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Dear Friends,

Lately I’ve been having a lot of conversations with people

around the parish about patience. It seems that maybe the

biggest spiritual quandary in which we find ourselves is

the battle with patience. We hear things like God’s time is

not our time and try our best to be patient. But the fact is

we just don’t like to wait for answers to prayers, hopes,

and dreams.

Sometime ago I quoted the desert mystic from the last cen-

tury, Carlo Carretto. He was a vibrant “catholic action”

layman in Italy before joining the Little Brothers of Jesus

and lived out a life in the desert of North Africa. He’s

been called by some the greatest spiritual writer you’ve

never heard of.

Carretto understood this struggle with

patience. After spending twenty years

in the Sahara desert as a hermit and

monk, he was asked, what was the

single most profound thing he heard

from God in the desert. His response

was: God is asking us to wait; to be

patient!

I’ve come to admire many of his

quotes in my own reflections and I offer some of them

here for your use. Maybe you can cut out these thoughts

and put them on the fridge at home to come back to day

after day in your own reflection.

•The night of the spirit is the mature ability of the human

being to love God in the dark, to accept the design even

without seeing it, to bear the distance without complain-

ing, even when love thrusts us towards him until we writhe

with longing.

•The journey is long and its name is exodus. The exodus is

the journey made by human beings to learn God’s tastes

by experience. It is God’s school, the apprenticeship of the

kingdom, the child’s growing up to become like the parent.

•Love is the synthesis of contemplation and action, the

meeting-point between heaven and earth, between God

and humanity.

•God's call is mysterious; it comes in the darkness of faith.

It is so fine, so subtle, that it is only with the deepest si-

lence within us that we can hear it.

•Don’t try to reach God with your understanding; that is

impossible. Reach him in love; that is possible.

Have a great week!

Fr. James

Ministries at CTK Grief Group: Please join us on Wed. night at 7PM.

Food Pantry: We will be open this Sunday from 4-5PM. From

January—July 2012, CTK has served 433 Families, 1,592 individuals

and had 45 new clients. Thank you for supporting our Black Bag

collection and donating your time in helping on Food Pantry Sun-

days!

Mom’s Book Study/Playgroup: Continues Tuesdays at

1:30PM in the Portable Bldg. Men’s Bible Study: Continues

Wednesday morning from 6:30-7:30AM in the Day Chapel Hall.

We now have 117 students registered to attend

VBS! Please keep the teachers, aides, all volunteers

and most of all the students in your prayers this

week! Please pick up your VBS t-shirts after Mass. All VBS

volunteers, we will be setting up the parish Hall after Sunday

5:00PM Mass please come help us prepare and have a short

meeting.

Catechist Reflection Night: Please mark your calendars now

for the upcoming Catechist Reflection night. This will take place

Wednesday, August 22nd from 6-9PM at the Cedarbrake Lodge.

Please join The Mary Queen of the Rosary as they

will lead a special Rosary for the Assumption of

the Blessed Virgin Mary. This will take place

Saturday, August 11th in the Main Sanctuary from

4:20PM to 5PM.

Mark your calendars now! The Women’s Ministry Fit

and Fun Run will be held Sunday, October 14th! De-

tails will be coming soon!

Weekly Mass Intentions for

July 28th –August 3rd

28th 5PM Raymond & Dolores Renfro

(Wedding Anniversary)

29th 8AM Mary Trevino

(90th Birthday)

29th 10:30AM Pro Populo

29th 5PM †Marjorie Coon

30th 8AM The Incarcerated

31st 6:30PM The Unborn

1st 8AM The Terminally Ill

2nd 6:30PM Those in Pergatory

3rd 6:30AM †Sam Hawkins

Salt & Light Team Meeting...If you are called to help out in

our Salt & Light ministry please come to our upcoming team

meeting. Salt & Light is our CTK ministry that helps the poor

of our area with our monthly food pantry which is funded by

the Black Bag Collection. Food Pantry Volunteers and all

others interested are invited to join us on Thursday evening

August 9th at 7PM in the Day Chapel.

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Stewardship Report

Collection Received Goal Difference July 22nd $11,008.50 $12,000.00 $-991.50

God said, To Whom much has been given, much is asked of

in return. May God bless you for your faithful stewardship

of His bounty.

Additional debt reduction for June $2,828.13

Prayer Intentions Deployed Troops: Phillip Aiello, Janice Cavinder, Capt. USAF,

Andy Garcia, Major David L. Gomez, Major Deana S. Gomez, Ma-

jor Kirk Hebert, USAF, Josh Hernandez, Matt Jakircevic, Kyler

Love, Wilber Witt. Lord, for the safe return of these deployed

troops.

