Offertory 2016 Needed

Balance to cover expenses Week $3375.00 Month $13500.00

Oct. 2nd $3,659.13 $ 9,840.87

Oct. 9th $2,469.75 $7,371.12

Oct. 16th $2,060.06 $5,311.06

Oct. 23rd $2,657.51 $2,653.55

Oct. 30th $2,138.26 $ 515.29

Total $12,984.71 - $ 515.29

“As stewards we are accountable to God for our time, talent and treasure. We return to the Lord, the giver of all our gifts, a truly grateful first share of our time, talent and treasure. “Como cristianos corresponsables, somos responsables ante Dios, por nuestro tiempo, talento y tesoro. Le regresamos al Señor, el dador de todos nuestros dones, la primera porción de nuestro tiempo, talento y tesoro con verdadero agradecimiento.

St. Joseph Catholic Church 150 E. First St P.O. Box 1315 Prineville, OR 97754 Rev. Fr. Joseph Kunnelaya T, Administrator

Vigil Mass Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday Mass 9:00 am English 12:00 Noon Spanish

Thirty second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 6, 2016 Parish Office Administrative Assistant: Anne Greenwood Office Hours: Monday -Thursday 9:00am-12:00 noon and 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm Office: 541-447-6475 Rectory: Evenings 7pm-9pm 541-420-4458 Office Fax 541-416-9141 Email: stjosephparish@bendbroadband.com

Sacraments Sacrament of Penance Saturday: 3:00 - 4:00 pm Other times by appointment Sacrament of Baptism or Marriage Contact Fr. Joseph for preparation Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Mass Intentions Nov. 5 – Nov. 11th Sat. 8am – Sat. 5pm – Fr. Joseph Kunnelaya (Anniv) Sun. 9am – Patrick & Alice Paquin (RIP) Sun. Noon – Misso Pro Populo Mon. 8am – Sally & Melanie Pentkowski (health) Tues. 8am – Wed. 8am – Thurs. 8am - Fri. – 12:15pm- Ida Resz (RIP) 1 hour Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament following Mass

Mass Schedule

Sun. Rosary: half hour before Mass Date: November 13th, 2016 Led by: Eucharistic Ministers Daily Readings Nov.7th - Nov. –13th Mon – Titus 1:1-9; Lk. 17:1-6 Tues – Titus 2:1-8, 11-14; Lk. 17:7-10 Wed – Eze. 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1Cor. 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn. 2:13-22 Thurs – Phm.7-20; Lk. 17:20-25 Fri – 2 Jn. 4-9; Lk. 17:26-37 Sat – 3Jn. 5-8; Lk. 18:1-8 Sun. – Mal. 3:19-20a; 2Th.3:7-12; Lk.21:5-19

Please Remember the Following: Lloy McDaniel; Linda Arian; Lorin; Jack Thompson; Ron & Tanya Deasly; Dan Browning; Patricia Carroll; Savanna King; Rita Witchman; David & Carol Leonard; Billie Lanier; Kate Erickson; Born Family; Dan Christ; Linda Christ; Sammi Pedersen; Bob & Lola Godat; Fred Vandehey; Gal Kessel; Debbie Enneberg Carmen Orsi; Katie Jordon; Mindy Hopfer; Joanne Besio; Mike Mulvihill; Ida Resz; Jennifer Christy; Chuck & Dee Wettstein; Paul Paquin; Carlos Coit; Rosemary Boe; Jeff Born; Peggy Kasberger; Glen Johnston; Jessie Sharp; Hazel Engstrom; Ann Pedersen; Jan Sletager; Richard Moore; Hans Kaumanns; Margaret Tomaszewski; Jim Lanning; Cal and Bernice Dubisar; Dolores Myers; Heather Messick; Family of Ralph and Mary Lee; Jeanne Enos; Kim Remppel; Deborah Horrell; Hernan Enrique Caceres; Verconica Natalia Chavez; Maria Sol Montel; Veronica Rodriguez; Luz Alejandra Bringas,; Carolina Silvia Brizuela Perez; Rodolfo Martin Arruabarrena; Gustavo Caceres, Susan Markie, Ben Ryan, Sandy Salgado, Michelle Reynolds, Anne Pimentel Hehr; Nettie Irene Downing for the special intentions of our parishioners and others.

Fr. Joseph’s Corner… Since the Sacrament of Reconciliation of Advent is going to be Dec. 1st, Friday at 6pm, Fr. Joseph is giving us lessons to prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. And this is in 4 parts please make sure you read your bulletin every week.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Part - 1

In Romans 8:35, St. Paul tells us that nothing

can separate us from the love of Christ. If nothing can come between us and the love of

God through Jesus Christ, why is reconciliation so important? If I die before I can make a

last confession, will I still go to heaven?

There are many presumptions and misunderstandings about the Sacrament of

Reconciliation or Confession. Some of the presumptions are due to our own “false

reasoning” to pacify our emotional disturbances when we sin or we justify in

order to hide our guilt.

