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Weekly bulletin column from our pastor, Fr. Bob Murray

We’re side-stepping into the Gospel of John for this Sunday, but still, we are in familiar territory. Check out how your copy of the Bible titles this story; mine (NRSV) calls it “Woman Caught in Adultery” and if that isn’t a mistitle for this story, I don’t know what is. Maybe it could be “Men judging a woman” or “Where’s the other party in this scandal? Is he all set then?” or “the mystery of the sand-writing” or “the moral of this story is for all of us.” I don’t have the power to retitle Bible translations, but I think it’s important to notice them, and what the titles do to draw our attention to some details in the story, and away from others.

Weekly column from our Pastoral Associate, Margo Morin

Weekly bulletin column from our pastor, Fr. Bob Murray

After last week’s confusing (or was that just me?) Gospel reading,* we’re back on familiar territory. This week’s reading, about the Prodigal Son, is a long one but full of images and characters and points to ponder, and sometimes our attention is drawn to one part of the story one year, and to another altogether, on a different year. So pay attention to where God is drawing your eye this time around. **If you’re still a bit baffled about last week’s Gospel, be sure to check out last week’s MQOA Sunday podcast!

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Weekly column from Margo Morin, our Pastoral Associate.

Weekly bulletin column from our pastor, Fr. Bob Murray

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Here's this week's Beta lesson. Follow along with us as we talk about the reading on our weekly podcast, MQOASunday! www.mqoa.org/podcasts This week’s Gospel comes across as kind of mysterious, so you may get some benefit from reading it more than twice, or by taking a pause between the two parts of the reading. There’s another famous fig tree story in the other synoptic Gospels (Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:12-14.), but there are some definite differences here. I hope your conversations are blessed and… fruitful!

Weekly column from our Pastoral Associate, Margo Morin

Weekly bulletin column from our pastor, Fr. Bob Murray

We are excited to share that the Archdiocese is partnering with Hallow, the #1 Catholic App, to help you grow closer to God this Lent. You can access ALL of Hallow's content for free for 90 days. Join Catholics across the Archdiocese in prayer this Lent with a special focus on The 7 Last Words of Christ. Accept the #Pray40 Challenge today!

Another resource to help you and your family grow is the Lenten Journey Calendar for Families. We hope this will help guide your Lenten journey this year. Please share it with others!

I’m so glad to be back with you, and thankful for your messages of support and your prayers. Thanks for your patience with my unavailability to prepare these lessons; I hope your group was able to have great conversations in my absence. We’re in familiar and important territory here with the Transfiguration. You may want to ask your group members to close their eyes and imagine the scene while it’s being read, for an added layer of engagement with the story. I hope you are having a blessed lent so far, and have great conversations this week.

Weekly column from our Pastoral Associate, Margo Morin

I remember as a young boy, that whenever I was going out to an event in which I would be with  other adults, (think sporting events, CYO, Mass, school events etc.) my parents would remind me that my comportment mattered. “Remember”, they would say, “you are carrying our name too.  Give them a good reason to call us and say something positive”. I am thinking about this as we start this new season of Lent with a generosity challenge. I am grateful to Laura Meisenhelter and Margo for this idea. This week we will be giving out paper sheets with flowers drawn on them and will ask you to write in them acts of generosity.

We think of Lent and we think “What am I giving up?” This year for Lent, why not think, “What am I giving?” Jesus challenges us to LOVE. This Lent you are challenged to do one Act of Generosity that brings you closer to your “neighbor” each day of Lent, Monday through Saturday, and record what you did.