The Soil of the Heart: Cultivating Faith Beyond Human Effort

• The Parable of the Sower 00:17:11 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor recounts the biblical parable, detailing the four types of soil (path, rocky ground, thorns, rich soil) and their spiritual meanings regarding how people receive the Word of God.
• The Nature of Seeds and Potential 00:21:21 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor uses the analogy of seeds containing a 'blueprint' and the story of ancient Egyptian seeds to illustrate that potential exists but requires the right environment to be realized.
• Personal Gardening Experience 00:22:35 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about failing to grow tomatoes in garden boxes but succeeding when they were thrown against a brick wall, illustrating that the 'soil' or environment is critical for growth.
• Generational Disconnect from Agriculture 00:23:44 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor discusses how younger generations lack connection to the land and farming, using this to highlight the timeless relevance of the parable despite cultural shifts.
• The Seed as the Word of God 00:27:43 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor identifies the seed specifically as the Word of God and explains that the person is transformed by this Word, particularly through the sacrament of baptism.
• Environmental Influence on Faith 00:28:34 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor argues that the 'environment' (parents, godparents, family, ethics) determines whether the seed of faith grows, citing the fruits of the Holy Eucharist (piety and charity) as evidence of transformation.
• Fruits of the Harvest 00:30:24 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor concludes by urging the congregation to consider what 'seeds' they are planting in their families and communities, such as reconciliation, peace, and hope, to ensure a future harvest.

• Sermon Illustration 00:21:48 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor recounts finding ancient seeds in an Egyptian tomb that were thousands of years old but still had the potential to grow when planted, illustrating that potential exists but requires the right conditions.
• Sermon Illustration 00:22:35 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares a personal story of failing to grow tomatoes in garden boxes at his rectory, but succeeding when he threw the rotten tomatoes against a brick wall with hard clay soil, demonstrating the importance of the environment for growth.
• Sermon Illustration 00:23:44 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor references an article about the younger generation's disconnect from farming and knowledge of where food comes from, using this to contrast modern urban life with the timeless lesson of the parable.

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[00:03:32] Good morning. We welcome any visitors who join us for worship today as we celebrate the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
[00:03:41] Please turn off your cell phones or set them to silent mode. For safety reasons, we ask that all children be accompanied by an adult when attending the restrooms.
[00:03:51] Our presider for this Mass is Father Mark Lawler. Our gathering hymn is number 803 for the healing of nations. Everyone please stand.

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[00:04:03] The intentions for this morning's Mass are the eternal rest of Shirley Edwards and the eternal peace of Al Sipley.

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[00:05:39] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
[00:05:52] Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins And so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries Lord Jesus, you are the Word made flesh And splendor of the Father Lord, have mercy Lord Jesus, you are our light and our salvation
[00:06:22] Christ, have mercy You intercede for us with your Father Lord, have mercy May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

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[00:06:40] Let us pray.

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[00:08:47] O God, who show the light of your truth to those who go astray, so they may return to the right path.
[00:08:59] Give all who for the faith they profess are accounted Christians the graces to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ and to strive after all that does it honor.
[00:09:13] Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.

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[00:09:24] A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
[00:09:43] Thus says the Lord, Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows, and bread to the one who eats.
[00:10:01] So shall my word be that comes forth from my mouth.
[00:10:06] My word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.
[00:10:15] The word of the Lord.

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[00:12:48] A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.

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[00:14:07] Brothers and sisters, I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us.
[00:14:24] For creation awaits with either expectation the revelation of the children of God.
[00:14:32] For creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord, but because of the one who subjected it in hope that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.
[00:14:56] We all know that creation is groaning in labor pains even until now.
[00:15:03] Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption.
[00:15:17] the redemption of our bodies. The word of the Lord.

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[00:15:27] The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

