Sunday, April 12th, 2020 ~ Easter Sunday of The Resurrection of The Lord

FROM BISHOP VINCKE:

Until further notice, all public celebrations of the Holy Mass in the Diocese of Salina are cancelled except for funeral Masses.

MASS INTENTIONS

Sun. April 12 L/D Don & Charlotte Werth family

Tue. April 14 L/D Edward & Oliva Pfannenstiel family

Th. April 16 +Charles & Kathleen Evans

Sun. April 19 +Cody Younger

Tue. April 21 Ken & Peggy Richmeier family

Wed April 23 +Jory Konrade

Mass Intentions will continue. Father Jarett will include

in his live streaming Mass that can be viewed at

https://www.facebook.com/MunjorKS/ OR

https://www.facebook.com/StNicksHays/

Tithe ~ Stewardship of Treasure

Envelopes $3,440.00 Cath. Rel Serv. $25.00 P. Supper $100.00 Candles $48.00 Holy Land $55.00 Rice Bowls $25.00

TOTAL $3,693.00

Until Masses resume, please mail your church

contributions to the Parish Office: St. Francis Church

883 Moscow St.

Munjor, KS 67601

St. Francis of Assisi Parish is now on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MunjorKS/

FATHER JARETT’S ~ Q & A

I have a son with a family of his own who does not see the need of going to mass every week. The reason he uses to defend this decision is that he knows too many people who call themselves Christian and then act completely opposite the rest of the week. How can I respond to this?

“While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ He heard this and said, ‘Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.’” (Matt. 9:10-12)

It’s interesting how we as humans place certain expectations upon others, and then forget about placing similar expectations upon ourselves. So, my question to your son would be, is he waiting on a Christian Catholic Church full of earthly saints before he will see the need of God’s strength in this sacrament of the Eucharist?

Now, please don’t get me wrong. I see this Catholic dilemma every week. So many of us Catholics going through the motions every Sunday and then not making any effort to live out our Christian faith to any degree during the rest of the week. However, it begs this question. If this dilemma causes us to lose faith in God, in Jesus Christ, and in His Catholic Church, where have we placed our faith? Let me use an example.

During seminary, one of the priests who had inspired me to pursue priesthood, who had showed me qualities that I desired to have in my own priesthood, was accused, convicted and sent away to prison on charges of sexual misconduct. This news caused me great distress in my own vocational discernment. At one point, I seriously thought about leaving seminary and choosing a different path. If this was the type of thing that a priest, who had greatly inspired me, could do, then perhaps I didn’t want to be a priest. Who’s to say that I couldn’t be tempted to the same things, and by leaving seminary, at least I would not become a hypocritical priest.

Then, my spiritual director posed this question to me, “How has God’s call, God’s voice in your life changed as a result of the actions of this priest?” The only answer that I could come up with was that God’s call and voice had not changed. In my prayer I still felt as though God was calling me to priesthood. I realized that I had been allowing the struggle of another human being to affect my own relationship with God and His call in my life.

Sunday, April 12th, 2020 ~ Easter Sunday of The Resurrection of The Lord

How easy it is to get so caught up in the horizontal

aspect of life; the people around us, our family, friends, fellow parishioners, and to allow the sin of our brothers in sisters in Christ to affect our vertical relationship with God. The Church is made up of human beings, and if we place our faith in them, we will always be disappointed, because we tend to be weak and to sin. However, if we place our faith in God, and in the rock of His Church, we will never be let down. I’m sorry but the Church is not a museum of saints, it’s a hospital for sinners. You’re going to have to come up with another excuse to skip Sunday Mass. In Christ’s Loving Service Your Pastor,

Fr. Jarett

Questions of Clarifications? Email Fr. Jarett at father.konrade@eaglecom.net

K of C Meeting for April has been cancelled.

Special Collections: The Holy Land and Rice Bowls can be

mailed to the parish office, if you have not already done so.

Thank you for our generous support.

Stewardship Renewal Forms. If you have not returned

yours, please do so as soon as possible

The Bishop’s Annual Appeal – Call to Share. We have

already raised $4,675.00 in faithfully generous pledges to our

appeal! 12 families have joined us in making a pledge.

Curt Brungardt, Charlie Munsch, Carole Carter, Stan Herrmann, Jack Harwood,

Jerry Barnes, Parishioners in Health Care Facilities.

Drop requests in the collection basket or let Lilly know.

Let Lilly know when the intention can be removed.

Free Catholic Videos, Movie, eBooks, MP3’s

www.formed.org – Parish Code: JZ3DPK

During these everchanging times it is more important than

ever for families to look to each other for comfort and support.

There are an abundant number of resources available online

to help you keep the faith at home. This is a great opportunity

to sign in to or register for your Formed.org account currently

being offered for free to every parishioner at every Parish in

the Diocese. Many parishes are also live streaming Masses on

their webpages or Facebook accounts as well as offering

additional resources. If you have not already joined in the

Diocesan Study on the Eucharist, perhaps its impact will be

even more significant during this time when we are unable to

receive.• Watch Mass Online via EWTN, Bishop Robert

Barron, and individual priests and parishes have already been

offering online Masses via Facebook or YouTube.

• Mass will be offered the following website

Word on Fire https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass

Salina Diocesan Website www.salinadiocese.org

• Reading the scriptural readings for the weekday and the

Sunday Mass. They can be found on the USCCB site.

• An Act of Spiritual Communion:

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive

You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You

sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself

wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

APRIL – “We are all called to combat every form of slavery

and build fraternity– all of us, each one according to his or her

own responsibility” (Pope Francis). Human trafficking

demands our attention – let’s work together to end it. U.S.

Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking.

(www.sistersagainsttrafficking.org). USCSAHT is a 501© 3

organization. 2039 N Geyer Road, St. Louis, MO 63131

Happy Easter