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| Emmaus Enquirer A weekly publication of the Emmaus E_Group |
Volume 6 # 08 02.24.10 | |
| In this Issue: Latest News: The Church: Angels Among Us: Our Parish: Stewardship In Action: Respect Life: Help Wanted: |
Latest
News: Illuminations Art and Prayer
Meditation on March 12, 2010 9:30-11AM in A1 - March's
reflection is "A Prayer in Spring." Come and spend time in a unique form of prayer. It is a time that you can reflect on how God is calling you. Art meditation opens us up to see the miracle of God in our lives. Art uses our creative side to experience Jesus in a different and intimate way. Being an artist is not required, only the creative heart to use art as a form of prayer. Art activities are suitable for all levels of creative experience, utilizing different art media including magazine pictures, colored pencils, finger paints, watercolors, oil pastels, mosaics, coloring books, mandalas and much more or bring the art media that you prefer. There is something for everyone. For more information email Diane Zbasnik at zlady1965@gmail.com.  Stations of the
Cross - Friday, March 5th at 6:30 PM in English & 7:30 PM in
Spanish. NOTE: Meal service runs from 5 PM-6:15 PM - The Knights of Columbus are having a "Fish Fry" this Friday. Friday, March 12th - At the current time, we have only 2 families who have offered to help prepare and serve a Soup meal. You do not need to be a part of any ministry to help with our Lenten Friday meals....everyone is welcome to participate! If no additional volunteers come forward to help, we will only offer Stations of the Cross (no meal) on March 12th. Can you bring a plate of meatless sandwiches or cookies, a bag of soup crackers, a pot of soup to share, or help make lemonade? If you can help in any way, please contact Peggy at volunteer@emmauslakeway.com. "Love is doing small things with great love." (Mother Teresa)  It's time for "First Friday Coffee Break." Come Celebrate
Victor's 80th Birthday on Friday, March 5th following 8:30 AM Mass. Victor
Villarreal, who heads up our grounds maintenance crew at Emmaus, is 80 years
young! Please join us following mass on first Friday to extend your birthday
wishes to Victor. Enjoy a cup of fresh brewed coffee and birthday cake too!
Adoration Chapel Sparkles! While we have been adoring in church during the past few weeks, our Adoration Chapel has been scrubbed, dusted and polished...
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In the Church: Saint
John Joseph of the Cross was put in charge of establishing a new
Franciscan friary before he was even ordained. To accomplish that task, he
demonstrated his willingness to serve wherever needed becoming an hod carrier
and mason to further the building of the facility. He is also one of the five
saints who are known to have the ability to levitate and bi-locate. His
memorial day is March 5. He just might be the one to intercede for us when it
feels like we need to be in two places at once. However, it would probably be
better if we visited Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and asked for the peace of
being able to let go of those concerns that make us feel that way. Jesus is
there waiting for us in our chapel 24/7. As we approach
Saint Patrick's day, it might be good to hear about some of the other Irish
saints. Saint Senan of Scattery is believed to have chased away the Cathach, a
monstrous sea serpent from Ireland by invoking the Holy Trinity. No one is sure
if this creature might have relocated to a certain loch in Scotland. For more
about him CLICK HERE. His
memorial day is March 8th. |
Stewardship In
Action: Still wondering what to "do" this Lent as penance? Think seriously about letting go. Today, Jesus speaks about a couple of groups of people who were suddenly killed, reminding us that we do not know when our time may come. Perhaps the message here is that this Lenten season, we need to let go of our past. Jesus has told us that to live we must let go of the things of this world, to let go of what we mistakenly think of as life. We like to hang on to our past like clutching our baby blanket, but this is not the command Jesus gives us. He says to "follow me". It's a scary thought because we are not certain where He will lead, but we know we will be following in the footsteps of the one who gave up His divinity to show us the way. Only by letting go of our past and reaching out into the uncertain future of following Jesus can we grow into more loving communion with Him. Letting go does not mean forgetting about our yesterdays; they will always be part of us. Letting go only means that we do not pretend that somewhere in those yesterdays, life reached its peak or died its death. Letting go means understanding that the best is yet to come. As you come to the table of the Lord, let go of the past, let go of the hurts and receive in the Body and Blood of Christ... the strength and courage you need to follow Him. LET GO AND LIVE! |
| In The
Parish: Let it SNOW...Let it SNOW...Let it SNOW!!   |
Our Volunteer Family for the month of March, the Rodriguez family, has been Emmaus parishioners for the past six years. Ricardo and Margarita are both involved with CRHP and participate in liturgical ministries (Eucharistic Minister and Choir). They actively encourage their children to participate in our Catholic faith and our parish community and it looks like they are doing a terrific job raising a busy family...
If you have the opportunity to meet the Rodriguez family, please extend a heartfelt thank you to them for their generous participation in our parish ministries and events! |
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| Don't forget to share with us when wonderful things happen in your family. You can email us emmaus@emmauslakeway.com |
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| Respect Life:
RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY - Lots of upcoming events! Please consider participating in one (or more!)
Visit www.emmauslakeway.com/respectlife for details regarding this and other Respect Life initiatives, or email Sophie Jones (jones_sophia_t@lilly.com) or Becky Theisen (btheisen@austin.rr.com). |
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