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[00:17:11] On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
[00:17:31] and he spoke to them at length in parables saying a sower went out to sow and as he sowed some seed fell on the path and birds came and ate it up some fell on rocky ground where it had little soil
[00:17:50] it sprang up at once because the soil was not deep and when the sun rose it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and thorns grew up and choked it.
[00:18:07] But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
[00:18:16] Whoever has ears ought to hear. The disciples approached him and said, why do you speak to them in parables he said to them in reply because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you but to them it has not been granted
[00:18:35] to one who has more will be given and he will grow rich from anyone who has not even what he has will be taken away this is why I speak to them in parables because they look
[00:18:51] but do not see, and hear but do not listen or understand. Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them which says, You shall indeed hear but not understand. You shall indeed look but never see.
[00:19:10] Gross is the heart of this people. They will hardly hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted. And I heal them. But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
[00:19:33] and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people long to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.
[00:19:48] Hear then the parable of the sower, the seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.
[00:20:06] The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy, but it has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes
[00:20:21] because of the word, he immediately falls away. The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.
[00:20:39] But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
[00:20:53] The Gospel of the Lord.
[00:20:59] The parable of the sower begins, A sower went out to sow.
[00:21:21] I've always been interested in seeds.
[00:21:25] Some of them are very small, like a mustard seed.
[00:21:29] And in that little seed is kind of like a blueprint for what it may become.
[00:21:37] There's some interesting things I've heard about seeds.
[00:21:41] I remember seeing a report that they found some ancient tomb in Egypt.
[00:21:48] and some of the leaders back in the old Egyptian days, they would put many items in the tomb that they thought they might need in the afterlife.
[00:21:59] You know, things like maybe tools, you know, artifacts, money, and seeds.
[00:22:07] You know, maybe wherever the chief was going to go, he might need to plant something.
[00:22:12] And so these seeds that they found were like thousands of years old and they planted them and they actually grew and the seed had potential but the potential was not realized until it was planted I had an interesting experience with seeds some years ago when I was
[00:22:35] in Charlotte I decided I was going to have a little garden at the rectory so I got a bunch of landscape timbers and I made all of these like garden boxes above ground and put in the
[00:22:47] garden soil and planted some tomatoes and they didn't really they didn't really do that well I got a few tomatoes here and there and then somebody brought me some tomatoes from the parish and I was out of town for a few days and when I came back they were all rotten so
[00:23:06] So just to practice my throwing arm, there was a brick wall behind the rectory, and below that brick wall was just hard as clay soil, just like a basketball court, you know, it was so hard.
[00:23:23] And so I just threw the tomatoes against the brick wall, and, you know, they kind of oozed down the wall.
[00:23:32] And after a while, I saw tomatoes growing in that clay there.
[00:23:35] They were actually doing better than the ones that I had planted in my garden boxes.
[00:23:40] So there's a certain mystery about seeds and planting and things.
[00:23:44] I read an article about the younger generation.
[00:23:49] And I'll be honest with you, I don't really understand all of these generations that they have these days.
[00:23:54] The X, Y, and Z.
[00:23:56] I don't really understand what all that means.
[00:23:58] But I think it has something to do with the year they were born and then what technology was around that they grew up with.
[00:24:04] Some grew up with tablets or laptops, and some grew up with iPhones and things like that.
[00:24:12] But there's all these generations.
[00:24:14] Well, anyway, the article was saying that the younger generation in general didn't have a certain knowledge of farming.
[00:24:24] And I can understand that.
[00:24:26] If you go back, say, 100 or 120 years, many more people were connected with the land.
[00:24:32] and many more family farms.
[00:24:34] Now we have sometimes these big industrial-type farms, and then we have these huge urban areas, people living in apartments and neighborhoods where they might not have much connection with it.
[00:24:46] And the article was even saying that if you go to some children, maybe younger grades, and say, you know, where does food come from?
[00:24:53] Well, from the store.
[00:24:54] You know, they have this disconnect with the land.
[00:24:58] But nevertheless, I think that the parable of the sower is still relevant, and it's a timeless lesson for us. A sower goes out to sow, and he generously casts seeds on all types of soil. We can kind of picture, you know, just throwing them out. He's
[00:25:18] probably got a pouch or something with the seeds. Now, every seed has potential. We just say all the seeds are equal they have potential but the land the types of soil they land in is all very
[00:25:35] different goes out some lands on the path well we can imagine a path is packed down people walking on it or maybe using tools implements and things on it it's it's packed down so the birds ate the
[00:25:53] seeds on rocky ground, you know, half soil, half rocks, insufficient roots scorched by the sun.
[00:26:06] Some seeds fell among thorns, and as they grew, they choked out the growth. And then some seed fell on good soil and it yielded a bountiful harvest. Now the seed was the same in each case
[00:26:26] but the situation was different. I remember when I was first studying this parable that in the Holy Land especially in biblical times all of these conditions could have existed in a small field. You know, the rocky, the path, the thorns, and the good soil, all perhaps in a
[00:26:50] small field. Now, I think there is a connection, perhaps, with our personal lives. I'm of the evaluation you know based on my observation that not not everyone fully represents the good soil it might be a little bit of rocky soil or a little bit of thorns in there but I also don't believe
[00:27:22] that the majority of people are all bad that I think perhaps there's a kind of sense we might say mixed soil that perhaps many people have. They have that potential for the fruitful harvest and also might not always work out that way. Now, the Lord's teaching is that the seed
[00:27:43] is the Word of God. The other thing about seeds is the seed is transformed by the earth.
[00:27:54] so we can say if the seed is the word of God the person is transformed by the word of God to grow we can say at baptism we had a couple baptisms yesterday just about every weekend
[00:28:11] often little children sometimes only a couple months old the seed of faith is planted now again it's the environment that will have a good part in determining whether the seed of faith will grow.
[00:28:34] You know, certainly the example of the parents, the godparents, the grandparents, the other family members, the sense of prayers, of ethics, you know, charity.
[00:28:47] All of these things will, in a sense, have a positive influence, an environmental influence on the seed of faith.
[00:28:56] a person transformed by the Word of God and the grace of the sacraments.
[00:29:05] And in the Gospel, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
[00:29:11] I remember looking that up because I don't have a background in farming.
[00:29:15] What does that really mean?
[00:29:17] And the scholars would say it kind of represents 250 bushels per acre, which is you know a fruitful harvest for sure it shows that nothing is beyond the power of God the Lord's teaching is to bear fruit that will remain so and again we can
[00:29:44] again we're looking at the parable well what is the quality of our soil perhaps we can remove some rocks, some weeds, some thorns, and the fruits, the fruits of the harvest.
[00:30:02] For example, the fruits of the Holy Eucharist. There's many fruits of the Eucharist, both in Holy Communion and in adoration, but two primary fruits would be piety, our relationship with God, and charity, our relationship with others. And then finally, we can just think about seeds
[00:30:24] what seeds are we planting perhaps even in our own family our neighborhood our community parish the seeds of reconciliation for example seeds of peace seeds of of hope the seeds of consolation so anyway we can look at that what what are we planting for the future
[00:30:50] for the bountiful harvest.
[00:30:53] I believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
[00:31:26] I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, born the Father before all ages, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father,
[00:31:43] Through him all things were made.
[00:31:46] For us men, for our salvation, he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
[00:31:57] For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
[00:32:01] He suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day, in accordance with the Scriptures.
[00:32:08] He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
[00:32:12] He will come again and judge the living and the dead And his kingdom will have no end I believe in the Holy Spirit The Lord, the giver of life Who proceeds from the Father and the Son
[00:32:26] With the Father and the Son The Lord and glorified Who has spoken through the prophets I believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church I confess one baptism of forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
[00:32:44] and the life of the world to come.
[00:32:47] Amen.
[00:32:50] In hope we pray for the needs of the church and the world.

