Go and make Disciples of all nations.

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1 Go and make Disciples of all nations. Rectory: 8148 N Karlov Ave, Skokie Phone: (847) Pastor: Rev. Richard Simon Rev. Know-it-all: reverendknow-it-all.blogspot.com Deacon: Mr. Chick O Leary Music Director: Mr. Steven Folkers saintlambert@aol.com St. Lambert Parish - Skokie, IL Sunday Masses: (5 pm Sat) 8am, 10am, 12pm Weekday Masses: 7:15 am (Mon-Fri) 8am on Sat. Confessions: Saturday at 8:30am Office Staff: Debbie Morales-Garcia debbie.stlambert@aol.com Mr. George Mohrlein Religious Education : Jonathan Rivera saintlambertsyouthchurch@ gmail.com Weddings: Arrangements must be made 6 months in advance. 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 requirements and to register, Debbie. To Register as a Parishioner: Go to stlambert.org under About Us or by phone. Website: St. Lambert Parish Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord May 28, 2017

2 Page 2 St. Lambert Parish 7th Sunday of Easter Masses For the Week Saturday, May 27 5:00 Jacqline Sulton Birthday Sunday, May 28 8:00 Mieczyslaw Chiebowski 10:00 Col. & Mr Pedro Rustan 12:00 People of St Lambert Monday, May 29 7:15 Dscd. Members of Gannon/Weides Families Tuesday, May 30 7:15 Frank Niewiadomski Wednesday, May 31 7:15 Justina Mendoza & Teresita Urbano Thursday, June 1 7:15 Thomas Herman Birthday Friday, June 2 7:15 Alfredo Sr. & Jr., Corazon, Josefina and Felisa Asidao Saturday, June 3 8:00 Kasia Nodland 5:00 Dr. Delfin Biglete Sunday, June 4 8:00 Eusebia DeLeon 10:00 Lojo/Lantin Families in Thanksgiving 12:00 People of St Lambert The Ascension of the Lord May 28, 2017 He was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. Acts 1:9 THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM This seventh Sunday of Easter is somewhat like the proverbial calm before the storm. The Lord Jesus has ascended into heaven and Pentecost has not yet occurred. Rather than immediately taking up Jesus command to go out to all the nations, the disciples gather in the upper room with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers (Acts 1:14). There they all devote themselves to prayer. The Gospel recounts the great prayer for the disciples that Jesus offered to his Father in heaven. If the words of Jesus while he was on earth finally began to sink in for the disciples, then gathering to pray was certainly the right choice, for the second reading lets us all know that to follow Christ means to have a share in his sufferings. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Sunday Offertory Collection May 13/14, 2017 Envelopes: $5, Loose: 1, Total: $7, Youth Church : $76.60 Catholic Charities: $2, For Online Giving: Thank you for your continued support! MEMORIAL DAY They fell, but o er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. Francis Marion Crawford

3 May 28, 2017 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 3 Calendar Raffle Winners 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 Date Amount Booklet# Name Sunday, May 21, 2017 $ O'Kane, Kevin & Linda Monday, May 22, 2017 $ FFOS Donated by the Folkers Tuesday, May 23, 2017 $ Trukamoto, Yoshio Wednesday, May 24, 2017 $ Doolan, Daniel Thursday, May 25, 2017 $ Dionne, Laurence Friday, May 26, 2017 $ Sala, Marilyn Saturday, May 27, 2017 $ Dacumos, Lourdes P. The Coffee Hour will be hosted next week by the Couples for Christ group and the contact person is Jean De Guzman. She can be reached at Your contributions and baked goods are always welcome!

