33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2007

Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) The Catholic Campaign for Human Development works to up-hold the dignity of human life by breaking the cycle of poverty across the United States through grants to local community-based groups who create jobs, improve education, and strengthen neighborhoods.

Twenty-five percent of the CCHD collection stays in the diocese to fund local anti-poverty projects; seventy-five percent supports national grant and edu-cation programs.

CCHD helps break the cycle of poverty not just for one day, but for a lifetime.

The CCHD collection will be taken up this weekend. Please visit www.usccb.org/cchd/index.shtml for more informa-tion.

One Thanksgiving Mass Join us for Mass on Thanksgiving morning at Holy Name Cathe-dral. There will be no other Masses at any of our six parishes that day. We hope to bring the whole community together to give thanks.

First Saturday Cenacle First Saturday” Light of the World” Cenacle December 1. First Saturday is set apart for a special devotion to our Blessed Mother. Bishop Joseph Madera, Archdiocese for Military Ser-vices, reflects on the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in this one hour video presentation of the Apostolate for Family Con-secration. We will gather in the Marian Room following the 8:25 am Mass. Light refreshments will be served. Come and see.

All Saints School Christmas Raffle The All Saints School Christmas Raffle tickets will be sold after all the weekend Masses at Holy Name, St. Anthony's and Ser-vants of Christ the King, on November 11th and 18th. The do-nation is $5.00 for a grand prize of $1,000. The drawing will be

held December 14th. The winner need not be present. Please support quality Catholic education.

“What will… save the world?” “My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacra-ment in Holy Hours of prayer. The time you spend with Jesus… will help bring about an everlasting

peace on earth” (Servant of God, Mother Theresa of Calcutta)

If anyone would like to respond to this remedy for peace by taking one of our open hours for Eucharistic Adora-tion at our West End Chapel, please call Sonia at 266-2431. Thank you.

Founders’ Association Dinner Franciscan University of Steubenville will honor the Urban Mission and the Jefferson County Fourth Street Health Center for their service to the local community at the fifty-eighth annual Founders’ Association Dinner. The event will take place at the J.C. Williams Center on the Franciscan University of Steubenville campus at 5:30 pm, on December 8, 2007. Tickets for the 2007 Founders’ Association Dinner cost $50 dol-lars and may be purchased by calling the Franciscan University Community Relations Office at 740-283-6406.

Receiving the award for the center will be its medical director, Frank J. Petrola, MD, FAAFP.

The Poverello Medal, the highest non-academic award presented by the university, will be given this year to the Urban Mission, which is in its 58th year of serving the poor of Steu-benville by providing food, shelter and healing to those in need. Last year, the Urban Mission served a total of 21,734 hot meals, delivered Thanksgiving baskets to 878 families, and distributed over 729,000 pounds of groceries.

Edge Update The following are activity dates for the coming weeks:

Wednesday, November 21- NO Edge Night due to Thanksgiving

riumph of the Cross Parish

Rev. Timothy P. McGuire, pastor (740) 264-6177 triumphofthecross.org

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Wednesday, November 29- 6:00pm- 7:15pm EDGE Night: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Wednesday December 5- 6:00pm- 7:15pm Last Edge Night of 2007! This Edge Night will be a Social Night/ Christmas Party.

TOTC Confirmation Dates There will be two separate Confirmations for the children of TOTC. Our second graders will receive First Communion and be Con-firmed at the same Mass. Our third graders will be Confirmed only.

Holy Rosary, Saturday, April 26, 2008, 11:30 am Holy Name, Saturday, May 3, 2008, 11:30 am

Recap of Upcoming Events

Heart of Alaska Frs. McGuire and Dunfee will be leading a cruise trip of 12 unforgetta-ble days, June 2-13, 2008, to the Heart of Alaska. It will include Van-couver, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Denali National Park and Fairbanks. For more information call Fr. Dunfee at 535-1941 or Fr. McGuire at 264-6177. There are some brochures in the back of church.

Current Parish Information Holy Name Cathedral

Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, bishop Very Rev. William Cross, rector, wcross@diosteub.org

Services Schedule—Daily, 7:00am; Saturday, 4:00pm; Sunday, 9:45am; Mass and Confessions, Saturday, 2:45pm

Holy Rosary Church

Rev. Timothy McGuire, frtm@comcast.net Rev. Mark Moore, frmarkm@comcast.net

Deacon Randall Redington, deaconrandy@comcast.net Website—holyrosarysteubenville.org

Services Schedule—Daily, Monday through Saturday at 8:25am; Saturday (Obligation Mass) at 4:00pm; Sunday at 8:30am,

10:00am, 11:30am and 6:00pm; Mass and Novena Mondays at 6:30pm; Confessions noon to 1:00pm Sat or by appointment

