Fr. Bob’s Corner

Is someone looking over your shoulder? If you’re on the internet, you can pretty well bet that someone is trying to see what you are doing, and where you are going. Infact, people get paid to discover your internet habits, so that you can be sent adds, pop-ups, and all sorts of annoying things. In fact, your computer can be come so cluttered with this stuff that it slows down to an absolute turtle crawl. If, however, you go on the offensive and install two wonderful free programs on your computer, you can defend yourself. Go to the following links: SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY ,and ADAWARE. Download these two programs, and update and run once a week. You’ll be astounded by what you find. Note: You still need your anti-virus program (from time to time I’ll post other tech suggestions).

THOUGHTS FROM SUNDAY’S HOMILY:

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My homily was brief this past Sunday, as Sister Christine spoke to the Parishioners at the end of Mass. However, I will try to relate the basic theme of what I said. The Gospel was about a ‘trick’ question posed to Jesus: “Is it lawful to pay taxes to the Emperor, or not?” You can almost hear the glea behind the pretend sincerity of those who asked the question! They were sure that no matter how Jesus answered, he would be in trouble with some or all of the following: his followers, the emperor, the religious and civil authorities, and anyone else that heard his reply. Fortunately, Jesus avoided a disastrous situation when he asked his inquisitioners for a denarius (which they gave him), and asked: “Whose head is this, and whose title?” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

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Every year at this time, the Ladies’ Guild of St. Mary’s sponsors, and coordinates a Harvest Supper. In the coming days I will share with our visitors some pictures of this special annual event.

This weekend Sr. Christine Gebel (Our Lady’s Misssionaries) spoke at St. Mary’s and St. William’s on her work in the Philippines, and updated us on the work of Our Lady’s Missionaries. I will complete this blog with additional pictures, Sr. Christine’s message, etc. in a few days.
OUR LADY’S MISSIONARIES (OLM) is an international community of women who have devoted their lives to service, by sharing life with the poor and least privileged, while focusing on women’s concerns and working for global justice, peace and care for the earth.Link to OLM website

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AMBROSE LAFAVE (1916-2005)

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