This weekend we say goodbye to our SOS guests and thank you to everyone who pitched in to create a hospitable space for them. Thanks especially to Tim and Nancy Cahoon who guided our many volunteers in their service to the homeless.
Please plan to spend some time after masses next weekend to attend our Franciscan Outreach Open House. You've seen the donation box in the gathering area, and perhaps you wondered what happens to all the food. You will be able to see how food is received, sorted, packed and delivered twice a week to area poor.
On the weekend of October 31 - November 1 we will offer the sacrament of the anointing of the sick at the 4:30 pm Saturday mass and at the 10:00 am Sunday mass. The Church gives much latitude to the kinds of sicknesses that might lead us to seek out this sacrament. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "the special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its effects:
- the uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his own good and that of the whole Church;
- the strengthening, peace, and courage to endure in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness or old age;
- the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to obtain it through the sacrament of Penance;
- the restoration of health, if it is conducive to the salvation of his soul;
- the preparation for passing over to eternal life."
Please find a place at the edge of the pew along the main aisle of the church. After the homily, Fr. Jeremy and myself will first bless you by holding our hands over your head, and then return to anoint your forehead and hands.