TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Shhh!  It’s a secret.  The sheer irony of Jesus’ command in today’s gospel.  In a miracle of spit, he makes a man speak and, then, tells him to shut up.  And the man disobeys the miracle-worker.  Why?

It’s obvious why the man disobeys.  How could you keep a lid on such a miracle in your life!  So why does Jesus try to silence the very voice he’s just empowered?  It doesn’t take God to figure out it won’t work.

Who knows!  Some would say it just wasn’t time yet to go public.  Then, why perform miracles!  Others explain that telling of one little miracle before the big miracle-story was all over was to tell only half the story.  So what!  Just because the story gets better, you don’t tell all the good stuff along the way!

Jesus isn’t stupid; no, Irony Man is pretty smart.  He knew that once we are touched by God, there’s no keeping it secret.  There is no time too early, no understanding too incomplete to keep us from revealing that God has touched each and everyone of us. 

And that’s why there is a KidsRelig.

KidsRelig Registration

Let’s close the deal!

PLEASE REGISTER NOW!  Go to the Parish Website at www.sjsmrcc.com and click on the Religious Education (CCD) tab on the left.  At the top of that page, there are two important links: 

• 2012-2013 Registration Form
• 2012-2013 Fees & Payment Options Page with credit card payment program. 

Whether a newcomer or a veteran, it’s quick and easy and so very important.  Unless we know who is coming, it’s tough to finish all the needed planning:  putting classes together, getting enough teacher volunteers, buying books and supplies and ordering those buses.

 Sacramental  and Enrollment Record

When you register your child for KidsRelig, you will receive a Confirmation Email for each child registered.  The email will request that you complete one more form—KidsRelig Sacramental and Enrollment Record.  The link to the form is right in the email; click on it and please fill in the form.  It takes just a few minutes.

This new form will be a big help in organizing and updating our records. 

Also, the Confirmation Email is a way of making sure that we have your most recent email in our KidsRelig address book.

FIRST DAYS for KidsRelig

October 2, 3 and 4 

KidsRelig 2012-2013 Calendar--click here

A Permanent Link to the Calendar has been posted in the right column of the Religious Education (ReligEdPage) of the Parish Website.

Watch your email inbox this week for Bus Registration information.

Love,

Deacon Charlie