Dear Friends,

This will be the third weekend that I won’t be with you, but I can see by Pastor Dick’s homilies that you are being well-cared for.  We continue this week with the theme of “eating” and that we would be “bread for our world.”  As always, our God, and especially, our brother Jesus asks us to go deeper. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians instructs us, “to give up our old life and self.” Sometimes this is more than we feel we can or even want to do.

I was reading an address that Sr. Nancy Schreck gave to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious last year that said so well what we as Jesus’ followers must be about.  She said we must remember the “dangerous memory of Jesus” and never become, “tamed” as we live out our Christian lives. She went on to say that our church and society need “a mature love” from each of us as we try to respond. I leave these thoughts for you to ponder as Robert and I continue our trek across Alaska having just arrived on Monday as I write this.

A special note to all: Robert and I will be away for the next 5 Mass times—do pray for our safety—we will miss you all in our absence.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15
• Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24
• John 6: 24-35

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Dear Friends,

We continue this week to be challenged to be prophets—a daunting task, but with the Spirit at our backs and Jesus as our guide, we can do it! We are in this together! Maureen and Lou Guillou will do their presentation on the UNBOUND Program after Mass on Sunday. Our parish sponsors Tranquilino through UNBOUND.

A special note to all: After this Sunday, Robert and I will be away for the next 7 Mass times—Dick Dahl will stand in for me during that time. We are traveling to Alaska—do pray for our safety—we will miss you all in our absence.

Come; celebrate with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Amos 7: 12-15
• Ephesians 1: 3-14
• Mark 6: 7-13

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Dear Friends,

We are called this week to consider our baptismal role to be prophets—to basically speak our truth where we are planted for the good of the People of God. We go about this task with humility and the strength of our brother, Jesus. Blessings on this call for all of us.

Come; celebrate with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

P.S. Any children in the community, I could use your special help on Sunday if you will be with us!!!

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Readings:

• Ezekiel 2: 1-5
• 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10
• Mark 6: 1-6

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Dear Friends,

The readings for this Sunday call us to look at death, something that comes to each of us in our own time, but the call comes within the context of living and living to the fullest. This is what our God wants for each of us and is certainly Jesus’ message this week to the two women he heals, the daughter of Jairus and the unnamed woman on the street. Each of us is called to the fullness of life—come; ponder these mysteries with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

UNBOUND Presentation, July 12^th IS ON AGAIN!! Lou and Maureen Guillou WILL BE BACK IN TIME as planned!  This presentation will take place during our fellowship time after Mass. Again, mark your calendars!

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Readings:

• Wisdom 1: 13-15; 2: 23-24
• 2 Corinthians 8: 7, 9, 13-15
• Mark 5: 21-43

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Dear Friends,

It’s all about faith and trust this week, believing that our God in Jesus is with us, no matter what happens in life. We are not alone. That gives me a great deal of hope and I trust it does you as well.

Come; be with us this SATURDAY and celebrate our hope in Jesus!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Job 38: 1, 8-11
• 2 Corinthians 5: 14-17
• Mark 4: 35-41