Decimotercer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. ¿Parece abrumador el deber cristiano de ayudar a los pobres? Escuchamos que cada vez hay más personas sin trabajo, cada vez más personas sin hogar y cada vez vemos más fotografías de niños hambrientos. Incluso en la época de San Pablo había pobreza más que suficiente para todos. Estaba tratando de generar interés (en la segunda lectura) en un proyecto para ayudar a los cristianos en Jerusalén. Vemos aquí dos de sus razones.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Does the Christian duty to help the poor seem to be overwhelming? We hear more and more are out of work, more and more are homeless, and we see more and more pictures of starving children. Even in St. Paul’s time there was more than enough poverty to go around. He was trying to build interest (in our second reading) in a project to help the Christians in Jerusalem. We see two of his reasons here.
Most Blessed Sacrament participates the annual Oshkosh Back To School Fair. For the 2024-2025 school year, the giving trees will be in the back of church beginning June 27 & 28. Please take a tag and return donations by July 31. The Fair takes place August 14 & 15 - volunteers are welcome!
The WIT (Whatever It Takes) students were extremely appreciative of our parish Lenten works of mercy (Little Lenten Tree) which affected them each individually (and their families) in a huge way.