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At our Stewardship meeting in June, Yvonne Brandon, who is working on social media notices for St Therese, expressed her frustrations with the universal Church. I invited her to share her story as a cradle Catholic of disillusionment, return and faith despite her frustrations. – John Russell, Stewardship Corner editor

You alone are the source of every good gift and the mystery of each human life.

“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” The Lord God to the Apostle Paul 2 Corinthians 12:9

We have moved our 11:30am Mass time back to 12:00pm. Please join us on Sunday at either the 8:30am or 12:00pm Mass.

As you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also. 2 Corinthians 8:7

The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said: Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door, and said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled! Job 38:1, 8-11

It shall put forth branches and bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind shall dwell beneath it, every winged thing in the shade of its boughs. And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, bring low the high tree, lift high the lowly tree, wither up the green tree, and make the withered tree bloom. The Lord God to Ezekiel, Ezekiel 17:22-24

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Jesus to The Twelve at the Last Supper Mark 14: 23-26

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:19 – 20a

“Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: See! I will bring spirit into you, that you may come to life.” Ezekial 37:5

“Lord at this time are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” The Apostles to the Risen Christ, Acts 1:6b

While Peter was still speaking these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the word. The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit should have been poured out on the Gentiles also. The Acts of the Apostles 10:44-45

Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. First letter of John 3:18

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. First letter of John 3:1a

“Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away.” Peter to the people of Jerusalem, The Acts of the Apostles, 3:19

There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need. The Acts of the Apostles, 4:34-35

Brothers and sisters: Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, 5:6b-8

It could be said that, here and now, anyone who is neither a robber nor a passerby is either injured himself or bearing an injured person on his shoulders. Pope Francis on the parable of the Good Samaritan, Fratelli Tutti

Goodness, together with love, justice, and solidarity, are not achieved once and for all; they have to be realized each day. Pope Francis on St. Francis, Fratelli Tutti

Francis felt himself a brother to the sun, the sea, and the wind, yet he knew that he was even closer to those of his own flesh. Wherever he went, he sowed seeds of peace and walked alongside the poor, the abandoned, the infirm and the outcast, the least of his brothers and sisters. Pope Francis on St. Francis, Fratelli Tutti