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"16th Sunday of Ordinary Time"
 
The Story and You Sacred Conversations

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time

It’s tempting to talk about Mary and Martha today. There is so much to notice in this story, but my eye keeps going back to Abraham, sitting in the entrance of that hot tent in the heat of the day. And here is what keeps catching my eye: Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby.

He was sitting, looking out at the endless, silent desert. He must have been able to see miles ahead, and the approach of three strangers could have been observed for hours before they arrived outside his tent. But, no, he looked up and saw them. No camels kicking up telltale dust three hours earlier. No neighboring Bedouins calling out that strangers were coming. He looked up, and there they were.

Is it possible that those three “men”―the angels posted with God to announce the birth of Isaac―had been standing at the entrance to Abraham’s tent from the beginning of time? What great cloud of witnesses surrounds us, waiting for us to look up and see? What miracles hover near us, waiting for us to notice? Which brings us back to the Gospel today. Mary looked up and saw Jesus in her home, and she never took her eyes off of him. She showed the greatest hospitality by making room for him in her soul and spirit― by truly seeing who it was who was sent to her, and never leaving his side. She teaches us the meaning of the mystic’s sense of prayer:

Prayer is gazing at God, who is gazing at you. Do you think you have ever encountered an angel?


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Kathy McGovern ©2010


 

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13670 East 13th Place
Aurora CO 80011
Office (303)364-7435
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www.stpiusxparish.org
MASS TIMES
Sat 5:30 PM (Anticipatory)
7:15 Misa de Anticipacion
Sun 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00AM
1:00 PM Spanish Mass
Mon- Sat 8:15 AM
Holy Days 7:00 PM (Anticipatory),
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During Sunday 9:00 AM Mass Sept—April
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RECONCILIATION
Saturday 4 PM – 5 PM or by appt
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
1st Sunday of each month
(after the 7:30 AM Mass)
ADORATION
First Friday of each month
8:45 AM to 8:00 PM
BAPTISM & MARRIAGE
Contact Deacon Dusty.
Marriage preparation takes
8 to 12 months
MONTHLY NOVENA
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
7:00 PM on the 3rd Wednesday of each month
PARISH STAFF
Pastor Rev. Stephen Adams, VF
Parochial Vicar Rev. Miguel Angel Enriquez
Deacons Rev. Mr. Gregory 'Dusty' Martin
Rev. Mr. Alfonzo Sandoval
Liturgy & Music Greg Onofrio
Pastoral Assistant: RCIA/Social Ministries Jay Reszka
Pastoral Assistant: Catechetical Ministries Mario Salazar
Parish Bookkeeper Kathy Knutson
Office Admin. Notary Public Dianne Breffitt
School Principal Mark Strawbridge
Directora Del Coro Leonor Hernandez-Prian
Office Assistant
Hispanic Ministries
Neyda Navarrete

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