SUNDAY, JUNE 18--FATHER'S DAY
8:00am   Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  9:30am  Mass (Choral)
11:00am  Mass (Contemporary)
  6:15pm  Mass (No Music)
MONDAY, JUNE 19
  8:30am  Word/Eucharist
TUESDAY, JUNE 20
  8:30am   Word/Eucharist
  2:00pm   Script/Comm (Pres. Homes--RV)
  2:15pm   Mass (New Brighton CC)
WEDESDAY, JUNE 21
  8:30am  Word/Eucharist
  9:00am  Quilter's Group (Rectory)
THURSDAY, JUNE 22
  8:30am  Mass
10:15am  Mass (Innsbruck Care Ctr.)
  2:15pm  Script/Comm (Trevilla - NB)
  7:00pm  Script/Comm (St. Anthony CC)
FRIDAY, JUNE 23-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
  5:30pm  Mass
  6:30pm  Potluck Picnic (Rectory Courtyard)
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
  4:30pm Mass (Cantor & Organ)
SUNDAY, JUNE 25
  8:00am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  9:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
11:00am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  6:15pm  Mass (No Music)

Connections&
June 18, 2000
The Holy Trinity

  • "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have             commanded you.                Matthew 28:16-20

Dirt Cheap
A group of scientists decided that humankind had come a long way on its own and no longer needed God.  So they elected one scientist to go and tell God that they were through with him.
The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we don't need you anymore.  We've reached the point where we c an cure just about every disease.  We have the technology to both destroy creation and rebuild it--even making it better.  We can travel across the heavens.  We can even clone people.  So, God, we really don't need you anymore and, frankly, we wish you would just go away."
God listened very patiently to the scientist.  When he had finished, God said, "I see.  Before I go, what do you say we have a contest?  A man-making contest--whichever one of us make the best human being, wins.  If I win, I stay put; if you win, I'll leave all alone, no hard feelings."
The scientist said, "All right, God, you're on."
God then added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did it back in the old days with Adam.  We both start with simple dirt."
The scientist said, "Sure, no problem," and then bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt.
But God stopped him, "No, no, no.  You have to get your own dirt."

CONNECTION:  Today, on this first Sunday after the Great Fifty Days of Easter, we contemplate the mystery of God:  the God who set all of life into motion with a handful of dirt; the God who created us and our world out of a love so perfect and complete that we cannot begin to understand it; the God who continues to re-create us and our world in the gift of his Son, the very love of God made human and real for us.  Out of that same, mysterious love, God calls us back again and again, not as the all-powerful Creator demanding homage from the lowly objects he created, but as a compassionate Parent welcoming back and loving unconditionally his or her own children.  God invites us to a relationship with him not based on fear and judgment but centered in love, mercy and trust.  Today's celebration of the Trinity confronts us with our response to God's          invitation and our worthiness to be called God's "children."     <

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