The God of Love

This guide is about the priority of God's love.  This is about the way the Father of Jesus thinks, feels and acts.  By meditating on the Scriptures, we will try to discover the Father as Jesus knew Him.

1. Find a quite place in God's presence.
2. A step or two away from the place where you will pray, stand for a length of an Our Father, raising your mind and thinking how God our Lord is looking at you, and other such thoughts.  Then make an act of reverence or humility.
3. Call upon the Holy Spirit:  Send your Spirit, Lord, that all my intentions, actions, and operations during this time of prayer may be directed purely to Your praise and service.
4. Composition: seeing the place.  Imagine a place where a shepherd might tend his flocks.
5. Ask for the grace of a deeper trust in God's personal love for you.
6. Read slowly.  Wander through the texts freely, meditating especially the parts that seem to speak out to you.

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.
In green pastures he makes me lie down; to still waters he leads me; he restores my soul. He guides me along right paths for the sake of his name.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, For you are with me;
your rod and your staff comfort me.
You set a table before me in front of my enemies;
You annoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD for endless days.
Psalm 23

Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer for Grandparents

Written at the request of the CGA in 2008.

Lord Jesus,
you were born of the Virgin Mary,
the daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne.
Look with love on grandparents the world over.
Protect them! They are a source of enrichment
for families, for the Church and for all of society.
Support them!  As they grow older,
may they continue to be for their families
strong pillars of Gospel faith,
guardians of noble domestic ideals,
living treasuries of sound religious traditions.
Make them teachers of wisdom and courage,
that they may pass on to future generations the fruits
of their mature human and spiritual experience.

Lord Jesus,
help families and society
to value the presence and role of grandparents.
May they never be ignored or excluded,
but always encounter respect and love.
Help them to live serenely and to feel welcomed
in all the years of life which you give them.
Mary, Mother of all the living,
keep grandparents constantly in your care,
accompany them on their earthly pilgrimage,
and by your prayers, grant that all families
may one day be reunited in our heavenly homeland,
where you await all humanity
for the great embrace of life without end.  Amen!

That I may begin immediately,
That I may never fail to begin again,
That I may begin even without devotion,

That I may begin each day,
That I may begin every day,
That I may begin every hour of the day,
That I may say with boldness, “Now I begin,”

That I may begin humbly and with full confidence,
That I may begin with holy tenacity,
That I may begin with faith,
That I may begin with gentleness,
That I may begin with peace,

That I may decide always to begin,
That I may begin again, firmly convinced that God forgives me,
That I may rise immediately and begin again,
That I may always, and in every moment, begin again,

That I may begin again to trust,
That I may begin again to hope,
That I may begin again to love,

Venerable Bruno, pray for me. Amen.

(Composed by Kirsten Butera, February 9, 2020,
St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, Boston, Massachusetts)

The U.S. House just passed H.R. 5, "The Equality Act". 
The Act purports to protect people experiencing same-sex attraction or gender discordance from discrimination. But instead, the bill represents the imposition by Congress of novel and divisive viewpoints regarding “gender” on individuals and organizations. 

Tragically, this Act can also be construed to include an abortion mandate, a violation of precious rights to life and conscience. 
Rather than affirm human dignity in ways that meaningfully exceed existing practical protections, the Equality Act would discriminate against people of faith. It would also inflict numerous legal and social harms on Americans of any faith or none.

There are some forces behind this Act that are attempting to redefine any religious expression in support of traditional morality as “discrimination” and push those who hold such views to the outskirts of polite society. 

READ LETTER FROM U.S. BISHOPS

EQUALITY ACT Q & A

The Act poses a serious threat to religous liberty.  Contact your U.S. senators now and urge then to oppose this act in the senate.  

CONTACT SENATORS:

Marshall, Roger - (R - KS)
B33 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4774
Contact: www.marshall.senate.gov

Moran, Jerry - (R - KS)
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6521
Contact: www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

What can the Ministry of Care do for you or your loved one?

*Grief support *Transportation *Visits to shut-ins at home or in a facility *Holy Communion brought to you *Meal support in time of crisis *Respite relief for caregivers *Other assistance as needed

If you or someone you know could benefit from these services, please contact Marian Seuferling at (913) 980-5276 or marianseuferling@gmail.com. 

As per the "Keeping You in the Know" article in the July 18 bulletin here is what we've done technology wise the past few years for our school and parish.

