- 10/2 – Matthew 1:22-25 – Where and in whom do I experience God with us? Prayer starter: God, help me never to forget that you are always with me. Help me to live a life that shows others you are with all of us.
- 10/3 – Matthew 2:1-12 – Whose star do you follow as you travel through life? Prayer starter: God of all revelation, help me to encounter you through the reading of the Sacred Scripture, in my dreams, and in the wonders of nature with which you have surrounded me.
- 10/4 – Matthew 2:7-12 – What gifts do you share with God and others? Prayer starter: God, you to whom all homage and praise is due, help me to worship you in awe. Receive the gifts I bring to you.
- 10/5 – Matthew 2:13-15 – Do you pay attention to your dreams and how God may be revealed through them? Prayer starter: Protecting God, protect me and all of my loved ones as you protected the Holy Family. Help me to realize that no matter how alien I may feel you are with me.
- 10/6 – Matthew 2:16-18 – How do you help the innocent whom you encounter in your own life and work? Prayer starter: All-caring and loving God, help me be ever sensitive, loving and caring of all people at risk. Help me to stand up for their rights in a society that refuses to hear them.
- 10/7 – Matthew 2:19-23 – How have your parents practiced and taught you wisdom? Prayer starter: Gracious God, grant me the wisdom I need to love you more tenderly, to seek you more closely, and to share your graciousness toward me with others.
- 10/8 – Matthew 1:20-24, Matthew 2:7-22, and Matthew 27:19 – How have your own dreams helped or hindered your relationship to God and others? Prayer starter: God, help me to dream about you and to fulfill your dreams for me in the way I live my life.
Åš+P Marilyn (Lyn) Podkulski
We were saddened on hearing the passing of our sister in Christ, śp. Marilyn (Lyn) Podkulski.
After a very quick and debilitating period of illness, our sister, śp. Lyn accepted the call of her Lord to enter into eternal life.
As we all fondly remember, Å›p. Lyn served as parish organist and offered her ministry for many years, certainly during the time of this pastorate and for many years prior. She also was one of two “Stephen Ministry” folk, offering her comfort to those in need here at the parish. Her vocation was one of grief counselor providing necessary guidance and comfort to those families she came in contact with. There were three occasions when Å›p. Lyn scheduled to have a “remembrance service” here at the parish; always met with a deep
appreciation.
We will have a chance to offer our prayers of thanksgiving for her life; a memorial mass will be scheduled at the discretion of the family sometime in the near future.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace. Amen.
