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March20, 2022                                                  3rd Sunday of Lent                                       Mary Lou J-B

 

AVIRTUAL Mass at 11:00 on ZOOM!

 

THANKYOU to Fr. Jack Costello (a very GOOD MAN) for celebrating MASS with us!

 

Reflection:

 

Here is my reflection for this week's People Progress:

 

The Parable of the Fig Tree   (by Pat Smiley)

 

I am focussing on the parable in this reflection because my first andcursory reading of it in preparation for this mass was almost automatic. This parable speaks to me at this present moment both in my own life and in thesociety most of us in the community live in (Ontario).

 

As an introduction to "what's happening" here, in the world ofwhat is politely now called social assistance, once known as welfare, ourgovernment is moving to privatize the delivery of those services and has takenhuge steps (including legislations) to change the way "eligibility"is determined.  None of this takes into account the human being, especiallythe human being who is disabled in some way from full-time work.

 

The owner of this fig tree believes that after not producing any fruit,the fig tree should be simply be cut down and discarded.  It isn't makinga contribution to the orchard and hasn't for a while.  But clearly thisfig tree is still alive as a tree and the gardener begs his master to give himsome manure so that he can restore this tree to productivity.

 

It might seem that the master has a point.  After all, he expectsproduce from this orchard because as the owner he is concerned about his bottomline and wants the space to be given to trees that will produce fruit and makehim some profit for his investment.

 

It isn't hard for me to imagine this approach to a garden (withoutgetting into the current wave of literature on the souls of trees and otherflora).  Honestly, there are some dying plants in the garden of my houseand Rachel wants to restore them as much as possible whereas I would prefer tohave them replaced.  But Jesus isn't talking about that in thisparable.  I also believe that every human being has a contribution to makein some way to the society, community in which they live.  The manure thatthese human beings need is an income to provide themselves with the basics oflife - a decent home, good food to eat and some other essentials for modern daylife.  And, with a little money in their wallets, they can make aneconomic contribution to the community.

 

                              

Readings:                              

Today:             Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15               Psalm 103             1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12              Luke 13:1-9      

March 27       Joshua 5: 9ª, 10-12           Psalm 34               2 Cor.5: 17-21                      Luke 15:11-12 

 

Liturgy Schedule:

Date                                                          Planner(s)                                      Priest________________

Mar 20:3rd Sun of Lent                             Patricia Smiley                                Fr. JackCostello

Mar27: 4th Sun ofLent                            Mary and John MacMillan               Fr.Paul McAuley

April 3:5th Sun of Lent                              Lindsay & Bill Watson                    Fr. Jack Costello

April 10Passion (Palm) Sunday:             Liz Whelan & Art Bloome              Fr. Prakash Lohale                           April 17 Easter Sunday:                            Greg Gillis                                      Fr. Jack Costello

 

 

 

 

People ProgressSchedule:

March     Mary LouJorgensen-Bacher   mljb57 at yahoo.ca
April         Elizabeth Whelan                    erwhelan at icloud.com

May         John MacMillan                        maryemacmillan at gmail.com                              

June        Maryanne Stone                      maryannestonejimenez at gmail.com         

 

Announcements:

·     From John MacMillan

To think that only three weeks ago, we hadalmost no money, and now, because of your generous response, we are inwonderful shape.

-      We have $1,880.96 in the bank and$43.20 in cash. 

We should be OKuntil June. My plan is to update you then, as we look forward to possible occasionalsummer liturgies, and planning for next year.

 

·     From Liz Whelan

·        CHANGES to the 2022 (Phone, Email, Contact)List:

Please add Carol Radbord to your List on page4, in the Virtual/Zoom section:

Radbord, Carol (Apr 27)   carolradbord at gmail.com        416.287.0072

Carol is John MacMillan’s sister. Welcome,Carol!

·        If there are other changes, please send them toLiz Whelan (erwhelan at icloud.com),and she will direct them to People Progress.

·        Changes will be repeated for two weeks.

 

·     Egg cartons: Elizabeth Stocking thanks everyone who has contributed eggcartons. Please continue to save them for her. You can deliver the cartons orflats to Elizabeth Whelan, and Elizabeth Stocking or her driver will pick themup.

 

MarchBirthdays: Happy Birthday to you all!

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March 3
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Gwen Schauerte
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March 16
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Francine Gillis
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March 8
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Adrian Olsthoorn
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March 20
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Rosemary Gray-Snelgrove
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March 10
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Greg Gillis
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March 23
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Guillermo Banuelos
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March 11
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Marianne Scandiffio
 
David Mealey
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March 29
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Jean Leahy
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Re-printedweekly for reference:

Duties ofliturgy planners for virtual masses:

 

Early in the week before the liturgy:

·                    Call or email thepriest to confirm Sunday’s liturgy (contact info will be provided).

·                    Prepare or find aReflection and send it to the People Progress reporter by Thursday. 

·                   Please notify thePeople Progress reporter early in the week if you cannot do a          Reflection.

·                   Select readers for the1st and 2nd readings; check with Brian Halferty regarding the psalm.    

                         

On the Sunday of the virtual mass:

·                    Greet the group (Asknewcomers to introduce themselves)

·                    Give a briefintroduction to the liturgy.

·                    Read your passage /beprepared to do a reading (if a volunteer is unable to log-in)
·                    Thank everyone who‘attended’ and those who helped (at Announcements)

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