I like to answer the questions in two parts.

First: It is true that nothing can separate us

from Christ. But in our daily lives we experience that due to our own selfishness,

stubbornness and pride, we separate

ourselves from the love of Christ. Like the prodigal son in Luke 15, we, instead of

enjoying the love and comfort of the father in the house, run away and chose our own way,

thinking that we do not have freedom to do what we want.

We all sin. Sin is before all else an offense

against God, a rupture of communion with

him. At the same time it damages communion with the Church. For this reason conversion

entails both God’s forgiveness and reconciliation with the Church, which are

expressed and accomplished liturgically by the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

(CCC 1440).

God’s grace, mercy and forgiveness comes to us through Christ and his church. In all our

prayer we pray and end the prayer saying ‘this we ask through Christ Our Lord’.

He has bought us this grace with his blood.

The church not only calls us to humble repentance but also intercedes for us and

helps us toward ongoing conversion.

Reconciliation is coming back home to the

Father. This sacrament also brings an inner healing to each individual. Three very

important and radical changes take place in an

individual when s/he does his Confession.

1. The wounds caused by sin is

healed. 2. The penitent is freed from evil forces. 3. The capacity to do good is

strengthened by the grace he receives

from the Sacrament.

It really brings an inner healing to those

seek it with sincere repentance. “Whoever confesses his sins…is already working with

God. God indicts your sins; if you also indict them, you are joined with God. Man

and sinner are , so to speak two realities:

when you hear “man”- this is what God has made; when you hear “sinner- this is

what man himself has made. Destroy what you have made, so that God may

save what he has made” (St. Augustine)

(Continued…..next week) Prayerful wishes, Fr. Joseph

Rosary Schedule November 6th – Ushers November 13th – Eucharistic Ministers November 20th – Knights of Columbus November 27th – The Youth

The Knights of Columbus Offer breakfast after the 9 a.m. Mass on the first Sunday of every month. Nov. 6th there will be no breakfast.

Social Time Please join us for coffee after the Sunday 9:00 am Mass Sunday Coffee Hour Schedule November 13th- Betty Viescas November 20th- Carol Smith November 27th – Albina Stagnoli

Choir Practice Choir on Wednesday’s from 5:00pm – 6:00 pm

Respect Life News "One who has hope lives differently”. What can we do to give hope to those with an unplanned pregnancy or suffering from an abortion? ~Pope Benedict XVI~

For Pregnancy Support Please Contact:

Madras:(541)475-5338 Prineville:(541)447-2420 Redmond: (541) 504-8919 www.prcco.org For Post Abortion Healing: Rachel's Vineyard Post Abortion Healing Ministry rachelsvineyard.org 877 HOPE 4 ME (877-467-3463) There is a Catholic Foster Care Home just opened in Bend. It is run by Sisters. Phone: 541-588-2416 Address: Cardinal Otunga House Foster Care Home 3387 NE Stonebridge Loop Bend, Or. 97701 Divine Mercy Message Please join us at 9am Thursday November 10th for a blessing by Fr. Joseph. Our cenacle group is suspending classes through the winter. Remember to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily (at 3pm, if possible) for the sick and the dying and the poor souls in purgatory.

Parish News

The Office will be closed Wednesday Nov. 9th Thursday Nov.-10th and Monday Nov.14th. There will not be a Knights of Columbus Breakfast or Coffee Hour on Nov. 6th. We will be having a special family potluck Nov. 6th at 1:30pm to celebrate Fr. Joseph’s Anniversary of his Ordination. So please bring food, conversation and laughter, cake will be provided. Come and meet our new pastor!! The Pastoral Council agreed a time change of our Saturday Vigil Mass pending the approval of the parishioners. We plan to change the Vigil Mass time to 5 pm on Saturdays with confession times changed to 3-4 pm. This change will take place on November 12, 2016 and will continue for a few months as we evaluate the parishioner input. Hopefully, this change will provide more daylight driving time once we change to Standard Time. Share Your Love, Life and Faith with Me I invite everyone to spend time with me so we can become friends and work together as we build St. Joseph’s Catholic faith community. I will visit you in your home, or, you are welcome in mine. In the months ahead I would like to learn more about you, your family, your trials and your joys. As we learn more about each other, we can find ways to strengthen our Parish life and each other. I am available at any time. However, we should make arrangements in advance to avoid scheduling conflicts. Contact me or the

parish secretary at 541-447-6475 or stjosephparish@bendbroadband.com Thank you and God bless you. I look forward to a future filled with many friends at St. Joseph’s Prineville. Yours in Christ Fr. Joseph

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!!! If you are interested in reviving and rejuvenating your faith, Fr. Joseph is planning to start a Bible Study from Nov. 9th, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, in the RCIA classroom. Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule. Topic of Bible studies is, “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Advent” St. Joseph Annual Christmas Bazaar Saturday, November 12, 2016 9am-3pm in the parish hall. Lunch will be served from 11am-2pm. Please donate handmade items: crafts, handiwork, baked items, candies, etc., etc. We are also accepting slightly used items and items for up-cycling. Set –up will be Friday Nov. 11th, at 9am. Call Nancy Redfern 541-508-9872. Everyone’s help is greatly appreciated!

