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TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
	SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

LOST AND FOUND

PERDIDO Y ENCONTRADO

Welcome to “Lost and Found Sunday”! Just in case being in church makes us proudly consider ourselves especially religious, today’s Gospel suggests that we’d be wiser to admit that we’re some- times lost. Then we’ll eventually be happily counted among Jesus’ “found,” because today Jesus focuses on a lost sheep, lost coin, lost son. Jesus does so because the Pharisees and scribes, proudly considering themselves especially religious, “began to complain” that Jesus “welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus warns them—and us—to stop judging others. Marvel instead that God’s amazing grace has found us! Indeed, we should become Jesus’ friends lovingly trying to find others. So Exodus asks, if God “relented in punishment” and pardoned us, shouldn’t we forgive fellow sinners graciously? Even Paul admits his “arrogance” as “foremost among sinners.” We too, happy at being “mercifully treated,” should share with everyone else Jesus’ unfailing patience.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Bienvenido al “¡Domingo perdido y encontrado!” En caso de que al estar en la iglesia nos haga considerar sentirnos orgullos de ser religiosos, el Evangelio de hoy sugiere que sería más prudente admitir que algunas veces estamos perdidos. Para luego en última instancia estar felizmente contados entre los “encontrados” por Jesús, porque Jesús hoy se enfoca en una oveja perdida, una moneda perdida, un hijo perdido. Jesús lo hace porque los fariseos y escribas, que orgullosamente se consideran religiosos, “empiezan a quejarse” que Jesús “se reúne con pecadores y además come con ellos”. Jesús les advierte, y a nosotros también, dejar de juzgar a los demás. Por el contrario, ¡asómbrate de la extraordinaria gracia de Dios que nos ha encontrado! De hecho, debemos hacernos los amoro- sos amigos de Jesús tratando de buscar a otros. Así el Éxodo pide, si Dios “cedió en castigo” y nos perdonó, ¿no deberíamos perdonar con gracia a nuestros prójimos pecadores? Incluso Pablo admite su “arrogancia” como “el más importante entre los pecadores”. Nosotros también, felices d e ser “misericordiosamente tratados”, debemos compartir con todos los demás la inagotable paciencia de Jesús.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

“A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me." — Psalm 51:12

“Oh Dios, crea en mí un corazón puro, renuévame por dentro con espíritu firme." — Salmo 51 (50):12

PASTORS' MESSAGE

Dear Parishioners and Friends,

The common theme of today’s readings is forgiveness. The Gospel is one familiar to us all, and Paul in the second reading highlights his story of receiving God’s mercy. But the first reading might cause us to wonder if God was always so forgiving. God and Moses come across like a couple of parents deciding whether they should punish their children. One, the Lord, points out how bad Israel has been. The other, Moses, points out how good God is, in the promise to make them a great nation. The important point is that God relented and forgave the people.

In each case, great sins are forgiven—not because the people deserved it, but because they were loved.

My favorite line in the second reading is “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1Timothy 1:15)—not to find the wealthiest people to build his kingdom, or the nicest, or the holiest; he came to save sinners. The Pharisees and scribes did not get this. That was one of the reasons they wanted to kill Jesus. And yet, when they did just that, Jesus’ death on the cross brought forgiveness for us all.

Remember the story in Genesis 18, of Abraham bargaining with God not to destroy Sodom if he could find a few good people? Maybe he should have “reminded” God of that divine mercy instead of hoping to find enough good people to spare the town. Sometimes we can’t believe that God would love us so much as to forgive any sin. Just look at the cross if you need a reminder.
Tom Schmidt, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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If you are a registered member of our parish, you may have already received raffle tickets to win a 2019 Honda HRV LX which will be drawn during our annual celebration of “Fall Festival” on October 13, 2019. You receive a stub of 12 tickets which you may buy or sold to family and friends. Each ticket is $15.00. For every ten (10) tickets that you buy or sold, you will receive two raffle tickets free.

If you have not receive raffle tickets, you may buy tickets after each Mass on Sundays, or at the parish office.

You may be this year’s lucky winner of a brand new Honda HRV LX! The more tickets you buy, the more chances of winning. Net proceeds from the raffle tickets sales will go towards the Building Fund for our new Parish Center.

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BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS! Friends and parishioner s have reported having received text messages from a Rev. Manuel Ediza. If you receive similar message, example: “Are you available at the moment? I need a favor from you. There is something I need you to do. I am going into a meeting now with limited phone calls, text me back as soon as you get this message….” Please, do not respond, delete and block that number. This impostor will ask you to buy gift cards. Do not be a victim of these scammers.