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October 16th, From the Pastor's Desk

10/16/2022

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FROM THE PASTORS DESK
 
The intense heat is behind us and the climate is getting cooler every day. Very soon we shall experience winter again. Today we celebrate the 29th Sunday in ordinary time.
 
The first reading and the gospel show us two examples of people who pray, one without tiring and the other with determination. Both achieve their goals, salvation for the people of Israel (Moses) and justice (the widow). Only if we pray like them will we be always ready to accept the kingdom of God.
 
The Lord generally delays, because his time is not ours, his ways are not our ways, his thoughts are not our thoughts. If we pray we will not lose hope and when the Lord comes to do justice, we will be found vigilant.
 
In the second reading we hear Paul’s counsel to Timothy, “Study the Holy Scriptures!”
Constant contact with the word of God is the best prayer that we can have. To know the scriptures is to know God. St Jerome the biblical scholar put it well when he said, “ignorance about the word of God is ignorance about God himself. We must in our lives pray with the scriptures.
 
Do not forget to get your tickets for our upcoming dance that we are going to have on the 29th of this month here in our parish hall.
 
May God keep us all under his care until we meet again next Sunday at the feast of the Lord.
Be Happy in the Lord, and God loves you.
 
DEL ESCRITORIO DEL PARROCO
 
El intenso calor ha quedado atrás y el clima se vuelve más fresco cada día. Muy pronto volveremos a experimentar el invierno. Hoy celebramos el vigésimo noveno domingo del tiempo ordinario.
 
La primera lectura y el evangelio nos muestran dos ejemplos de personas que rezan, unos sin cansarse y el otros con determinación. Ambos logran sus objetivos, la salvación del pueblo de Israel (Moisés) y la justicia (la viuda). Sólo si oramos como ellos estaremos siempre dispuestos a acoger el reino de Dios.
 
El Señor generalmente se demora, porque su tiempo no es el nuestro, sus caminos no son nuestros caminos, sus pensamientos no son nuestros pensamientos. Si oramos no perderemos la esperanza y cuando el Señor venga a hacer justicia, seremos hallados vigilantes.
 
En la segunda lectura escuchamos el consejo de Pablo a Timoteo: “¡Estudia las Sagradas Escrituras!” El contacto constante con la palabra de Dios es la mejor oración que podemos tener. Conocer las escrituras es conocer a Dios. San Jerónimo, el erudito bíblico, lo expresó bien cuando dijo: “la ignorancia acerca de la palabra de Dios es ignorancia acerca de Dios mismo. Debemos en nuestras vidas orar con las escrituras.
 
No olvide conseguir sus boletos para nuestro próximo baile que tendremos el 29 de este mes aquí en nuestro salón parroquial.
 
       Que el Señor nos tenga bajo su cuidado hasta el próximo Domino en la fiesta del Señor.                                                Sean felices en el Señor que los ama.  

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