Foreshadowing God's salvation of the Gentiles, in the First Reading Isaiah, shares God's Word that foreigners who adhere to His Word are welcomed as His people.

In the Psalm, we praise God and express our gratitude for His care of His people, He rules all with justice - with !

 In the Second Reading, St. Paul addresses the salvation of the Gentiles, offered after the Israelites rejected God.
God brings good from even evil, and from the failing of Israel to live God's Word in love, God's love moves to bring salvation to all people.

The Gospel, continues this message. Seeming to spurn the pleading of a mother, Jesus provides a message to the Israelites, in part through the woman's own words. Her faith-filled perseverance is an example for those who have not been trusting God to provide for their most important needs!
Newsy Notes

Join us for the August Monthly Rosary!
August 19th!
and the 3rd Wednesday of every month
We celebrate in this month the Assumption of Mary into heaven - body and soul! Her body did not decay and she is not only spirit - like all of our loved ones -
but is fully human in heaven right now.
The rest of us have to wait for the Second Coming.
And in her holiness, she is working ceaselessly to save us from ourselves, beseeching our turning closer to Christ and interceding with her Father, Son, and Spouse for mercy upon humanity - for more time for us to get our acts together!
3rd Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Church

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PSR Resumes September 13th!

First Communion Celebration Date: September 20, 2020!
8th grade Confirmation - October 4, 2020
Meditation

"O sinner, be not discouraged,
but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities.
Call her to your assistance,
for such is the divine Will
that she should help in every kind of necessity."
- Saint Basil the Greats
Greetings Parents!
One of the hardest parts of being a parent is knowing we can be wrong. If I always knew that every decision I made for my children was right, making those decisions would be a piece of cake. Instead, it's stressful! And the second-guessing - oi vey!

How awesome for God to know everything! While I try to think through the short- and long-term consequences, He just knows them. In the past it was which activities to encourage and which to discourage - usually because they were not in this family's time, travel, or finance budget. Taking on a paper route was a bigger debate - a way for the boys to earn money through their own labor (with parental help), but no particular end-date. Going to a friend's house when we've never met the parents or friend. How to know which of these will end up being beneficial or which might lead to sorrowful outcomes? And which sorrowful outcomes are OK - like losing a game or having a losing season vs. being betrayed by a supposed friend at their home with no other family or friends around (fortunately not something that happened to our boys - but it is a momma's worry!).

             It's hard to relate, sometimes, to God's all-knowingness, and to remember that His guidance is available. In good moments, I remember to ask Him for some direction - a feeling, a clue, or an event that decides things for us. On the back end, when I second-guess and worry that I should regret a decision, that's when I need to remember that God knows all, knows my decision, and before time began He had in His Plan the answer to my prayer for Him fix any mistakes I made that might hurt my children. The important part is to remember to say that prayer!!! "God, help me to make the right decisions for my children and please somehow fix the bad things that might happen when I make poor choices for them."

            Life might not turn out exactly as I planned, but if we constantly turn to Him for help - before and after each decision, we can trust God to bring ultimate goodness into our children's lives. It might not be as we expected or wanted, but after our death, we will see, be grateful for, and rejoice in the goodness He wrought from both our parenting successes and failures. Just remember - PRAY!! without ceasing!
              
            Hug your children tight, teach them to pray in every moment, and help them trust in God's love so that they will never despair after failure, but seek God's aid to know and correct their flaws while trusting in His ability to bring good into and out of every situation.

-- Linda Bader, Coordinator of Religious Education

P.S. Did you know... our guardian angels are not just at our sides, but are constantly interceding for us with the Father? Both with us and beholding the face of God, they are a living means by which God has care over our lives more often than every nanosecond. Talk with your angel constantly, he wants to help you in every moment! (But don't try to name your angel - we do not have the right to name these spiritual people who were created by God and who already have a name we'll learn after death!)