The Sick: If you know of anyone that can removed from the Pray-

er of the Sick List, please notify the office. Parishioners that know

in advance that they will be hospitalized for a serious reason are

encouraged to go to Confession and request the Sacrament of

Anointing of the Sick, PRIOR to their hospitalization. Linda Baird,

Jacob Bragg, Kammy Brammeier, Martin Camarena, Casey Casilhas, Elena

Cassiano, Louis Diaz, Barry Dubiel, Mark Edwards, Alesandra Fernandez,

Israel Garza, Alissa Graves, Connie Hernandez, Cheryl Hunka, Michelle Huvar, Marianne Luby, Margaret Mata, Shawn McDonald, Deacon Ronnie

Lasovica, Marlene Lastovica, Tom Misko, Dave Morrell, Nicole, Beynlda

Nelson, Baby Jesus Olivarez, Miriam Ortiz, Paul Parker, Anna Paruzinski, Maria Pena, Joe Ramirez, Felix Rodriguez, Sandra Rourke, Adam Russell,

Areanna Salinas, Helen Salinas, Ronald Sharp, Chuck Spangler, Patricia

Starr, Hyo Sun Tartaglia, Connie Taylor, Mary Taylor, Bobbie Upchurch, Francisca Vasquez, Mildred Vasquez, Antonia Villarreal, Raymond Vriseno.

Religious Education Spotlight

Students, this week is VBS and you have been

given a head start in what it’s going to be about.

You have read the stories, you have been given

the five daily words, so what is lacking? Yes, the

daily bible verses. Please read and match the

daily words with each bible verse. 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalm 45:1,

Psalm 33:20-21, Philippians 4:19, 1 John 3:16. We will see you to-

morrow night at SONRISE National Park.

Catechist, past, current and future, time is running out and we want to

know if you have the calling to return or to begin to serve in this

ministry. First Peter states “As each one has received a gift, use it to

serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace.” We have

gifts that have been given to us by God, let them be used in the meas-

ure they should be used. Thank God for your gifts and talents, do not

hide them, share them with the children of the parish, be a Catechist.

If you have not given your RSVP for the “Night of Reflection” please

do so ASAP, deadline Friday August 10th.

Next month we will start registration for RE, each Catechist is asked

to be present to assist in registration when it is your weekend. Please

read parents information for your grade weekend.

Parents, this week is VBS, we would like to have a full house. If they

attend, encourage your child to share with you what they have

learned each day. The last few weeks they have been given some

idea what they will learn and read. Go over the daily bible story,

daily word and daily bible verse and even play the daily game with

them. It’s not only a learning experience for them, but for the whole

family.

Registration for RE will start August 11 after all Masses, and will be

done by grade only: August 11-12: K, 1st and 2nd grades, August 18-

19 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, August 25-26: 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

Paperwork for all new students will be needed at time of registration

for your student’s file (copies only), an official state/city/county birth

certificate (hospital certificates will not be accepted), and sacrament

certificates. The cost of RE will remain the same, $30 each child not

to exceed $90. Payment or payment arrangements are due at time of

registration. This week the RE office will be open during VBS, if you

have questions about volunteering, registration, or even want to visit,

my door is open. Rita Motl, DRE

The Flowers on the Altar

this weekend are in celebration of Mary Trevino’s 90th Birthday

&

John and Anna Paruzinski’s

65th Wedding Anniversary

These are actual photos of

all of last years Apples in

the gym of First Baptist

Belton. Thank you for

assisting the children in

the Belton School District.

Please return your apples

no later than the 5PM

mass on Sunday, August

12th. Distribution day is August 20th. Deacon Dave and Elaine

Shoemake will be spearheading this event, and

will need as much help as possible with trans-

porting these to First Baptist. Sorters will be

needed the week of August 13th-17th at First

Baptist. Please call the Shoemake’s 939-3362

to put your name on the volunteer list or email

the office: ctkoffice@ctkbelton.org.

News Outside of CTK

ENROLLMENT TIMELINE FOR

STUDENTS ENTERING IN FALL

2012! Holy Trinity Catholic High

School invites you to tour the campus and shadow a current HTCHS

student to experience HTCHS first hand. Find out about tuition assis-

tance and the available bus transportation. For more information,

email Dr. Veronica Alonzo at alonzo@holytrinitychs.org.

The Belton Body of Christ Clin-

ic served 2,567 patients from

June 2011 to June 2012. January

-June 14th of 2012, they have served 375 medical patients and

211 dental patients. 25% of our Black Bag collection is sent

directly to The Body of Christ Clinic. 25% is sent to Helping

Hands Food Pantry and 50% stays here at CTK for our Salt

and Light Program.

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH BELTON, TEXAS THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 29TH 2012

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