Creation Awaits with Eager Expectation – A Daily Advent Journey of Prayer and Reflection, Catholic Climate Covenant
This collection features 26 daily prayers and reflections inspired by Romans 8:19—“For creation awaits with eager expectation for the revelation of the children of God.” Written by a beautifully diverse group of U.S. Catholics, these short prayers and reflections will accompany you throughout the Advent season. Register here
On this 33rd Sunday in ordinary time, the liturgical year is nearly over. And so our readings this week direct our attention to the end times as we prepare for the peace of Christ the King next weekend and then the beginning of Advent and the new liturgical year the weekend after that… Even in the darkest of times, because of our faith, we have a light to shine. And it is at this time in our world, especially when end times seem much more prevalent than light and resolutions, that I think there’s an even greater invitation to harness the fiery hope that guides our way in fear and trial…
Tuesday, November 18th at 7:00pm
Powers Hall, Lower Level St. John the Evangelist Church
Join the SJSP Care for Creation Committee for a Zoom webinar with Fran Ludwig, co-chair of Boston Catholic Climate Movement and delegate to the recent Raising Hope for Climate Justice conference in Rome. Hear about Pope Leo’s challenge to us to protect our common home and all who inhabit it — particularly the poor and vulnerable who are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation. Munchies will be served!
Can’t attend in person? Click here to register for the webinar…
Our next meeting will be this Thursday, November 13 at 7:00 pm in the St. Paul office. Join us as we begin a discussion of My Life with the Saints by Fr. James Martin. This week we’ll discuss Chapters 1-6.
Newcomers are always welcome! Meetings are in person on the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month. For questions or information about joining us, email: bookclub@sjspwellesley.org
Who wants to think about death – their own or that of others? The temptation is to pass over talk of death in favor of new life. Yet if our faith teaches us anything, it is that the negative space of death has the ability, like negative space in art, to reveal the beauty of the bigger picture.
All Souls’ Day, coupled with All Saints’ Day, invites us right into that space. It invites us to bridge the gap between life and death. It asks us to put our faith on full display. Faith in the resurrection. Faith that in the dying and the rising of the everyday we grow closer to Christ. Faith that no matter who we lose in this life to death, they are never lost to God.
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Who wants to think about death – their own or that of others? The temptation is to pass over talk of death in favor of new life. Yet if our faith teaches us anything, it is that the negative space of death has the ability, like negative space in art, to reveal the beauty of the bigger picture.
All Souls’ Day, coupled with All Saints’ Day, invites us right into that space. It invites us to bridge the gap between life and death. It asks us to put our faith on full display. Faith in the resurrection. Faith that in the dying and the rising of the everyday we grow closer to Christ. Faith that no matter who we lose in this life to death, they are never lost to God…
Kelley asked that we share the following message with the Evening for Women program:
I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak at Tuesday night’s Evening for Women and for the warm welcome. I am proud to be part of such an amazing community at St. John-St. Paul’s and grateful for the opportunity to share the important work of Catholic Charities with you. I appreciate the support so many of you have given to our clients over the years. I was inspired by your thoughtful questions and your eagerness to learn about how you can continue to make an impact for our neighbors in need.
I want to share with you some ways to get involved…
Our next meeting will be Thursday, October 23 at 7:00pm in the St. Paul office – we discuss the second half of What Christians Believe: Understanding the Nicene Creed by Bishop Robert Barron.
Newcomers are always welcome! Meetings are in person on the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month.
For questions or information about joining us, email us at: bookclub@sjspwellesley.org
A study of St. Paul’s First and Second Letters to the Corinthians will begin on Friday morning, October 31, from 10-11:30am in the rectory of St. Paul’s Parish.
Later meetings will be on Fridays: November 7, 14, December 5, 12. (Please note there will be no meetings on November 21 and 28.)
Our guidebook will be First and Second Corinthians, published by the Liturgical Press. The book can be ordered from Liturgical Press or from Amazon
Are you longing to encounter the Spirit of Hope?
To witness the fire of God’s love burning?
To rest by the refreshing waters of God’s peace?
Together, we will spend time in conversation, prayer and reflection as we open ourselves to the work of the Spirit; enlivening creation, gracing our lives, and empowering us to collaborate in the work of renewing the face of the earth.”
Dinner will be served – registration is required…