Your Weekly E-News for
January 6-12, 2022
January's Spirit Sunday goes Virtual
No Saturday/Sunday Social
To be proactive and prudent, this weekend's Spirit Sunday January 9, will be virtual. The weekend Mass schedule at St. Pius X will remain as usual with in person worship. However, given our post Mass gathering with hospitality and socialization for both adults and children, we feel it is best to be cautious given the rise in cases. Soon we will post the video with this month's adult formation topic taught by Fr. T.J. The topic is, "Who is Jesus?"
Once the video is posted, you may view it via our parish website.
All Mass and Confession schedules continue as usually, allowing us to encounter Jesus through the Sacraments.
New Year, New Opportunities to Encounter Jesus Christ Together!
What are your hopes for 2022? How would you like to grow in your friendship with Jesus and fellowship with others at St. Pius X?
What about adding a retreat to your 2022! In October we hosted our first Awakening Retreat weekend. Will you join us in May 2022?
Faith, Fellowship, and Prayer! No registration. No fee. Just come as you are...Please bring and invite other women that you know. All ages. All places on the journey.
Refreshments and beverages will be provided. Although, if you have a favorite appetizer, dessert, or snack, you are welcome to bring to share!
We'll meet in Community Room C.
Prayer from Fr. T.J.'s recent homily on Epiphany of Our Lord (January 2).
This is a prayer that Saint Teresa of Calcutta would pray before going out. Her Sisters, the Missionaries of Charity, continue to pray this prayer. Might we, in this New Year, radiant Christ to others.
Radiating Christ
(Written by Bl. Cardinal John Henry Newman)
Dear Jesus, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your Spirit and Life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly
that our lives may only be a radiance of Yours.
Flood our souls with Your Spirit and Life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly
that our lives may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through us and be so in us
that every soul we come in contact with
may feel Your presence in our souls.
that every soul we come in contact with
may feel Your presence in our souls.
Let them look up, and see no longer us, but only Jesus!
Stay with us and then we shall begin to shine as You shine,
so to shine as to be a light to others.
The light, O Jesus, will be all from You; none of it will be ours.
It will be You, shining on others through us.
so to shine as to be a light to others.
The light, O Jesus, will be all from You; none of it will be ours.
It will be You, shining on others through us.
Let us thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around us.
Let us preach You without preaching, not by words but by example,
by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what we do,
the evident fullness of the love our hearts bear for You.
Let us preach You without preaching, not by words but by example,
by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what we do,
the evident fullness of the love our hearts bear for You.
Amen.
Onward in faith!
Upcoming at St. Pius X
Is God inviting you to respond? If so, Kim Williams, Director of Outreach and Pastoral Care would love to hear from you! Email: kwilliams@churchofstpiusx.org; Direct Line: 651-762-3626
When Kim pairs you with a homebound parishioner, she will in-service you. Then you and the person you are visiting arrange a time and the day for visits that is convenient for the both of you.
We currently have homebound parishioners waiting to be paired with a Homebound Eucharistic Minister.
Supporting Veterans in Need
Every Third Saturday, a nonprofit serving our veterans in need, is in desperate need of winter coats, gloves, hats, thermal underwear, new boxer type underwear, and good condition boots for male and female Veterans. All clothing items, except underwear, may be either new or gently used. Also needed are, full size hygiene items, especially deodorant, shampoo, body wash, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash.
Items may be placed in our collection bin in the gathering space between January 15 through the 26, 2022.
Please direct questions to Tom at 612-968-4416.
Funeral Notices
Encounter Jesus and His Church through Prayer and the Sacraments
Saints Inspiring Us:
Saint of the Week
"May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges."
Reflect and Respond:
Questions to help us encounter this weekend's Mass readings.
First Reading:
The prophet Isaiah was called to bring words of comfort and good news to the beleaguered Israelites held captive in Babylon. How do you minister to those in your life struggling to find God’s presence?
Second Reading:
Paul taught Titus that baptized believers are called “to live temperately, justly, and devoutly.” How well do you think you live by this moral and ethical standard?
Gospel:
We hear today the account of the baptism of Jesus and God’s words from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” What do you imagine Jesus did (prior to the start of his public ministry) that was so pleasing to God?
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