Altar Flower Announcement The following women are providing for the altar flowers in our church for the month of November Sandy Shiver and Cookie Benton. Please thank them for their support and work in this effort. We need more volunteers to serve at the Senior Center on days that the Catholic Church is on duty. This is one day per month. Volunteers should call Joyce Jollo 541-923-5562

Reflection on 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 1st R. 2Mac. 7:1-2, 9-14 Res. Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 2nd R. 2 Th. 2:16-3:5 Gospel Accl. Rev. 1:5a, 6b Gospel Lk. 20:27-38

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As we near the end of the Church's liturgical year, the readings become more eschatological -- having to do with the end times. The main theme of today’s readings is the reality of life after death and of the relationship between our lives on earth and the life of glory or punishment that will follow. The readings invite us to consider the true meaning of the Resurrection in our lives. The first

reading states the first century BC Jewish theology of martyrdom and the resurrection of the just. The intense sufferings to which good Jews were subjected brought them to the conviction that the justice of God would reward the faithful in the afterlife, and would also punish the wicked. The second reading was meant to encourage the Thessalonians, who were waiting for the Parousia (the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead), to trust in the fidelity of God. It was also meant to open their eyes to the fact that the Lord would strengthen their hearts in every good work and word. The same theme of the resurrection of the dead is the basis of the confrontation described in today’s Gospel

passage. Today’s Gospel affirms the victory of God and of God’s love over the power of death. Jesus speaks of God as the God of the living, Who promises that the ones who will rise to life in Heaven are God’s children. The Gospel shows us how Jesus ingeniously escaped from a doctrinal trap set for him and explained the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead which was supported by the Pharisees but denied by the Sadducees. Jesus also explains that Heavenly life with God in glory is totally different from earthly life, and that there is no marriage in heaven in the earthly sense.

Teaching of the Church: According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, our belief in the resurrection is based upon a faith-relationship with God as Creator. “God revealed the resurrection of the dead to His people progressively” (CCC #992). Resurrection is implied in the earlier books of the Old Testament, becomes clearer in the later books (Ex. 3:6; Job 19:25-26; Ps. 16:9-10; 49:15; 73:24; Hos. 6:1-2; Dan. 12:2) and is emphatically asserted in II Maccabees. The teaching of Jesus and the Apostles on this topic is crystal clear in the New Testament (Mt 26:17-31, 31-46, 28:1-10, Mk 16:1-8, Jn 3:16, 5:29, 11:1-57, 11:25-26, 2:19, 20:1-18, 20:10-18, Acts 1:1-11, 2:23-24, Rom 1:3-4, 4:25, 5:8, 10:9, 1 Cor 1:15, 1:18, 15:1-58, Heb 11:1, 12:2, 1 Thes 4:13-18, 1 Jn 3:16, 2 Tim 1:10). Hence, the whole of Christian theology is

based on the belief in our resurrection and everlasting life of reward or punishment.

1) We need to live as people of the

Resurrection: This means that we are not to lie buried in the tomb of our sins and evil habits. Instead, we are to live joyful and peaceful lives, constantly experiencing the real Presence of the Risen Lord who gives us the assurance that our bodies also will be raised. In addition, the hope of our resurrection and eternal life with God gives us lasting peace and celestial joy amid the boredom and tensions of our day-to-day lives. An awareness of the all-pervading presence of the Holy Spirit will help us to control our thoughts, desires, words and behaviors. The salutary thought of our own resurrection and eternal glory should also inspire us to honor our bodies, keeping them holy, pure and free from evil habits, and to respect those with whom we come in contact, rendering them loving and humble service.

2) We need to offer living worship to a living God. The reason we come together each week to pray for the needs of the community, share the Word and break the Bread is that we have Faith and Hope in a living God Who loves us and Whom we love. If God is the God of the living, should not

worship of this God also be alive? Our worship services and relation to God must be life-giving rather than life-draining experiences. Unfortunately, Holy Mass and other worship services are often described as "dead” or "boring." Even Church volunteers sometimes complain of being exhausted in their work. The proclamation that our God is the God of the living has to mean something positive to us. It should affect our lives today and every day, especially during our Sunday worship. In response to Him, our participation in prayers and songs during the Holy Mass should be active and our behavior in church reverent, though not gloomy. As we continue our Eucharist celebration and gather around the Table of the Lord, let us give thanks to Almighty God for this foretaste of the Heavenly Banquet that awaits us in the place that God has prepared for us.