St. John's

Thursday, September 16, 2021

WE WELCOME YOU A gracious welcome to all parishioners, guests, and visitors! It is a pleasure to welcome you to our Parish to share a life of faith in Jesus Christ, Our Savior. This is the House of the Lord.

PARISH SPIRITUAL RETREAT Looking to get away and focus on your relationship with God? Sign-up for in-person retreats at Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center in North Palm Beach. Men from our parish will meet the weekend of September 17-19. Women of our parish may select any of the retreat dates. To sign-up online, click here. For more info contact Stephen Johnson at (828) 289-4445 (cell) or email.

Our monthly community food drive takes place the weekend of September 18/19th. In August, the food bank served 539 families, representing 1,599 people. The St. Vincent DePaul Society thanks you for your continuous generosity of non-perishable food and funds for their weekly food program. Thank you for helping feed these members of God's family.

RCIA (ADULT CATECHESIS)
Curious about the Catholic Faith?

Are you or someone you know interested in joining the Catholic faith community?
Are you a Catholic who desires to complete the initiation process by receiving the Eucharist and Confirmation?

If you answered "YES" to one of these questions, we warmly invite you to consider entering the RCIA process. We are privileged to have Ellen Henehan as our RCIA Coordinator this year. She is an experienced teacher and was the Campus Ministry leader at Cardinal Gibbons High School. Please send an email to church@stjohncc.org or leave your name and contact information with Rectory staff.

Looking at the past invites consideration of the future.
Many past and present members of St. John's provided the beautiful resources we now enjoy. It is becoming that we now assure their continuance into the future. Please join our Legacy Society by providing a remembrance to St. John's in your estate planning. Call the rectory for more information at (954) 771-8950.

The Archdiocese of Miami requires face masks to be worn at all parish functions. We ask that you wear your face mask covering both your mouth and nose.

Welcome to the Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church parish family. We continue to deepen in the strengths of the parish: prayer, worship, and education of our members in the ways of God. We welcome you. We hope and pray that you will grow with us as we journey on our life's road to the Lord.

All live telecast services take place on the screen above. If you can't join us in person, please join us here. Click our YouTube link at left to view past services. Please consider Online giving.

JUST ONE

So often we may think of ourselves as just one of the billions of people on the earth, and because of the numbers, we just don't matter too much. Think again! Jesus died for each of us so that we might merit everlasting happiness in heaven. Each person, therefore, has inestimable worth because we are loved and redeemed by the Lord Jesus.

Again, because of the numbers in our population, we may think of ourselves as inconsequential or of little influence. Think again! Each person has the capacity to influence events, thinking, and direction (even in a small way), if the effort is put forth. Think of some slight contributions you may have made in somebody's life, and you can see the potential of multiplication.

Each of us has the capacity and ability to influence events around us if we have the desire and energy to do so. Rather than let ‘undesirables' lead the way, why don't people of stature, integrity, and proven quality step in and help set the standards and way of life? It can be done by just one person, but it can more easily be done by a multitude of persons exercising influence. No matter how small the result, at least that particular endeavor will be better because of the effort.

A resident walking along a beach after a storm sees a young girl picking up starfish and tossing them into the sea. He asks her why she is doing that. She replies that if she does not do this, then the starfish will die. "There must be thousands of starfish," says the man looking around. "Throwing back a few dozen won't make any difference." The girl shrugs, picks up another, and says: "It makes a difference to this one."

Blessings,
Father Vincent T. Kelly

PRAYER OF THE WEEK

Prayer for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

O God, who willed that your Only Begotten Son should undergo the Cross to save the human race, grant, we pray, that we, who have known his mystery on earth, may merit the grace of his redemption in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.