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Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time Out of the 52 Sundays of the Church year, more than thirty are Sundays in Ordinary Time. When we reach these “Thirty-something” weeks, the Church’s liturgical year is drawing to a close. During these final weeks, the Church focuses on what are called “the Last Things”: that is, realities commonly associated with the end of the world. The Last Things are Heaven, Hell, death and judgment. Nonetheless, the Gospel on this 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time is not dramatic or apocalyptic. It’s a simple story about Jesus and a fellow of short stature named Zacchaeus. Yet the simplicity of this story helps us relate to it. We might be impressed or even awed by dramatic sto-ries about the end times, but it’s hard—once we return to the ordinary grind of daily life—to convince ourselves that such stories have much to do with us. But the story about Zacchaeus is easier for us to relate to because it’s such a humble story. Look at Zacchaeus. He is a rich collector of taxes. Each of us, like him, is attached to worldly things. Zacchaeus (meaning you) wants to see who Jesus is, but Zacchaeus has two strikes against him. The first strike against Zacchaeus is the crowd, because everyone wants to see Jesus. It’s easy to get lost and to feel unloved when you’re in the middle of a crowd. You might ask, “How can Jesus love everyone?” The second strike against Zacchaeus is his small size, which may represent the size of our souls. You might feel unworthy of God’s love and ask, “How could Jesus love me, as small as I am?” That’s why Zacchaeus climbs up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus. This is all Zacchaeus wants: simply to see Jesus. But that’s not enough for Jesus. This reveals to us an important point about the spiritual life. God always wants more for us than we want for ourselves. The ques-tion, then, is whether we’re willing to do what’s needed to accept what God wants for us. This brings us to the turning point in Sunday’s Gospel passage. When Jesus reached the place where Zacchaeus had climbed the tree, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly; for today I must stay at your house.” Jesus takes the initiative to reach out to this individual. Likewise, just as he reached out to this little sinner, he is trying to reach into your life. This passage illustrates the point and purpose of the spiritual life: that God would dwell within us, and from within, transform us. This is the point of listening to God in the Liturgy of the Word at Holy Mass: to come down from our self-regard and allow Jesus to enter our home—to enter our soul—in order to transform us from within through the grace of the Eucharist in Holy Communion. In the last sentence of today’s Gospel passage, Jesus offers Zacchaeus hope. Zacchaeus knew that he was coming up short in life, but he didn’t know if Jesus would offer him what he was lacking. Jesus responds by declaring, “the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”
Thirty first Sunday in ordinary time PAGE 2 November 03, 2019
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ST. MARTIN OF TOURS PARISH STAFF Pastor: Msgr. Thomas A. Martin
Deacons: Thomas Thamann and David Guido Administrative Assistant: Colleen Takacs
Bookkeeper: Bobbie Appelgren Director of Religious Education: Tim McNamara Coordinator of Youth Ministry: Shannon Sheets
Pastoral Care/Liturgy/Receptionist M-W-F: Sue Maneikis Bulletin Editor/Receptionist T-TH: Kathy Laske
Scrip Coordinator: Dave Kosacek
Music/Choir Director: Jane Mattison
Mass Schedule Saturday 5:30p Sunday 8:00a & 11:00a Wed. & Fri. 9:00a
Reconciliation on Saturdays 10:00-11:00a Office Hours: Monday—Friday 9:00a-4:00p
