St. Lambert Parish Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord September 17, 2017

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1 St. Lambert Parish Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord September 17, 2017 Twenty Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time Rectory: 8148 N Karlov Avenue Skokie, IL Phone:(847) saintlambert@aol.com St. Lambert Parish - Skokie, IL Website: Sunday Masses: (5 pm Sat) 8am, 10am, 12pm Weekday Masses: 7:15 am (Mon- Fri) 8am on Saturday Confessions: Saturday at 8:30am Pastor: Rev. Richard Simon Rev. Know-it-all: reverendknow-it-all.blogspot.com Deacon: Mr. Chick O Leary Music Director: Mr. Steven Folkers Office Staff: Debbie Morales-Garcia debbie.stlambert@aol.com Mr. George Mohrlein Religious Education : Gina Roxas youthchurchred@gmail.com Baptisms: Third Sundays of the month at 1:30 pm. Baptismal Prep Class is the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the rectory. For guidelines and to register, Debbie. Weddings: Arrangements must be made 6 months in advance. For Online Giving: Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, Be patient with me, and I will pay you back. Matthew 29:18 To Register as a Parishioner: Go to stlambert.org under About Us or by phone. Bulletin Guidelines: Submissions should be received at the office 10 days preceding the date of bulletin publication. Submissions should be in electronic format and send to debbie.stlambert@aol.com.

2 Page 2 St. Lambert Parish 24th Sunday Ordinary Time Rest in Peace Shirley Livingston Masses for the Week Saturday, September 16 5:00 Jacqueline Mohrlein Sunday, September 17 8:00 People of St Lambert 10:00 Agnes Robst 12:00 Romeo Batad Monday, September 18 7:15 Ursala Blix Tuesday, September 19 7:15 Poor Souls Wednesday, September 20 7:15 Rita Ellen Murphy Thursday, September 21 7:15 Michael Holden, health & well being Friday, September 22 7:15 Keith Pamper Saturday, September 23 8:00 Lorraine Weimer 5:00 Abigail Tumang Sunday, September 24 8:00 People of St Lambert 10:00 Agnes Robst 12:00 Ursala Blix FORGIVE OTHERS There are many kinds of alms the giving of which helps us to obtain pardon for our sins; but none is greater than that by which we forgive from our heart a sin that someone has committed against us. St. Augustine Sunday Offertory Collection: Sept 2/3, 2017 Envelopes: $ 5, Loose: 1, Total: $ 7, Latin Mass: $1, For Online Giving: Thank you for your continued support!! READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Ps 28:2, 7-9; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Tm 3:1-13; Ps 101:1b-3ab, 5-6; Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday: 1 Tm 3:14-16; Ps 111:1-6; Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Friday: 1 Tm 6:2c-12; Ps 49:6-10, 17-20; Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Tm 6:13-16; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Is 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a The Coffee Hour will be hosted next week by the Couples for Christ and the contact person is Jean De Guzman. She can be reached at Your donations of baked goods is always appreciated! Front Cover: Sir John Everett Millais, Bt The Unmerciful Servant, published 1864

3 September 17, 2017 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 3 St. Lambert Youth Church Family Day Sunday, September 17 Robert s Hall Food and Activities: 1:30pm to 4:30pm Childrens Rosary: 4:30pm to 5:00pm Family Mass: 5:00pm Come and Join Us in Celebrating The Feast Day of San Lorenzo De Manila and San Pedro Calungsod On September 23rd 5 pm Mass Meet our staff, learn about our program and have some fun. All new and returning families intending to enroll their child for the Youth Church school year must attend this event. Registration for the upcoming year will be available. Please bring a dish or beverage to share if able. Any questions or if you would like to volunteer please Gina Roxas at:youthchurchred@gmail.com Calendar Raffle Winners! Date Amount Book # Name Sun, Sep 10, 2017 $ Redito, Joe Mon, Sep 11, 2017 $ Chi, Sonia Tues, Sep 12, 2017 $ Ticzon, Denise Wed, Sep 13, 2017 $ Folkers, Ester Thurs, Sep 14, 2017 $ Gotanco, Neny Fri, Sep 15, 2017 $ Ambubuyog, Amore Sat, Sep 16, 2017 $ Ortmann, Elizabeth ST. LAMBERT CHURCH 8148 Karlov Ave., Skokie, IL In preparation for the feast day of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila & San Pedro Calungsod, a daily novena will be held from Sept.14th to Sept. 22nd at 6:45 pm. September 20 novena after the Mother of Perpetual Help novena Winning raffle booklet numbers are put back in the hopper. Giving you more opportunities to win throughout the year! PRIZES: $50 Monday-Saturday $100 Weekly Sunday (except 1st Sunday) $500 Every 1 st Sunday of the Month

