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Lumen Christi CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 29, 2021

— John 6:68

Weekly Collection Update

Week ending YTD Aug 14/15 2021

Total Collection $10,073.01 $845,407.79

Budget $26,750.00 $799,500.00

Variance $16,676.99 $45,907.79

Thank you for your donation. We are extremely grateful.

August 29, 2021

Parish Calendar

Parish News

Sunday, August 29 Mass 8:30 am CH, Livestreamed Mass 10:30 am CH

Monday, August 30 HCS First Day of School Mass 7:45 am CH Eucharistic Adoration 8:15 - Noon Ch

Tuesday, August 31 Mass at 7:45 am CH

Wednesday, September 1 Mass at 7:45 am CH Back to School Blessing and Donut Holes Social Justice Comm. 6:00 pm CR

Thursday, September 2 Mass at 7:45 am CH Baptism Class 6:30 pm 1CON

Friday, September 3 Parish Office Closed Mass at 7:45 am CH

Saturday, September 4 Confession 3:30 - 4:00 pm CH Mass 4:30 pm CH

Sunday, September 5 Food Market Collection Mass 8:30 am CH, Livestreamed Mass 10:30 am CH

Adoration Looking for a way to set aside time every week to pray?Consider Adoration every Monday following the 7:45am daily Mass until noon in the chapel. Contact Amy Wit-tak, Director of Liturgy, with any questions.

HELP! We have an Urgent Need for more Greeter / Ushers!

Amy Wittak, Director of Liturgy will show you what to do. awittak@lumenchristicc.org or 651-370-1617

Please pray for the following parishioners who have died:

John Cunningham

Kathleen Moriarity

Don Nowak

May they rest in peace with our risen Savior.

Back to School Donuts Lumen Christi parish will welcome our Highland Catho-lic Students back to school on Wednesday, September 1 between 7:45 - 8:15 am. There will be an opening day prayer, coffee and donuts. We will cheer the kids on as they march into school. Please join us for a donut hole and cheer the kids on to a good school year.

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Pastoral Musings ~ The Law of Love

But now we are released from the law, dead to what held us captive, so that we may serve in the newness of the spirit and not under the obsolete letter.

-Romans 7.6

I n song and dance the ancient Israelites celebrated the law. They thought of it as refreshment for the soul, trusted wisdom for the heart. They understood it as God’s living Word among them. But those ten com-mandments revealed to Moses on the mountain became over 600 exacting laws over the course of time.

From their guidance, daily life took shape for Israel.

Every land has its customs and rules. Some gods rule by fear and harsh demands. But Yahweh delivered law in a personal way. The essential message of the commandments says: “I am your God. We have been through a lot together. Keep me at your heart. We have worked hard, so let us rest on the sabbath. Teach your children to be as I AM. The path to holiness is within reach. Respect one another and live together in peace. And never forget my love for you.”

But for some people, law is engraved in black and white. Their leaders rule with a rod. Don’t ask questions. Don’t think. Just obey. Only the few with authority get to judge what is right from what is wrong. Law, tra-dition, and boundaries seem to be necessary in any system both to reveal and to limit our basic proclivity to selfishness. Law in that sense is what makes at least some level of community, family, and marriage possible. Boundaries seem to be the only way that human beings can find a place to stand, a place to begin, a place from which to move out. Even those who think they do not need any boundaries usually do. We discover them when we trespass against them. The law helps the human soul flourish on solid ground, especially in the younger years of life.

“If you keep the law, the law will keep you,” we were told in school. As earnest seminarians anxious to suc-ceed, we replied, “Yes, Father!” We knew how to survive in any closed system. I am afraid we spent so much time in that world that it became the whole agenda. Canon Law was quoted more often to us than the Sermon on the Mount – even following upon the reforms of the Second Vatican Council – and now the young priests are being taught in much the same way. A strong emphasis on law and order makes for a sane board-ing school, or an organized anything, for that matter. I really get that. But that isn’t anything even close to what the Gospel is calling us to. The Gospel was not made to help organizations run smoothly. The full Gos-pel was actually meant to create a struggle for the soul much more than resolve the organizational problems of institutions.

Law, in and of itself, diminishes our humanity. If God created us as robots, there would be no need for law. Law actually depends on human freedom. As reflection deepens, law illuminates the diverse strands of every human situation we face. It forces us to ponder our complexity and to seek understanding; we learn to detect hypocrisy. The commandments we memorized as children were meant to direct us to something deeper. And when that happens, both young and old can always bring fresh insight to the table.

Human beings seem to need to fight and engage with something before they ever take it seriously—and be-fore they can discover what will bring us to a richer sense of our common humanity. The people who never fight religion, guilt, parents, injustice, friends, marriage partners, or civil laws usually don’t respect their own power, importance, and freedom. They remain content with the external values of the law instead of work-ing to discover their own inner authority. The Spirit will always speak through the whole – much more so than through the “enlightened.” And if we listen closely enough to one another, we will be able to stumble forward together. Both Jesus and Paul knew that rules and requirements were simply meant to get you seri-ously engaged with the need for grace and mercy; they were never meant to be an end in themselves (read Romans 7.7ff). The proper response of Christians to the Law, therefore, is not mere obedience but deeper knowledge – and love – of the Lawgiver. The Word of God must be heard in faith and rooted in love. This is how the Law of the Lord become the words of everlasting life.