Technology Past & Future - click here

Annual Auction Sept. 11, 2021

Wea Young Families
Gather at Stilwell Park

Bring your whole family and join us every Monday evening as we pray the Rosary at 6:30pm.  

Prayer and Action (PandA) of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is a service retreat ministry that provides our teens the unique opportunity to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church while serving the local communities of northeast Kansas.  Here's a group for our parish heading to Topeka.

Just a reminder that live streaming of Mass will only occur on Sundays for the 8:30am Mass.  Daily live streaming will end July 1, 2021.

View past videos here.

Effective on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), June 4-5th, Archbishop Naumann will lift the dispensation from the obligation for Catholics in the Archdiocese to observe the precept of the Church to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. Last year when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the Archbishop dispensed Catholics in this Archdiocse from this precept out of concern for public health and to show good will to public officials who wanted public gatherings restricted to decrease the spread of the virus. However, now that the most vulnerable have had the opportunity to be vaccinated and the country is moving closer to herd immunity, Catholics will be expected to return to church on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.

Further, the Archdiocese announced on Wednesday, May 12th, that all diocesan safety protocols relating to COVID are rescinded. Pastors should be aware of guidelines in their particular county or municipality and develop parish guidelines as appropriate, given the demographics of their respective congregations as well as their own personal health situation. Likewise, there are no longer any diocesan Covid-19 guidelines for music ministry in the Archdiocese. Here at QHR-Wea, holy water fonts have been restored and reserved distanced seating has ended. Seating for all Masses has returned to normal. 

No mask mandate exists in Miami County but parishioners are encouraged to follow CDC guidelines. Altar servers and Communion ministers will continue to wear masks while ministering. The procession with the gifts will be restored, but restoration of the sign of peace and Communion from the cup are delayed until a future date.

We will continue to broadcast the Masses on FM 101.9 for those that feel safer listening to Mass in the car. Anyone wanting Communion brought to their car should inform an usher before Mass begins. The 8:30AM Sunday Mass will continue to be live-streamed for those who are homebound, but watching Mass does not fulfill the obligation to participate in Mass in person. 

Those who suffer from underlying health concerns or compromised immunity or who have genuinely serious concerns about the risk of contracting the coronavirus are not bound by the obligation to attend Mass. No one is expected to attend Mass in person when you are sick.

The Value Them Both (VTB) Amendment would amend the Bill of Rights in the Kansas Constitution to state that there is no constitutional right to abortion, and reserving to the people the ability to regulate abortion through the elected members of the legislature of the state of Kansas.  The impetus for this amendment was an April 26, 2019, ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court that took power from Kansas voters and found—created, really—a nearly unlimited “right to abortion” in our 1859 State Constitution.   

This court decision effectively made any legislative effort to limit, condition or in any way regulate abortion in Kansas subject to being declared unconstitutional.  The VTB Amendment aims to give the citizens of Kansas, through their elected representatives, the power to make laws concerning how abortions are handled in Kansas.  It gives the people the power to make this determination rather than leaving it in the hands of a few court justices.    

Kansas Legislators have approved the amendment to be placed on the ballot in August of 2022.  Amending the Kansas Constitution is a two-step process.  Both chambers of the Legislature must pass the measure by “supermajority” margins of 2/3’s of the membership (which they have now done).  Then, the measure is placed on a statewide ballot for a vote of all Kansans.  The measure at that point needs a simple majority to be adopted.

National pro-abortion forces will undoubtedly pour millions of dollars into advertising campaigns in an effort to prevent the amendment from passing.  Catholics faithful to the teaching of the Church on the dignity of life in the womb should do all they can to support, promote and vote for passage of this amendment.  This struggle between pro-life and pro-abortion (so called, pro-choice) advocates is a clash between the Culture of Life and a Culture of Death.  Now is the time for faithful Catholics to step up and be more pro-life than ever. 

This is not simply a political issue, but a moral one.  Since 1973, over 62,000,000 human lives have been extinguished through elective abortions in the United States.  What will children studying history one hundred years from now say about this generation?  Will they look back on us as we look back on those who in the 1800's thought it was somehow morally justifiable to own slaves?  We they look back and say, "What were they thinking?  How could they have embraced such a grave evil?"  Abortion, of course, is not the only pro-life issue, but it is the preeminent one.  Other rights have no meaning, if the right to life is denied.  Let us open our hearts to God's grace and the truth about the dignity of life in the womb.

For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Eph 6:12


For more information go to:
https://www.kansasamendment.com/   
or 
https://www.kansascatholic.org/report/