ST. MARTIN OF TOURSST. MARTIN OF TOURS 5855 East W Avenue, PO BOX 264, Vicksburg, MI 49097
(269) 649-1629 St. Vincent DePaul Ext 1010 www.stmartinvicksburg.org
PLEASE PRAY FOR: Sophia Bleeker, Mackenzie McCowen, Judy Hansford,
Sarah Kettenbeil, Bob Lakowski, Tony Opalewski, Vicki Pearl, Dan Ramlow,
Danny Robinson, Leo Swiat
November 03 Sunday This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for Tony Podkol by Toni Dibble 8:00 a.m. Mass †Bob & Adale Shook by the Waldron family 9:30 a.m.—10:45a.m. Religious Ed classes & Adult Study Group 11:00 a.m. Mass For the people of St. Martin 6:00p.m.—8:00 p.m.. Youth Group November 04 Monday 6:30p.m. Bible study with Msgr. Martin 7:30p.m. St. Vincent DePaul (East Classroom) November 05 Tuesday 6:30p.m. Choir practice November 06 Wednesday 9:00a.m. Mass †Heather Thompson by S. Kim Lee November 07 Thursday 7:00p.m. R.C.I.A. November 08 Friday 8:00a.m.—9:00a.m. Adoration 9:00a.m. †Bob Warren by S. Kim Lee November 09 Saturday 7:30a.m. Men’s Group 10:00a.m. –12:00p.m. Fuel Your Faith: Brunch & Speaker 5:30p.m. Mass †Kathryn Holland by Ken & Gail DeWolff November 10 Sunday This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for Tom Kelley by Vicki Kelley 8:00 a.m. Mass For the people of St. Martin 9:00 a.m.—1:00p.m. Farmer’s Breakfast 9:30a.m.—10:45a.m. Religious Ed classes & Adult Study Group 11:00a.m. Mass For the healing of Ann Schumm By Mike & Maureen Gergely 6:00p.m.—8:00p.m. Youth Group
SCRIP WORK SCHEDULE NOV 09/10
Sat. 5:30p DeWolff Sun 8:00a: Gillespie/Bloom
Sun 11:30a: Musselman
SCRIP CARDS Date Participating Added to Families Building Grounds Oct 14 14 $72.88 Scrip is sold after weekend Masses
narthex or in the church office M-F 9a-4p.
PARISH SUPPORT OCT 27 Envelope 124 Collection $7,506.00
Weekly Goal: $6,923.00
NATIONAL VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS NOV 3: O God, Father of all Mercies, Provider of a bountiful Harvest, send Your
Graces upon those You have called to gather the fruits of Your labor; preserve and strengthen them in their lifelong service of you. Open the hearts of Your children that they may discern Your Holy Will; inspire in them a love and desire to surrender themselves to serving others in the name of Your son, Jesus Christ. Teach all Your faithful to follow their respective paths in life guided by Your Divine Word and Truth. Through the intercession of the
Most Blessed Virgin Mary, all the Angels, and Saints, humbly hear our prayers and grant Your Church's needs, through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF OUR PARISHIONERS WHO HAVE DIED
IN THE PAST YEAR:
Kathryn Holland, Mary (Zonyk) Wagar,
Thomas Kelley
“I am the resurrection and the life: whoever believes in me, even if he dies,
will live, and everyone who lives and
believes in me will never die.”
John 11:25-26
SERVER SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK NOV 09/10
DATE MASS CANDLE-BEARER/CANDLE-BEARER\CROSS-BEARER Nov 09 5:30p Janet Haas Volunteer Sue Maneikis Nov 10 8:00a Frankie Loriso Joey Loriso Simon Swager Nov 10 11:00a Meredith Chenier Sydney Kaiser Sidney Chenier DATE MASS LECTOR BODY BLOOD Nov 09 5:30p Pam Thamann Deacon Mike Anderson Scott Cline Pat Cline Deena Anderson Tammy Ramlow USHERS: Doug & Deb Stafinski, Ken & Gail DeWolff Nov 10 8:00a Amy Swager Deacon Mike Coppens Janet Kosacek Nghiem Nguyen Grace Richards Mary Nguyen USHERS: Joe Stockoski, George Richards, Joe Rice, Marv Thomas Nov 10 11:00a Richard Szwaja Deacon Karen Szwaja Michael Sirotti Alan Puplis Lisa Irwin Mary Hessling
USHERS: Abbi & Lili Curtis, Walt Zablocki, Devon Swiat
COFFEE & DONUT HOST FOR NOVEMBER 24: 8:00 a.m. Scott & Pat Cline
11:00 a.m. The Sirotti family
St martin of tours PAGE 3 Vicksburg, MI
AROUND THE DIOCESE
WORD OF LIFE
“God never stops offering each of us his mercy, ‘a concrete reality with which he
reveals his love’ (MV 6).”
USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities Reflection: Moved by Mercy (Excerpt
from Misericordiae vultus, © 2015, Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
Used with permission. All rights reserved.)
INSIDE OUR PARISH
AVE MARIA FALL FEST 2019 will be on Sat., Nov 23. The
event is to educate your parish’s high school seniors & juniors about the generous Ave Maria University (AMU) Michigan Scholarship & the AMU Michigan Homeschool Scholarship & college seniors & graduates about the Ave Maria School of Law (AMSL) Michigan & Toledo Area Full-Tuition Scholarship. JOIN CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO at EMA restaurants on Nov 20. These restaurants include Liz’s Parkview Café/Richland, Treat Street/Oakwood Plaza, Kalamazoo, Michelle’s/Mattawan, Kalamazoo, Portage, Vicksburg. 25% of bill will be donated to serve home-less & trafficked teens, families in crisis, pregnant women & babies. GAUDIUM CHRISTI EAST will begin on Friday, November
15 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.at St. Joseph Parish Chapel, Battle Creek. All adults are invited to come spend time with Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament. "WHEN CANA WINE RUNS DRY" is a free marriage retreat
open to all couples lead by Greg Schutte, Catholic husband, father, marriage therapist, and author of Discovering Our Deepest Desire. The retreat will be held at St. Augustine Cathedral in the Crowley Center on Saturday, November 23 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. RSVP by Nov 16 to Socorro Truchan.
IN PLACE OF PACK THE HOUSE: This year the Adult Ed committee has
planned a Saturday morning brunch. All are welcome to join us this Saturday, Nov 9 from 10a-12p. The first topic will be Fueling our Faith. Guest Speaker: Fr. Jeff Hanley. Catered Brunch served from 10a-11a! Sign up sheets are on the
Adult Ed table in the narthex.
THE KINGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE to know if we have any parishioners or their sons or daughters who are currently actively serv-ing overseas in the military in any branch of service. The council sends care pack-ages to them around the holidays. Please contact the Parish Office at 649-1629
with names and APO addresses no later than November 24.
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ARE SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS again this weekend in the narthex and will continue selling every weekend until Nov 23/24. Together let’s evangelize and keep the word Christ present on the
cards we share this Christmas with our family and friends.
NEXT FARMER’S BREAKFAST IS NEXT SUNDAY, NOV 10 in the Parish
Hall. All are welcome from 9:00a—1:00p.
SOUTH COUNTY’S CHRISTMAS FOOD BASKET: We are collecting donations again this year. Labelled envelopes are available in the Narthex on the
Charitable Giving easel. Donations are due back by Nov 23 - 24.
YOUTH MINISTER Shannon Sheets 269-649-1629 ext 1001
JOIN US THIS SUNDAY, November 3 from 5:30-7:30 in the Youth Center for food, faith, and fun. Come dressed as your favorite saint or with a special item about your saint to celebrate
All Saints' Day.
Please note our new meeting time: 5:30-7:30!
Mark the calendar for our future gatherings:
November 10: 5:30-7:30
November 17: 5:30 -7:30
November 24: Activity day! Time TBD.
Thank you to all who joined us in raking leaves last week and to all those who prayed for us. We had a fabulous time, perfect weather, amazing volunteers, and the most kind and caring
hosts.
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATATION Tim McNamara 269-649-1629 ext 1003
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Aaron C. Ford, DDS
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TAKE CARE OF THE REST
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