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Pray for the Sick / Ruega por Los Enfermos
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Please Pray for our Men and Women in the Military
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for the week of May 3 were donated by Miriam Olivas in memory of the 1st death anniversary of Xiomara Olivas |
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Stewardship of Prayer and Reflection To remain is especially challenging given the Vine-Grower’s method for fostering our growth: perpetual pruning, a process frequently painful if we are to be fruitful. Pope Francis has challenged Christians: Don’t become complacent! The Church must be productive. Life-giving, fruit-bearing—pruning is necessary. Moreover, choice wine happens only after the vine’s grapes are picked, pressed, and crushed. The cost of fruitful discipleship: self-sacrificing love, like Jesus’, in whom we are resolved to remain. Permanecer es algo particularmente desafiante dado el método del Viñador para fomentar nuestro crecimiento: una poda perpetua, que resulta ser un proceso frecuentemente doloroso si es que vamos a dar fruto. El papa Francisco ha retado a los cristianos: ¡No se consideren autosuficientes! La Iglesia ha de ser productiva. La entrega, el dar fruto y ser podados es todo necesario. Además, la variedad de vinos se da sólo después de que las uvas han sido recogidas, exprimidas y trituradas. El costo de un discipulado fructífero: un amor entregado, como el de Jesús, en quien hemos resuelto permanecer. |
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Pledged: $ 43,301.00 Paid: $ 27,900.25 42% of Goal Participants: 241 |
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“ In the sacraments we discover the strength to think and to act according to the Gospel.”
~ Pope Francis |