26th Sunday in Ordinary Time and 4th Sunday in the Season of Creation
Join us at our Saturday mass, at 4:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary or on Zoom. The passcode to enter is: liturgy. Please mute yourselves upon entering. This week’s worship aid is found here.
As this year’s Season of Creation draws to its end, the warnings from the scriptures grow stronger and more dire. They reflect and support again the sense of urgency about climate change that Popes Leo XIV and Francis, climate scientists, the young, and so many around the world have been declaring. Amos focuses attention on those who remain indifferent to the suffering of their sisters and brothers and promises them punishment. The psalmist again insists that God loves and will lift up the poor. Jesus tells the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, warning that the time can come when it will be too late for our conversion. We need instead to listen to Moses, the prophets of our time, and Jesus himself, the one who has indeed risen from the dead. Paul urges Timothy and us to remain faithful, living and preaching our faith through all that lies ahead.
From the Catholic Climate Covenant
Next Saturday, October 4 ends the 2025 Season of Creation, but it should not and must not end our commitment to speaking out to help heal what God has made. I am including the Catholic Climate Covenant’s liturgy for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi that you can pray at home that morning before you come for mass Saturday evening. As St. Francis of Assisi communicated God’s love for all creation, if you have a pet at home or a bird feeder, recite the Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon in your yard or balcony, or what ever ourdoor space you claim. Tell all creation of your love and support as you meditate or pray.
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The Ecumenical Catholic Communion embraces a network of local churches and sacramental communities across North
America. As authentic Catholics we celebrate our continuity with the undivided Church of the first millennium and believe
that salvation is offered to all. Our unity is built on the teachings and example of Jesus Christ as we seek compassion, justice and peace in the world. We seek to live our faith through liturgy, prayer, community building and collaboration, study and service. Eucharist is a visible sign of that unity.
Ours is a synodal form of governance, with the diverse voices and charisms of laity, clergy and bishops. “The Ecumenical Catholic Communion is the most parish-oriented of any group within the independent Catholic movement in America.” Julie Byrne, Author of the Other Catholics, Columbia University Press, 2016.