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FALSE PROPHETS, TRUE PROPHETS
In Deuteronomy today we hear that God’s very words
will fill the mouth of a true prophet, but a false
prophet will, in a manner of speaking, put mere mortal
words into God’s mouth.
In Mark’s Gospel, we see Jesus teaching and healing as a
true prophet, one filled with the authority of God’s own
voice, the Holy One of God.
The whole history of our church is filled with both
true and false prophets. But in today’s Gospel we learn
that Jesus’ fame spread because he taught with
authority; he wasn’t an authority because he was popular
or famous. We also learn from him, in his desert
temptation confrontations with Satan, that anyone can
quote scripture, even against God’s purposes. And today
we hear that his authority was not like that of the
scribes, who held the official positions of religious
authority in his day. Our work is to do our best to
discern the true prophets in our midst, and to be true
prophets as well.
The psalmist tells us how to do this: by not hardening
our hearts when God speaks. If we truly listen to God,
it will be God’s very words filling our mouths.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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This Week at Our Lady of Sorrow
Saturday, Jan 28 th
3:00 – 3:30 Confessions
Mass – 4:00 pm
Youth Group Bake Sale after Mass
Sunday, Jan 29 th
Rosary, 7:35 am
Mass - 8 am
Youth Group Bake Sale after all Masses
9:00 am PRE Classes
Mass – 10:30 am
Mass – 5:00 pm
Church History Classes 6:30-8:15
Mon, Jan 30 th
Mass- 8:00 am
Tuesday, Jan 31 st
Mass – 8:00 am
Zumba classes, 6-7 pm GYM
Wed. Feb 1 st
Rectory Closed
Legion of Mary, 4:30 pm LH
Mass – 6:30 pm
RCIA, 7 pm KH
Thurs. Feb 2 nd
Mass– 8:00 am
Church History Classes 9:30-11:30
Zumba Classes , 6 pm GYM
Youth Group, 6:30 pm
Parent Meeting, Confirmation 6:30 cafeteria
STVDP meeting 7 pm KH
Friday, Feb 3 rd
Mass- 8:00 am
Adoration, 9 am
Benediction, 12
Saturday, Feb 4 th
Mass – 8:00 am
Altar Guild Meeting 9 am
Basketball Game 11 am, GYM
3:00 – 3:30 Confessions
Mass – 4:00 pm
Sunday, Feb 5 th
Rosary, 7:35 am
Mass - 8 am 9:00 am PRE Classes
Hospitality after 8 am & 10:30 Mass KH
Mass – 10:30 am
Mass – 5:00 pm
Church History Classes 6:30-8:15, KH |
TODAY’S READING
First Reading
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Moses spoke to all the people, saying: ―A prophet like
me will the LORD,
your God, raise up for you‖ (Deuteronomy 18:15-20).
Psalm
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If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts
(Psalm 95).
Second Reading
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Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of
anxieties (1 Corinthians 7:32-35).
Gospel
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The people were astonished at Jesus’ teaching
(Mark 1:21-28).
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13; Mk 5:1-20
Tuesday: 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30 — 19:3; Mk
5:21-43
Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17; Mk 6:1-6
Thursday: Mal 3:1-4; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32]
Friday: Sir 47:2-11; Mk 6:14-29
Saturday: 1 Kgs 3:4-13; Mk 6:30-34
Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23;
Mk 1:29-39
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catholic
Schools Week
Tuesday: St. John Bosco
Thursday: The Presentation of the Lord; Groundhog Day
Friday: St. Blaise; St. Ansgar; Blessing of Throats;
First Friday
Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday
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Our Lady of Sorrows School News
Campbell Soup Labels:
We are still collecting Campbell Soup labels. Like
the Box Tops for Education, these labels are worth
cash money to our parish school. All you have to do
is remove the label from the can after you have used
it and put the labels in the same box in the
vestibule of the church used for the Box Tops
promotion. It’s another easy way to support OUR
parish school.
DON’T THROW GOOD MONEY AWAY!
Please clip and save the Box Tops for Education
labels from General Mills products and put them in
the box in the vestibule of the church. Every label
is worth 10˘ to our school. As you prepare to bake
for the holidays, please consider purchasing Betty
Crocker mixes that have TWO labels per box and
doubling your contribution to the school. This is a
great way to support the school without having to
write a separate check. We’ve already collected
almost 1,000 labels this year and our goal is
10,000.
School Registration: Registration for the 2011-2012 school year at OLS
will begin in the coming weeks. All tuition and fee
payments must be current in order to register.
Please make certain your records are current. All
Catholic students will have to provide a letter from
their pastors confirming their membership and active
participation. New students will need: 1) a copy of
their baptismal record; 2) a copy of their birth
certificate; 3) an up-to-date immunization record.
Priority will be given to siblings of currently
enrolled students and children of parents who are
actively involved as members of OLS Parish when
accepting new students for enrollment.
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