The Knights of Columbus will be Selling Cooked Boston Butts & Chickens for Labor Day Butts and Chickens will be cooked on Thursday, 8-28-25, and ready for pick up Friday, August 29th, after 4:30 pm Saturday, August 30th, after the 6:00 pm Mass. Sunday Morning, August 31st, after the 10:00 am Mass There will be 20 Boston Butts and 20 Whole Chickens Sold Butts…….$40.00 Each Chickens..$20.00 Each There will be a Sign Up Sheet in the Commons after Mass this weekend or you can contact Ed Lyons at 662-671-1513 to order.
Today, we celebrate this Memorial… https://youtu.be/FHCNgarCqHs?si=3UgITY0uNF-oGZBZ
Our young adult group had a great first gathering at CTK! We shared pizza, played games, and enjoyed some awesome fellowship together. 🎉🍕🎲 Don’t miss our next meet-up — Tuesday, August 5 at 6:30 PM at CTK! Come hang out, bring a friend, and be part of the fun! Open to young adults age 18-mid 30s from all the churches.
💍 Married? Join The Resilient Marriage retreat Aug. 16 for a one-day, faith-filled journey to strengthen your bond. $35/couple (lunch incl). Register: jacksondiocese.flocknote.com/signup/211672
https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/pilgrims-of-hope/
Center Of My Life Jesus has to be and to become evermore the center of my life. It is not enough that Jesus is my teacher, my guide, my source of inspiration. It is not even enough that he is my companion on the journey, my friend, and my brother. Jesus must become the heart of my heart, the fire of my life, the lover of my soul, the bridegroom of my spirit. He must become my only thought, my only concern, my only desire. The thousands of people, events, ideas, and plans that occupy my inner life must become all one in the one and only name: Jesus. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. –Psalm 84: 10
If you dare to believe that you are beloved before you are born, you may suddenly realize that your life is very, very special. You become conscious that you were sent here just for a short time, for twenty, forty, or eighty years, to discover and believe that you are a beloved child of God. The length of time doesn’t matter. You are sent into this world to believe in yourself as God’s chosen one and then to help your brothers and sisters know that they are also Beloved Sons and Daughters of God who belong together. You’re sent into this world to be a people of reconciliation. You are sent to heal, to break down the walls between you and your neighbors, locally, nationally, and globally. Before all distinctions, the separations, and the walls built on foundations of fear, there was a unity in the mind and heart of God. Out of that unity, you are sent into this world for a little while to claim that you and every other human being belongs to the same God of Love who lives from eternity to eternity. Henri J. M. Nouwen
The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I realize how crucial it is not to allow myself to become paralyzed by feelings of impotence and guilt. More important than ever is to be very faithful to my vocation to do well the few things I am called to do and hold on to the joy and peace they bring me. I must resist the temptation to let the forces of darkness pull me into despair and make me one more of their many victims. I have to keep my eyes fixed on Jesus and on those who followed him and trust that I will know how to live out my mission to be a sign of hope in this world. Henri J. M. Nouwen
You must believe in the yes that comes back when you ask, “Do you love me?” You must choose this yes even though you do not experience it. You feel overwhelmed by distractions, fantasies, the disturbing desire to throw yourself into the world of pleasure. But you know already that you will not find there an answer to your deepest question. Nor does the answer lie in rehashing old events, or in guilt or shame. All of that makes you dissipate yourself and leave the rock on which your house is built. You have to trust the place that is solid, the place where you can say yes to God’s love even when you do not feel it. . . . Keep saying, “God loves me, and God’s love is enough.” You have to choose the solid place over and over again and return to it after every failure. Henri J. M. Nouwen