4 Page 4 St. Lambert Parish 7th Sunday of Easter The Reverend Know-it-all What I don t know I can always make up! The Rev. Know it all s Young Christian s Guide to Halakhic Law. Droning on and on. Last week I quoted the Dea Sea Scroll, Miqsat Ma aseh hatorah, you know, that bit about clay pitchers and ritual uncleanness? The scroll ends with and these are some works of the law. When the reformers heard that we are not saved by works of the law, some of them heard that we are not saved by obeying the Ten Commandments. If they had read the Dead Sea Scrolls first they might have changed their minds about that, but they couldn t because the Dead Sea Scrolls were laying undiscovered in the Judean desert at the time. The only two places in Hebrew literature where the phrase works of the law is mentioned are the writings of St. Paul and the Dead Sea Scrolls. When Paul said that we are not saved by works of the law, he seems to have meant that we are not saved or made right, that is justified, by the minutiae of kosher law. One is not saved by avoiding barbecued ribs and not wearing linen and wool in the same garment. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law. (Romans 3:20) However he also says, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. (2Cor 5:10) and He (God) will render to each one according to his works. (Romans 2:6). But then he writes in chapter 3 of the letter to the Romans St. Paul that we are not justified by our works, after he has just said in chapter 2, that will be repaid according to our works. ( works here is the same exact word in Greek ergon ) Who was proof-reading his stuff anyway? It seems that there are works and then there are works, and frankly a lot of Paul s fellow Israelites agreed with him. It is reasonable to think that when he says works aren t going to justify us, he s talking about mixing wheat and wool and milk and meat. We still have to live moral and generous lives. I suspect that if we have been fornicating and murdering as some of the reformers suggest, we may be in trouble at the judgement. Jesus says this quite clearly Then He (God) will say to those on His left, Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me. (Matthew 25:41-43) I don t know how much more strongly the connection between what we do and where we spend eternity can be made, and this is good and gentle Jesus talking and not mean old St. Paul! So it seems that these Nazarenes, these followers of Jesus who were later called Christians, believed that moral conduct was important to one s eternal salvation, but kosher law was not. Well, why are some of the 613 laws still in force and others are not? Remember the Exodus? You know the story in which Moses looks like Charlton Heston? Moses receives the law on Mt. Sinai and then comes back down to the Hebrew camp only to find Edward G. Robinson dancing around the golden calf. Moses has a righteous hissy, smashes the tablets of the law and the earth opens up and swallows Edward G. Robinson. Moses then goes back up the mountain and comes down with the law once again. (This is not quite the biblical account, but close enough.) There are some who theorize, that the first time God gave the law he gave Ten Commandments. The second time he gave 613. My friend the Rabbi thinks this is crazy. Heaven gave 10 commandments the first and 613 commandments the second time. The idea is that if you don t accept law you don t need less law, you need more! It s like the kid who wont eat his broccoli. Just two spoonful s then you can go out and play No! Alright, one spoonful!

5 May 28, 2016 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 5 God does not negotiate. When you encounter God you will find that He is someone who cannot be bribed, bought or bullied. He has this problem. He thinks He s God. You aren t going to eat your two spoons of broccoli?. Here s a whole bowl of it, kid. And we ll sit here until you ve eaten it. I ve got all the time in the world. In fact I have eternity. saith the Lord! In order to make them a light to the nations the Almighty gave Israel six hundred and thirteen laws some of which seem very arbitrary. It is like that scene in the movie Forest Gump. The drill Sargent makes Forest clean the barracks floor with a tooth brush. It s a really lousy way to clean a floor, but it s a great way to train a soldier. Through the Torah with its 613 laws, Heaven brought the light of morality into a fallen world and taught that God is sovereign and not just a being among beings. When that light had been sufficiently planted, the Messiah came into the world. The law prepared His coming and the means of preparation were no longer necessary. The very concept of a people set apart had been established, and thus the Messiah could set apart those who would accept the God of Israel though not necessarily of the house of Israel. With the Messiah, a new age had dawned, an age that was unexpected even to those who longed for it. Well, what laws do we keep and what laws don t we keep, if all that is so? More next week, of course. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2a, 24, 35c, 27-28, 29bc-30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 SAVE THE DATE Brat Fest 2017 August 19th, 2 pm 10 pm Raffle Tickets will be available at the end of the month with A Grand Prize of $ Tickets are $5 a piece or a book of 12 for $50 Would you like to include your vintage vehicle (30 + yrs.) at our Brat Fest? Please contact the rectory for more info. To assist us at this years Brat fest Volunteers Please or call the parish office.

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7 May 28, 2017 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 7 The Ascension of Jesus Word Search Rise Suffer Heaven Worshiped Repent Psalms Scripture Blessing Prophets Opened Fulfilled Understand Taken Forgive Moses Minds