Connections&
October 20th, 2002- 29th Sunday of the Year 

" Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God."
                           Matthew 22: 15-21

THE SOLDIER KING

     Christian X was the king of Denmark during the Nazi occupation.  A man of great courage and dignity, Christian was imprisoned by the Germans from 1943 to 1945 for rejecting their anti-Semitic legislation. 
      Before  his imprisonment, King Christian noticed a Nazi flag flying over a Danish public building.  He immediately called the German commandant and demanded that the flag be taken down at once.  The commandant refused.
     "Then a soldier will go and take it down," the king said. 
     "He will be shot," returned the commandant.
     "I think not," replied the king, "for I shall be that soldier." 
     The flag was taken down.
Connection:  Sometimes we are called to be kings, sometimes we are called to be soldiers.  Whether we don a crown or a uniform is not a matter of protocol or career but a matter of conviction and justice.  The confrontation over Caesar's coin is neither the ultimate answer to any church-versus-state controversy nor an unfailing formula for dealing with life's big questions; Jesus' response to the Pharisees confronts them--and us-- with the demand to act out of our deepest  convictions  and take responsibility for those actions--whether we are leaders or followers, whether we identify ourselves as Christian or citizen.  Jesus asks us to look beyond the simplistic politics and black-and-white legalisms represented by the coin and realize that we are called to embrace the values of the Gospel-- justice, mercy, compassion and reconciliation. 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
  7:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  9:30am  Mass (SJB Adult Choir)
11:30am  Mass (Wild Honey and the Locusts )
  6:15pm  Mass (Instrumental Music only)
   7:00pm JustFaith Class
  MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
  8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
  8:30am  Mass (Chapel)
  9:00am Totino-Grace Bridge Marathon (Rm. 210)
7:00pm  Little Rock Bible Study (Rm. 209)
7:00pm  CCW Living Rosary (Church)
7:00pm  Families Moving Forward (Rm. 208)
7:00pm  RCIA (St. Vincent de Paul)
7:15pm Earthen Vessels (St. Cecilia)
8:00pm Handbells Rehearsal (Church)
  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
  8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
  8:30am  Mass (Chapel)
11:00 am Kindermusik (St. John Neumann)
  4:30pm  Sr. High Service Club (Youth Room)
  5:00& 6:30 pm Elementary Faith Formation 
  7:00pm  Young Married Couples  (Kateri)
  7:15pm  Wild Honey & The Locusts  (St. Cecilia)
  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 23
  8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
  8:30am  Word/Eucharist (Chapel)
  9:45am  School Mass (Church)
  1:30pm  Healing Mass (Chapel)
  4:15pm & 5:15pm  Hallelujah Chorus (St. Cecilia)
  5:00 & 6:30pm Faith Formation/Odyssey
  5:15pm Befrienders Training (St. Peter Claver)
  6:30pm Adult choir Rehearsal (St. Cecilia)
  7:00pm  SPAC (St. Clare)
  7:15pm Hosanna Choir (church)
  7:30pm Jr. High Live (Youth Room)
  THURSDAY,  OCTOBER 24
  8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
  8:30am  Mass (Chapel)
  9:30am  Circle of Women (Katherine Drexel)
  9:30am  Office Ministries Assoc. (St. Joseph Hall)
  6:30pm  Growing Through Loss (Upper Level)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
  8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
  8:30am  Mass (Chapel)
  1:00pm  Quilters (LL 108)
  7:00pm Taste of Saint John's (St. Joseph Hall)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
  4:30pm  Mass
  6:00pm  Open Doors Potluck (St. Joseph Hall)
  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
  7:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  9:30am  Mass (SJB Adult Choir)
11:30am  Mass (Wild Honey and the Locusts )
  6:00pm Natural Family Planning (Kateri)
  6:15pm  Mass (Instrumental Music only)
   7:00pm JustFaith Class