is packed with a
salient truth! Notice the words:
“Ultimate” means last or final or
utmost. “Value” means worth or
importance. “The love God has
for us” focuses upon the deep
personal affection God has for
each of us. Think of God’s
everlasting love surrounding us,
supporting us, and blessing us
every second of our lives.
Even in difficult times, that truth
should make our lives hum with
conficence, assurance, faith,
hope, and love. Think of it! The
love of our Creator for each of
us…and we cannot be separated
from it…ever. What amazing
grace!
Yes, we have the freedom to
ignore it, shun it and even doubt