[00:33:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:33:03] That the summer days may bring time of rest and renewal.
[00:33:08] Let us pray to the Lord.
[00:33:10] Lord, hear our prayer.
[00:33:12] That civil officials and leaders may lead with wisdom and the virtues and for peaceful and just solutions for the greater good.
[00:33:22] Let us pray to the Lord.

[00:33:24] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[00:33:24] Lord, hear our prayer.

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[00:33:27] For the ill among us and for those who care for them with patience and compassion, let us pray to the Lord.

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[00:33:34] Lord, hear our prayer.

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[00:33:37] That human life may be respected and recognized as created by God from conception to natural death, let us pray to the Lord.

[00:33:47] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[00:33:47] Lord, hear our prayer.

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[00:33:49] For the eternal rest of all the faithful departed and for grieving families, let us pray to the Lord.

[00:33:57] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[00:33:57] Lord, hear our prayer.

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[00:34:00] For all the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and for all struggling after natural disasters, let us pray to the Lord.
[00:34:09] Lord, hear our prayer.
[00:34:11] For the safety of those who serve daily, for the protection, defense, and rescue of others, let us pray to the Lord.

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[00:34:20] Lord, hear our prayer.

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[00:34:23] That the God of mercy will hear prayers we now speak in the silence of our hearts.
[00:34:29] Let us pray to the Lord.

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[00:34:38] Lord, hear our prayer.
[00:34:40] Eternal and gracious God, we present these petitions to you from our hearts, and we pray that you grant them through Christ our Lord.

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[00:34:48] Our hymn for the preparation of gifts is number 855, Mourning Has Broken.

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[00:37:11] Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you, fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.
[00:37:48] Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.

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[00:38:01] Blessed be God forever.

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[00:38:02] cleanse me from. Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God,

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[00:38:34] the Almighty Father. May the Lord accept the sacrifice in your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy church. Look upon the offerings of

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[00:38:50] the church, O Lord, as she makes her prayer to you, and grant that when consumed by those who believe, they may bring ever greater holiness through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you.

