Rabbi Zelig Pliskin Daily Lift #165 Conversations With Yourself, pp 76-77

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2 Rabbi Zelig Pliskin Daily Lift #165 Conversations With Yourself, pp I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then (Deut. 30:19). At every given moment in your life "The Almighty is telling you, Choose life!'" Imagine how you will enhance your life when you respond, "Yes! I will make a life-enhancing choice right now." Have frequent selfconversations about your decision to "choose life!" Each moment you make three choices. You choose your thoughts for the moment. You choose the words you say or don't say. You choose the actions you will or won't take. Choose wisely. It would be wise to ask yourself frequently, "What is a wise thing to think now?" "What is a wise thing to say now?" and, "What is a wise thing to do now?" The more frequently you purposely ask yourself, "What is a life-enhancing choice now?" the more frequently your mind will spontaneously come up with this question. The more you think about making life-enhancing choices, the easier it will be for you to think of wiser answers to this question. Sometimes, a life-enhancing choice is quite obvious. All we need to do is ask ourselves this question and we will know the answer. At other times we might not be so sure. But at least we will be going in the right direction.

3 WORSHIP SCHEDULE D L 8:00 12:10 W L S 4:00 S 8:00 10:30 12:00 R S 3:15 ~ 3:45 M M M N A 8:00 12:10 M B B P G 7:00 T R 8:00 M F E C 8:30 to 3:00 PARISH STAFF REVEREND PATRICK J. MCLAUGHLIN PASTOR REVEREND JOSEPH SICA SENIOR PRIEST REVEREND MR. PATRICK MC DONALD DEACON TERESE VENOSH PARISH SECRETARY DAVID BALOGA DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP GRETCHEN MEYERS DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION MATTHEW MULKERIN MAINTENANCE THERESA SLOCUM SACRISTAN PARISH OFFICE HOURS M F 8:30 4:30 HELPING OTHER PEOPLE I,,,. W. G T. FOOD PANTRY HOURS E W F 11:00 2:00 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH If any adult man or woman would like to be an Altar Server for Funerals, please call the Parish Office at It is a wonderful ministry and we hope you would prayerfully consider joining us as an Adult Server. We will have a practice. Thank you. I C P 801 T A.S, PA E: 801@. W:..

4 Save the date for our Summer Vacation Bible School. July 9-13 at 9am ~Noon We will have Bible Lessons, Arts n Crafts, Magic, Games, Snacks, Puppets, and many more surprises this year. If you wish to attend kindly fill out the registration form below. If you wish to volunteer call the parish office VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL NAME Telephone Number Grade You will be in the Fall of 2018 T-Shirt Size (Children Sizes) S M L XL Drop in the offertory basket or at the Parish Office or the US Mail.

5 THURSDAY-MAY 24 AT 11:00AM IN THE PARISH HALL. CALL NOW TO RESERVE A BOOK. THE PRICE IS $10.00 Are you mourning the death of a loved one? Experiencing feelings of deep-set heartache and depression? LIFE AFTER LOSS can help heal the scars that losing someone close to you can cause. After the death of a loved one, it is natural to feel lost, anxious or even depressed. Often times it is helpful to sit down with others who can relate to your pain. We will begin our LIFE AFTER LOSS on WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018 and conclude on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, We will meet at 7:30pm in the Parish Hall. Call us Consider coming and joining us

6 May 21 8:00am 12:10pm May 22 8:00am 12:10pm May 23 8:00am 12:10pm Monday, weekday Maria Tunis (Living) by Nancy Sco Helen Waselewski by Arleen Gallagher Tuesday, weekday Clemenne Pontosky by Eileen Woelkers Claire Golden by Andrew Golden Wednesday, weekday Sean Peter Reynolds (Living) by Glen & Alice Reynolds Ernie Englehardt by Debbie Englehardt May 24 Thursday, weekday 8:00am Richard Pica by Bruce & Barbara Brooks 12:10pm Amy Hanas by Nancy Sco May 25 8:00am 12:10pm Friday, weekday Timothy Keenan by Jim & Mary Ann Keenan Ann Koester by Nancy Koester May 26 Saturday, vigil; The Most Holy Trinity 4:00pm Ralph & Dora Yantorn by family May 27 Sunday, The Most Holy Trinity 8:00am The People of Immaculate Concepon 10:30am Angela Drasba by family 12:00noon Jennie & James Pastore & Family (Living & Deceased Members) by Madeline Marinucci

7 SUNDAY STEWARDSHIP 13 May 2018 Help us fill our shelves. WE NEED Cereal Fruit Juice Pancake Mix & Syrup Applesauce Canned Fruit Peanut Butter & Jelly Spaghetti Sauce Pasta & Rice Egg Noodles Mac-N-Cheese Canned Soup Canned Spinach Tuna Fish Canned Meat Saltine Crackers Jell-O & Pudding Offertory Envelopes $7, Loose Debt/School/Utilities/Snow Total $8, The Ascension of The Lord $1, THANK YOU FOR OUR PARISH SUPPORT NON-PARISH COLLECTIONS Pennsylvanians for Human Life $ Care of Priests (additional) Immaculate Conception Church will again host a drive for baby items to be given to Saint Joseph s Maternal Services. The drive will begin on Mother s Day, May 13th and will continue until Father s Day, June 17th. Items on the wish list to be donated include diapers, baby wipes, onesies, receiving blankets, new or gently used clothing, swings, playpens, highchairs, walkers, bottles, rattles, and other baby care items. We are in need of volunteers to help with our bulletin inserts and parish mailings. We do NOT have bulletin inserts every week, but when we do they are usually done on Friday mornings. Parish mailings are random. If you have a few hours to spare and are interested in helping, please give us a call at to sign up.

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