St. Augustine 

Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner

Everyone is invited to
St. Augustine's  14th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
on Thanksgiving Day
November 24, 2022
12 noon - 4:00 pm

Monday - No Service
Tuesday - Friday - 12 Noon
Saturday - 5:30 pm
Sunday - 8:30 am & 11:00 am in English
                7:00 pm in Spanish
Holy Days - noon & 6:00 pm
Confessions - Saturday 4:30 pm - 5 pm
                          and by appointment

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (11-06-2022)
            In our life of faith, we are confronted by beliefs and views that contradict and challenge our Christian faith. The God we worship is the God of the living. By proclaiming God to be the God of the living, Jesus strengthens the resolve of all who place their trust in him and hope to share in God's eternal life. Our scripture readings today offer us some insights into what is most important.
            In the first reading, seven brothers and their mother are arrested and tortured. Under this intense threat, they keep their faith and proclaim that they will rise above such suffering. They preferred death to denying their hope in their true God. In the second reading, St. Paul reminds the Thessalonians of God’s fidelity and encourages them to find hope in Jesus. In the Gospel, some Sadducees set the scene with a convoluted question to Jesus. They claim to want to know how marriage laws will be applied in the time of resurrection – yet their question has no backing. Luke notes that this group of religious elites denies the possibility of resurrection. Jesus sees that they are more interested in finding answers than in finding God.
In this situation, Jesus does not answer their question directly. He does not lay out instructions for life in heaven. Instead, he points to God. He draws attention to God’s steadfast love and mercy for God’s children who are now “like angels” and “can no longer die.” Jesus argues that they must believe in the One who created them and makes all things possible. Jesus directs them to deepen their trust in God and further their hope in the resurrection by quoting that the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
            We are the children of the living God and heirs of the kingdom – who will rise to new life in the resurrection. Jesus has won the victory for us. He has defeated death forever with his resurrection. We are called to this table of the Lord, week after week, to be fed by this belief and to find strength on our journey together. We are the children of the living God.

 

Parish Life
Regarding parish life, the Archbishop encouraged pastors and priests to move forward with parish activities, including in-person gathering for all ages while observing the health and safety restrictions of the state. Whenever possible, we need to prudently proceed with the life of the Church. We need to focus our efforts on strengthening the faith of our people, especially the religious knowledge and faith of our children. In these unique times, our church may become poorer and smaller, but more fervent.          
 

Dear Parishioners and Friends,
 
For more than ninety years, St. Augustine Church has been a beacon of light in Lincoln City, and a gathering place of prayer, worship and service.

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