True Wokeness
living into God's new world
Announcements for November 7, 2020:
Who doesn't like kids in saint costumes?! We look forward to a little All Saints Celebration following the 11:00am Mass this weekend. I'll send a text this week only if we have to change plans - let me know if you haven't received texts from us.
We now have an announcement page on our website. Visit our Parishioner Portal to find it (scroll to the bottom of any page at www.olmc.church and click the link).
Our weekend Masses are: Saturday 5:15pm in the church; Sunday at 7:30am and 9:00am in the church; Sunday at 9:00am at Walmart; and Sunday at 11:00am (outside or inside, depending on the weather).
Please be in touch with me if you need anything at all, or if you'd like to share any questions or concerns.
Dear Saints,
Jesus Kingdom of Heaven parable this weekend concludes, "Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour."
It's slang today to talk about being 'woke.' Although the term has been coopted (or appropriated) for any number of causes, the general idea behind the word's usage is that someone has come to perceive the world differently - rightly - and he cannot return to his previous ignorance.
Jesus' exhortation to "stay awake" conveys much the same message.
In Jesus, God's new world is opened up, God's way of being human is made possible. Are we 'woke' to this reality?
Jesus has awakened us. Following him, we have new life - God's own life of love - at work in us that God's love might reach his world through us.
It's ours to stay awake to this new way of being that is meant to define our lives. It's ours to stay woke to Love!
I love you, my friends, and I look forward to seeing you very soon.
Christ's Peace,
Father Daniel
δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ
PS This subject reminds me of Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth. His Jesus never blinks, because (symbolic of the resurrection) he is fully awake, fully alive:
Preparing for Mass?
Check out this weekend's readings:
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
an excerpted scene from
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
by Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, ca.1838-42