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TAX LETTERS
Parishioners who want a statement of 2011 contributions are asked to please call the rectory office or drop a note into the collection basket. Letters will be mailed to parishioners beginning the week of January 15th. When calling the rectory after hours and you get the answering machine please leave your name for
Mrs. Kowalski at voicemail #10
Prayer
Requests
Dear Parishioners & Friends,
This weekend, January 28th & 29th we will have the blessing of throats during our masses. The blessing of throats occurs on the Feast of St. Blaise, February 3rd. What is the origin of this?
St. Blaise, Biagio in Italian, Blasco or Blas in Spanish, was a bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, in modern Turkey, who was martyred for witnessing to the faith. He was tortured and beheaded for his beliefs by the local Roman governor around AD316. This is all that is known about him, the rest being legend. We know much more about devotion to and the popularity of St. Blaise than historical facts.
The special blessing of throats associated with St. Blaise is due to a miracle attributed to him. While in prison, he miraculously saved a boy choking on a fish bone. Early in the sixth century, evidence exists in the Eastern Church that Blaise was prayed to for aliments of the throat. To this day, his feast is a holy day in the Eastern Church. In the ninth century, veneration of St. Blaise came to the Western church and became very popular. Blessing of the throats with crossed candles began in the 1500s, the height of devotion to St. Blaise, and that blessing is still part of the devotion of the Catholic Church.
No matter what the facts are, St. Blaise is a constant reminder to us of God's care and concern for us in our weakness, sickness, and limited human existence. God's healing touch is with us always. St. Blaise's celebration is one of the ways in which we highlight and thank God for that care and concern.
Prayers and Best Wishes!
Father Jasany
Karen's Korner
Did you know that the whole history of our church is filled with both true and false prophets? Today’s Gospel tells us that Jesus’ fame spread because he taught with authority. We also learn that anyone can quote Scripture, even against God’s purposes. Our work is to do our best to discern the true prophets in our midst and to be true prophets as well. IF we truly listen to God, it will be God’s very words filling our mouths!
See You Soon!
Karen
SAVE THE DATE – On January 30th at
7 PM I will be hosting an Evening of Catholicism. If you have a question about the Catholic faith, write it down and drop it off at the rectory or in the collection basket for me. Or email me at beargiek_hotmail.com. I will answer as many as I can on that evening.
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Prayer Requests
The sick or hospitalized that through our prayers they will receive comfort and strength remembering:
Judy Bowersox, Kimm Bunch, William Connors, Terri Dillinger, Damon Drayer, Jose Dybzinski, Lenny Dzigiel, Simon Garcia, Alan Greene,
Rich Hejl, Ed Jackson, Cookie Klonowski, William Rasoletti, George Smith,
Margaret Toth & Megan Wagner and John Prezby
May our loved ones who have died, rest in eternal happiness in Heaven.
Please find in this week’s bulletin an information sheet from our St. Vincent DePaul Society with information for those needing assistance. There are helpful numbers for utilities, the Ozanam Center and the Department of Aging. Also, there are a limited number of pamphlets in the racks in church from Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging.
Bible verses on prayer, power of prayer
(John 14:14) 14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
(Colossians 4:2) 2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
(Luke 18:1) 1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
(Psalms 55:17) 17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
(Jude 1:20) 20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
(John 15:7) 7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
(I Thessalonians 5:17-18) 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
(I John 3:22) 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
(Philippians 4:6) 6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
We've all heard that the different dimensions of stewardship involve time, talent, and treasure.
Another view of stewardship invites us to see that all we have is pure gift from God. This view helps us to not only have the commitment of faith that tithing requires, but also shows us that nothing is truly ours-it all belongs to God. When we approach our possessions-indeed, our very lives-from this perspective, we can be more detached from what we have.
We are more willing to let things be used for others, because we are only stewards of what has been given to us.
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