4 Page 4 St. Lambert Parish 24th Sunday Ordinary Time The Reverend Know-it-all What I don t know I can always make up! Continued from last week I have already discussed the amazing tiny-ness (new word) of the Holy Land, but now I return to the absolute itty-bitty-ness of the area in which Jesus did most of His work. This area is called the Gospel Triangle and is a small patch of ground beginning at Capernaum. One walks up the hill from the valley of the Sea of Galilee to Chorazin. We are not quite sure that the current site actually is Chorazin. They have found no ruins there that date to the time of Christ, but there are plenty of ruins from just a little while later and the earlier town is there somewhere. Bethsaida, which I have already mentioned, is another 4 miles, give or take, to the east. It was a fishing village built where the northern part of the Jordan flowed into the Sea of Galilee by boat, Capernaum is just about five miles southwest of Bethsaida along the lake shore and that completes the triangle. These three little towns are named in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke as the places where Jesus performed his greatest miracles, yet they failed to repent. Because these towns rejected the Gospels they would not be lifted up, but would be worse off than Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgement. They would not be exalted, but forgotten, and so it was that these three towns were in fact lost to history in the first few centuries after the time of Jesus. They were only rediscovered by modern excavators. Now they are uninhabited museums filled with tourists and pilgrims but have no real inhabitants. It is interesting to think that this is only one place in the Gospels where Chorazin is mentioned and Bethsaida is not mentioned much more. Jesus did most of his work there, yet they seem forgotten in the Gospels, One remembers the words of the Gospel of John Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. (John 21:25) It is amazing to realize that we only have a taste of Jesus ministry presented to us in the Gospels. All the wonder He worked in Chorazin and Bethsaida go unmentioned. Jesus seems to have made Capernaum his headquarters when He was there and one sees a marvelous modern church built over ancient ruins. In these excavations, visible under a glass floor of the present modern building there is an ancient house in which there is a very special room, which was plastered and marked with graffiti referring to St. Peter. The central room of this ancient house contained the remains of oil lamps, but no cooking ceramics. Thus, it is theorized that this first century structure was a church built into the house of St. Peter. Some scholars say nonsense, but what do they know? From here we move on to Mt. Tabor, the place venerated as the site of the transfiguration of Jesus. Mt. Tabor is a natural stone outcropping, not a typical tell which a hill is caused by a succession of ancient villages built one on top of another. It has been fortified at times, but seems never to have been occupied by a village. It is quite a walk up and there is no easy source of water there as far as I know. Jesus was transformed in the sight of Peter, James and John who wanted to put up three booths, one for Jesus, the others for Moses and Elijah who appeared with Him. This is a clear reference to the Jewish feast of booths. It is interesting to note that Mount Tabor was one of the mountain peaks on which a beacon was lit to summon the Jews of Galilee for the celebration of the Holy Days. A light summoned people to the temple in Jerusalem, and a brilliant light on the mountain summoned us to the heavenly Jerusalem when Jesus was transformed. As with all things archaeological, the identification

5 September 17, 2017 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 5 of Mt. Tabor with the Mount of the Transfiguration is disputed. The New Testament says that Jesus brought Peter, James and John to a high mountain and that Jesus was transformed into a radiant light before their eyes. The Gospels omit which mountain this all happened. The earliest mention that Tabor is the mountain comes from a local theologian, Origen in the 3rd century. The town of Naim, now called Nein is down the hill form Mount Tabor. It is there that Jesus raised a widow s son from the dead as his funeral procession left the town. He did this just after coming down the mountain with Peter, James and John. He raised the boy from the dead as if to repeat the promise of resurrection that he had made on the mountain. It seems reasonable that if Naim was at the foot of the Mount of the Transfiguration, that Tabor was that mountain. The present church, and the Franciscan priory were built in 1924 by the Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi on the ruins of an ancient Byzantine church and a 12th-century crusader church. The visit is well worth the hair raising cab ride up the side of the mountain which is much bigger than it looks from a distance. More to come... FORGIVENESS Nearly ten years before, a son and father had parted ways when the business they shared went bankrupt. The son blamed the father. They did not speak to each other again. Then the father became seriously ill. The mother called the son and told him he had better come soon. The son walked sheepishly into the hospital room. The father motioned his son to him and whispered: Did you ever think you could do anything that would keep me from loving you? Resentment and anger are foul things, the first reading from Sirach tells us. Remember the last things. Stop hating. Live by the commandments. As Saint Paul writes to the Romans, we are to live for the Lord and die for the Lord. Jesus parable in today s Gospel reminds us of God s compassion. The immense sin of humanity has been forgiven and stricken from the record. We are to forgive others in the same way. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. St. Padre Pio relics visit Chicago Sept Join St. Francis Borgia and St. Its Parishes in welcoming official relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina commonly known as Padre Pio Sept On Sept. 25 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. the relics, which include a lock of his hair, blood from his wounds, a glove used to cover his stigmatized hands and part of his religious habit, will be on display at St. Francis Borgia Church, 8033 W. Addison St. A multilingual Mass with Bishop John Manz will take place at 7 p.m. On Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. relics will be available for veneration at St. Ita Church, 1220 W. Catalpa Ave. Bishop Joseph Perry will celebrate Mass at 7 p.m. These relics are part of a national tour marking the 130th anniversary of Padre Pio s birth, and the 15th anniversary of his canonization. It is being sponsored by the Saint Pio Foundation, which works to promote awareness of the saintly priest and continue his work. For more, visit

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7 September 17, 2017 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 7 Forgive others seventy times seven Matthew 18: Peter asked Jesus how many times he should forgive others, guessing seven times. Jesus told him to forgive seventy times seven times. Jesus also told him a parable about a man who were forgiven ten thousand talents and did not forgive an hundred pence. Copyright 2017 All right reserved. This site is a project of MMBOX PRODUCTION