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Faith Formation

Centering Prayer Bi-Weekly Group Practice Saturdays, Sept. 11 and 25, 9:30 - 1:30 am, Rm. 237

Facilitated by Jim Babin and Nan Cedarblade. No registration needed. If new to the process, contact Lynn Schelitzche to arrange a guidance session at 9:00 am. Sponsored by the Adult Faith Formation Committee in association with Minnesota Contemplative Outreach.

Faith Formation Begins Sunday, September 26. TIME TO REGISTER!

This program year our Faith Formation will meet monthly, on eight select Sundays, between the morning Masses from 9:35am - 10:35am.

Grades 1-5 will attend Faith Formation in our Commu-nity Room as families, with parent(s) or guardian(s).

Grades 6-8 will meet at the same time as Family Faith Formation while they enjoy Encounter Bible Study.

See more information about these exciting new programs and the scheduled dates on our website’s Youth Faith Formation page at lumenchristicc.org. The Faith For-mation registration form is also available on this page.

SACRAMENT PREPARATION: REGISTRATION FOR

First Reconciliation First Eucharist Confirmation

OPEN! Find information about these programs and the registra-tion forms on our Sacraments section on our website at lumenchristicc.org.

Youth Ministry Sunday Discovery Nights Teens in 9th and 10th grade are invited to drop in and hang out during our monthly Sunday Discovery Nights. Think coffee house atmosphere. It’s a place to hang out, eat dinner, chat about meaningful things, and have fun. This time together is facilitated by our teens on our Teen Advisory Board and caring adults. The get-togethers loosely have a framework of a fun activity, dinner while getting updates on what’s happening with everyone, dis-cussion topic to start but go wherever it leads, Q&A, and wrap up. Some evenings will have special events like Trivia night, stump the priest, movies, amateur hour, guest speakers, etc. Additionally, we hope to plan some outings of fun activities, camping, service, and more. See our website’s Youth Formation page for the schedule and more information at lumenchristicc.org. Continue to watch this page and the bulletin for more details and up-dates.

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To join our Adult Choir!! • We’re open to all singers Grade 10 and older. • No previous experience is needed, just a love of

singing. • All you men who sing/sang in High School and/or

College Choirs please consider joining us. • We rehearse on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00,

BEGINNING SEPT. 8th. • You would be joining a wonderful group of people.

To join our Handbell Choir!!!

• We’re open to anyone Grade 9 and above. • You need to be able to read music and having played

the piano is a plus. You can meet with Mary before and see if this group is a fit for you.

• We rehearse on Thursdays from 6:30-8:00, BEGINNING SEPT. 9th.

• It’s fun, and you would be joining a great group of people.

Junior (Children’s Choir)!!

• Do to Covid concerns for children, we will be post-poning the start of this group of singers. Please watch the bulletin and/or listen to weekend an-nouncements for updates.

If you have questions, please call Mary Poepping at 651-370-1614. She’d love to talk to you!

Music Ministry

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READINGS 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading — Moses directs the people to observe the commandments of the Lord (Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8). Psalm — The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord (Psalm 15). Second Reading — Welcome the word that you have received and become doers of the word, not hearers only (James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27). Gospel — You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6, 8; Lk 6:1-5 Sunday: Is 35:4-7a; Ps 146:7-10; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37

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New Parishioners Visit https://lumenchristicc.org/new-parishioner-registration/ or stop in to the parish office to complete the paperwork. Please join us! Find Out About Becoming Catholic Contact Lynn Schelitzche Sacramental Prepara on Baptism Contact Lynn Schelitzche First Reconciliation & Eucharist Contact Lynn Schelitzche Confirmation Contact Lynn Schelitzche Christian Marriage Contact Fr. Paul Feela before setting your wedding date, at least 6 months in advance of the wedding date you would like. Pastoral Visits / Communion for the Sick Contact Eric Fought Sacraments for the Sick & Dying Contact Fr. Paul Feela Anointing of the Sick At the onset of serious illness or before serious surgery. Sacrament of the Dying (Viaticum) At the beginning of the dying process or after a terminal diagnosis. Funeral Arrangements Contact your funeral home first and they will make the arrangements with the parish. Liturgical Ministers, Environment, Intercessions Contact Amy Wittak Adult, Junior, Handbell Choirs, Cantors, Instrumentalists Contact Mary Poepping Parish Library Located down the main hallway from the Gathering Area. Prayer Line Call Eric Fought, 651-370-1611, or email efought@lumenchristicc.org Eucharis c Adora on Monday, 8:30 am - Noon (not on holidays) Children’s Liturgy of the Word Children 4 - 4th grade enjoy the Sunday Gospel at their level. Find a link on the homepage of the website under the Mass link. Announcements Bulletin Articles are due by Thursday at noon, a week before the article is in the bulle-tin. E-mail texts to mbisanz@lumenchristicc.org. Mass Email awittak@lumenchristicc.org by Tuesday at noon for the coming weekend. Limit announcements to weekend events in the Gathering Area or parish-wide events in the coming week. VIRTUS Training All adult volunteers and employees who have regular contact with youth are required to receive background checks and VIRTUS training. Contact Lynn Schelitzche or register at www.virtus.org. SafeCatholicSPM.org If you or someone you know has been abused, your first call should be to law enforcement or child protection officials. Archdiocesan Vic m Assistance Hotline: 651-291-4475

Mass Schedule Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 8:30 and 10:30 am 8:30 Mass is livestreamed through our website and Facebook page. Monday - Friday 7:45 am

Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 - 4:00 pm or by appointment

Office Hours 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Closed Fridays Memorial Day - Labor Day