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[00:39:09] And with your spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

[00:39:16] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:39:16] It is right. It is truly right and just. Our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord Holy Father Almighty and Eternal God, through Christ our Lord. For out of compassion
[00:39:33] for the waywardness that is ours, he humbled himself and was born of the Virgin. By the passion of the cross, he freed us from unending death, and by rising from the dead, he gave us life eternal.
[00:39:49] And so, with angels and archangels, with thrones and dominions, and with all the hosts and powers

[00:39:55] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_11]
[00:39:55] of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim. You are indeed holy,

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[00:41:02] O Lord, and all you have created rightly gives you praise. For through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by the power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and make
[00:41:14] them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself, so that from the rising of the sun to its setting. A pure sacrifice may be offered to your name. Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you
[00:41:31] by the same Spirit graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration, that they may become the body and blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate these mysteries. For on the night he was betrayed, he himself took bread and giving you
[00:41:53] thanks, he said the blessing, broke the bread and gave it to his disciples saying, take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you. In a similar way, when supper
[00:42:30] was ended. He took the chalice, and giving you thanks, he said the blessing and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying, Take this, all of you, and drink from it. For this is the chalice of my
[00:42:45] blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
[00:42:54] Do this in memory of me.
[00:43:17] The mystery of faith.
[00:44:01] Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the saving passion of your Son, his wondrous resurrection and ascension into heaven, and as we look forward to his second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving
[00:44:14] this holy and living sacrifice.
[00:44:17] Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your church and recognizing the sacrificial victim by whose death you willed to reconcile us to yourself.
[00:44:28] Grant that we, who are nourished by the body and blood of your Son and filled with His Holy Spirit, may become one body, one spirit in Christ.
[00:44:39] May He make of us an eternal offering to you so that we may obtain inheritance with your elect, especially with the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God with blessed Joseph, her spouse with your blessed apostles
[00:44:55] and glorious martyrs with Saint Therese and with all the saints on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help.
[00:45:08] May this sacrifice of our reconciliation we pray, O Lord advance the peace and salvation of all the world be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim church on earth with your servant Leo, our Pope,
[00:45:27] and Michael, our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and the entire people you have gained for your own.
[00:45:35] Listen graciously to the prayers of this family whom you have summoned before you.
[00:45:40] In your compassion, O merciful Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world to our departed brothers and sisters and to all who are pleasing to you at their passing from this life give kind admittance
[00:45:59] to your kingdom there we hope to enjoy forever the fullness of your glory through Christ our Lord through whom you bestow on the world all that is good.
[00:46:17] Through him and with him and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.
[00:46:38] At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, We dare to say Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven
[00:47:16] Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Deliver us, Lord, we pray
[00:47:33] from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of
[00:47:49] our Savior, Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, peace I leave you, my peace I give you.
[00:48:03] Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your church and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and reign forever and ever.
[00:48:18] The peace of the Lord be with you always.
[00:48:24] Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

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[00:48:28] Peace, guys.
[00:48:33] Service.

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[00:48:33] Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world.

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[00:50:15] Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
[00:50:19] I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

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[00:50:28] Let us pray.

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[01:03:51] Having consumed these gifts, we pray, O Lord, that by our participation in this mystery, Its savings effects upon us may grow Through Christ our Lord

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[01:04:07] Please be aware The lower entrance to the church is closed Until further notice Parish office will be closed this weekend Regular business hours will resume on Monday morning The Knights of Columbus will be soliciting donors
[01:04:33] For the July 18th blood drive after Mass Please take a few minutes and sign up To give the gift of life There will be a second collection next weekend to support the victims of the recent earthquakes in Venezuela
[01:04:48] through the Catholic Relief Services. Please be generous.
[01:04:54] Please join our seminarian, Gabriel Lugo, for a three-week series on what prayer is and how to use it in your everyday life.
[01:05:02] Refer to the flyers in the Northex for details.
[01:05:05] Step into one of the best volunteer ministry roles at St. Therese. Become a catechist.
[01:05:12] Reach out to the Faith Formation team to get involved.
[01:05:16] The annual rummage sale, Moving Day, is next Monday.
[01:05:21] Youth ages 13 to 18 can earn community service hours while helping our community.
[01:05:27] Please bring your donations, and if you have trucks, trailers, or extra helping hands to help move the donations, your support would be greatly appreciated.
[01:05:40] Registration for the 2026-2027 Faith Formation Session is open.
[01:05:46] Last day to register is July 31st.
[01:05:50] Please contact the Faith Formation Office for details.
[01:05:54] And as always, please check the bulletin for more information of what's happening here at St. Therese.

[01:06:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[01:06:00] And just I want to say a special welcome to two sisters from the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
[01:06:07] The congregation's been in the diocese for about 30 years, largely involved in faith formation, education, and health care.
[01:06:16] So welcome to the sisters from Charlotte today.
[01:06:19] The Lord be with you.
[01:06:22] May Almighty God bless you, Father and the Son and Holy Spirit.
[01:06:29] Go in peace.

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[01:06:32] Our closing hymn will be number 633, For the Beauty of the Earth.

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