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WHAT'S in the newsletter...
Pray for our loved ones
Letter from Fr. Joe
Financial Blessings
Mass Available Online
Letter from Colorado Catholic Conference
Order Your Peaches Now
-Last Weekend to Order
Living Well Showers
Monthly Family Rosary
Please pray for our ill:
Sarrah S. Abeyta, Sherri Abeyta, Lyndi Abote, Edith Anderson, Della Badwound, Teresa Beilfuss, Joya Bumpus, Reed Chester, Joanne Clark, Dan Curl, Kelly Davis, Daniel Doll, Joan Duarte, Deacon Phil, Richard Esser, Kevin Howes, George & Pam Johnson, Marilyn Koffman, Daniel Kucharski, Veronica Little, Gloria Lopez, Michael Mancinelli, Leonard Martinez, Tim Martinez, Kenneth Mason, Tom May, Bruce McNeil, Pat Million, Robert Ortega, Trisha Pacheco, Mary Petrie, Mary Kathleen Polvogt, Zachary Quick, Gayle Redig, Steve Sanchez, Mary Simms, Geno Sirokman, Phil Spaulding, Kathi Stravia, David Suazo, Adrian Unell, Darlene Thomas, Veronica Vigil, Lily Whelan, Patty Wolfangle, Mark Burke, Kevin Curtis, Elsie Davis, Donald Hug, Gwen Looper, Addis McCarthy
Please pray for our deceased:
All those from our parish who have gone to their eternal reward: Edwin Edwards, Murphy Foster, Gayle Higgins, June Johnson, Buddy Roemer, Vernal Strobl, Fr. Joe Damhorst, and for those who have died at the hand of indifference toward humanity, for those who have died from Covid19 and the loved ones of all the deceased.
Please pray for our service members:
Robby Canton, Andrew Cook, Brandon Duran, Daniel Fox, Ryan Hart, James Hittle, Sarah Lowrey, Jonathan Murphy, Fr. Sojan Parappilly, Maj. Alfredo Romero, Blake Spaulding, Connor Techentien, Donovan Turner
Sunday
July 30th, 2021
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Please enjoy the reflection below from Franciscan University of Steubenville for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Peace in Christ,
Fr. Joe
Endurance Test: Reflections on the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The journey of discipleship is a life-long exodus from the slavery of sin and death to the holiness of truth in Mount Zion, the promised land of eternal life. The road can get rough. And when it does, we can be tempted to complain like the Israelites in this week’s First Reading.
We have to see these times of hardship as a test of what is in our hearts, a call to trust God more and to purify the motives for our faith (Deuteronomy 8:2–3).
As Paul reminds us in this week’s Epistle, we must leave behind our old self-deceptions and desires and live according to the likeness of God in which we are made.
Jesus tells the crowd in this week’s Gospel that they are following Him for the wrong reasons. They seek Him because He filled their bellies. The Israelites, too, were content to follow God so long as there was plenty of food.
Food is the most obvious of signs—because it is the most basic of our human needs. We need our daily bread to live. But we cannot live by this bread alone. We need the bread of eternal life that preserves those who believe in Him (Wisdom 16:20, 26).
The manna in the wilderness, like the bread Jesus multiplied for the crowd, was a sign of God’s Providence—that we should trust that He will provide.
These signs pointed to their fulfillment in the Eucharist, the abundant bread of angels we sing about in this week’s Psalm.
This is the food that God longs to give us. This is the bread we should be seeking. But too often we don’t ask for this bread. Instead, we seek the perishable stuff of our everyday wants and anxieties. In our weakness we think these things are what we really need.
We have to trust God more. If we seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, all these things will be ours as well. (Matthew 6:33)*
Financial Blessings
Offertory July 4th 3,333.00
THANK YOU!
July 22, 2021
A Letter on the Hyde Amendment and other pro-life Congressional policies
We, the Catholic bishops of Colorado, urge Congressional Representatives to support the Hyde Amendment and the Walden Amendment. We also ask the Faithful to sign The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) petition to lawmakers encouraging them to preserve the Hyde Amendment, which can be accessed at: www.NoTaxpayerAbortion.com, and to contact their Congressmen and women to support the Hyde and Walden amendments.
Last Chance
Order Your Peaches
The Knight of Columbus is taking orders for palisade peaches to order now call the the parish office at 303-233-1523 or stop by the knights table after all masses this weekend!
$25 for one, 15 lb. box, or $45 for two.
Peaches can be picked up Saturday morning August 21st.
Living Well Showers
Living Well Showers seeks to transform the lives of people by:
- Connecting with those who need a helping hand,
- Building relationships within the community,
- Showering people with love, physically and spiritually.
Living Well Showers has been delayed until July 17th. This a ministry opportunity knocking at your door.
Volunteers still needed
YOU can get involved by signing up to serve. Help with checking people in, organizing and distributing clothing and hygiene items, distributing towels, facilitating entry and exit to the showers, cleaning the showers in between each person and serving breakfast. Or if you can drive a standard transmission, 3-4 more drivers are needed to transport the shower back and forth from St. Bernadette to Bethlehem Lutheran. Your time commitment is 9am - 2:00pm, if possible twice a month.
Living Well Showers - Volunteer
Living Well Showers delivers dignity to the homeless population of west metro Denver through the means of a mobile shower trailer. We partner with city, county, and other organizations
Saturday, 6/26, 9am-2pm
Saturday, 7/3, 9am - 2pm
Saturday, 7/10, 9am- 2pm
Saturday, 7/17, 9am-2pm
Saturday, 7/24, 9am-2pm
Saturday, 7/31, 9am-2pm
Saturday, 8/14, 9am-2pm
Saturday, 8/7, 9am-2pm
Saturday, 8/21, 9am-2m
Saturday, 8/28, 9am-2pm
We will have the monthly Rosary on August 1, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pettit family home. We will also have a pot luck after the rosary. The address is: 656 Tennyson, Denver, 80204
