Upcoming Events

The Journey

Mass & Confession Schedule

St. Vincent dePaul Meeting - Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:00am
St. Peter in Chains Cathedral

Marriage Information Program - Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:00am
Undercroft
There will be a Marriage Information Program offered at St. Xavier Church on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon in the undercroft for couples being married at St. Xavier Church. This session will provide valuable information for couples preparing for their wedding. The FOCCUS survey will also be administered as part of the program. Contact the parish office or email kengland@stxchurch.org for more details.

Religious Education Instruction - Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:00am
Undercroft

Tender Mercies - Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:30am
Tender Mercies

Divorce Care Workshop - Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:00pm
undercroft

Bridge - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:00pm
Undercroft

RCIA - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:00pm
Undercroft

Fernside - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 at 6:30pm
Undercroft

Men's Prayer Group - Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 12:00pm
undercroft

X-Acts Young Adults - Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 6:30pm
Undercroft

Divorce Care Mini Retreat - Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 9:00am
undercroft
Divorce Care Mini Retreat will be held Saturday, February 4 from 9 to 1 PM. The focus is the Paschal Mystery in light of personal experience of alienation, healing and a growing sense of recovery from divorce. Presenters will be Eric Knap, S.J., Al Cucchetti, Gina Susana and Deacon Tim Crooker. Please call the office at 513.721.4045 to register.

Prayer Shawl - Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 9:30am

Social Action Meeting - Monday, February 06, 2012 at 7:00pm
undercroft

Coffee and Donuts/Blood Pressure Checks - Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 7:00am
St. X Undercroft
Coffee and donuts will be served after the 7 AM, 9 & 10:30 AM Masses. It's a great way to meet new people and network. All are welcome!

Men's Prayer Group - Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:00pm
undercroft

Baptism Prep Class - Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00pm
Undercroft

Prayer Shawl - Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 9:15am
undercroft

Fat Tuesday Celebration and Palm Burning - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 6:00pm
undercroft
The dinner will begin at 6 PM in the undercroft. The "Fat Tuesday" celebration will be a pot-luck dinner shared with our parishioners. If your last names ends A-I please bring a casserole; J-R a salad, and SZ a desert. Along with your favorite food bring your palm from last Palm Sunday as we will end our dinner with a Palm burning service.

ASH Wednesday - Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - All Day

Masses 6, 7, 11 AM, 12 & 5 PM

Posted Thursday, January 26, 2012

In the Roman Catholic Church the Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church. This role of the Church is charged with explaining and upholding the truths revealed to us by God in Sacred Scripture and more specifically, through Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.

Today we hear about truths being revealed to God's people. Moses hears that God will continue to care for the people of Israel as they enter the Promised Land. God reminds the people that he will continue to abide with them and communicate with them as they begin this new chapter of their history, one that fulfills the promise of God to them after the exodus of Egypt; the difference is that God will not speak through Moses but through another prophet. God heeds the people to listen to these prophets because their credibility is no less just because they are not Moses.

In the Gospel we continue to learn about Jesus and his living out of his role as Messiah. He is a teacher; we hear that his lesson is one grounded in truth, power, and authority. He teaches that this message has the power to cast out demons who sense his presence and identify him, albeit falsely.

We also learn something about ourselves in this collection of readings for this weekend. We learn that we, like the people of Israel, oftentimes reject what God is speaking to us based on who is speaking his truths to us. We tend to hear what we want to hear and reject what seems too good to be true; what we hear and what God communicates is not always consistent. We tend to listen to, or have the attitude of, the demons that challenge Jesus and accuse him of wanting to destroy them as opposed to liberate them and heal humanity.

Too many Catholics suffer from the “pastoral malpractice” of an earlier time that taught them to live in fear of their own sins and lives as opposed to seeing the love of God in Jesus who takes away our sins. Sin is real, but so is forgiveness and an opportunity to be saved and liberated.

At the end of the day, we are still learning what it means to be disciples, and for that reason we need teachers to reveal and explain what we cannot know on our own. Start with Jesus, the great teacher, who continues to speak to us with authority in word and deed grounded in the power of love. Let us pray for the humility to hear his words and the courage to imitate his deeds with our actions.

Let us remember each other in prayer this week! +Eric J. Knapp, S.J.

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Daily Mass: Monday-Friday at 6am and 11:30am.

Saturday morning Mass: 7am

Sunday Masses: Saturday at 4pm Sunday at 7am, 9am and 10:30am, noon and 5 p.m.

Holy Day Masses: 6am, 7am, 11am, noon, 5pmConfessions: Monday-Saturday from 11am-12:00pm. No confessions on holy days.Benediction:
Thursday afternoons from noon until 1pm.Special schedules apply during Christmas and Easter.

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