St. Anthony Church

See Holy Name Cathedral

Services Schedule—Saturday, 5:30pm; Sunday, 8:00 and 11:30am

St. Pius X Church

Rev. Leonard Cencula, leonardcencula1@comcast.net,

Services Schedule—Saturday, 4:00pm; Sunday, 10:00am Confessions, 11:00 to noon

St. Stanislaus Church

Msgr. George Yontz, g_yontz@yahoo.com

Services Schedule—Sunday at 9:30am

Servants of Christ the King Parish Very Rev. Timothy Shannon diosteubhof@sbcglobal.net

Deacon Jerry Hickey and Deacon Larry Meagher

Services Schedule—Sundays at 11:30am Email—servantsparish@gmail.com

Website—servantsofchristtheking.org

All Saints School Principal—Theresa Danaher, 282-4201

Aquinas Central School Principal—Victoria Nurczyk, 264-3651

Catholic Central High School Principal—Denise Reinert-McKeown, 264-5538

Holy Rosary Central School Principal—Theresa DiPiero, 264-2550

Triumph of the Cross Parish Offices—264-6177

Pastor—Rev. Timothy McGuire, ext 204 Vicar—Rev. Mark Moore, ext 208

Secretary—Lelah Whitehead, ext 200 Office Manager—Veronica Foldi, ext 202

Director of Rel. Ed.—Barbara VanBeveren, ext. 207 Marian Room—ext. 211

After hours urgent—press 4 for transfer

Fr. Leonard Cencula—home 264-6113 Fr. Bill Cross—home 346-0513 or chancery 282-3631

Fr. Tim Shannon—282-0646 Msgr. George Yontz—282-7612

Date Day Time Event Place Nov 18 Sun All Day Collection Campaign for Human Develop. USA

Nov 18 Sun 4-6 pm Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Holy Family

Nov 18 Sun 5-8 pm Life Teen Holy Family

Nov 19 Mon 6:30 pm TOTC Mass and Novena Holy Rosary

Nov 20 Tue 7:00 pm HRC LEAC Marian Room

Nov 22 Thu 9:00 am Single TOTC Thanksgiving Day Mass Holy Name

Nov 25 Sun 4-6 pm Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Holy Family

Nov 25 Sun 5-8 pm Life Teen Holy Family

Nov 26 Mon 6:30 pm TOTC Mass and Novena Holy Rosary

Nov 27 Tue 7:00 pm TOTC Pastoral Council Marian Room

Nov 28 Wed 6-7:30 Edge Night Holy Family

Dec 2 Sun All Day First Sunday of Advent Universal

Dec 3 Sun 4-6 pm Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Holy Family

Dec 2 Sun 5-8 pm Life Teen Holy Family

Dec 3 Mon 6:30 pm TOTC Mass and Novena Holy Rosary

Dec 4 Tue All Day Bishop Conlon’s Birthday Diocese

Dec 4 Tue 7:00 pm HR CWC Christmas Party St. Florian

Dec 4 Tue 7:00 pm Faith in the Future Meeting Chamber

Dec 5 Wed 9:00 am Diocesan Holy Hour for Vocations Holy Rosary

Dec 5 Wed 6-7:15pm Edge Night (last until 1/17/08) Holy Family

Dec 9 Sun All Day Collection for Religious Retirement USA

Nov 25 Sun 11:30 am Servants’ Patronal Feast and potluck Holy Name

Dec 1 Sat 9:15 am First Saturday Cenacle Marian Room

Dec 2 Sun 2:00 pm Baptismal Preparation Marian Room

Dec 9 Sun 4-6 pm Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Holy Family

Dec 10 Mon 6:30 pm TOTC Mass and Novena Holy Rosary

Dec 10 Mon 7:00 pm HR Pastoral Council Marian Room

Dec 9 Sun 5-8 pm Life Teen Holy Family

Nov 25 Sun All Day Giving Tree available for donors Holy Rosary

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Our Life of Faith within the Church

Monday Rev. Victor Cinson Tuesday Msgr. Frederick Pasquinelli Wednesday All Priests Thursday Rev. Frederick Kihm Friday Deacon Randy Redington Saturday Rev. Paul Vankelrsbilck EC Sunday Msgr. Mark Froehlich

Please Pray for Our Priests and Deacons

Readings for the Week of Nov 18, 2007 Sunday: Mal 3:19-20a/2 Thes 3:7-12/Lk 21:5-19 Monday: 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63/Lk 18:35- 43 Tuesday: 2 Mc 6:18-31/Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31/Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: 1 Mc 2:15-29/Lk 19:41-44 Friday: 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59/Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: 1 Mc 6:1-13/Lk 20:27-40 Next Sunday: 2 Sm 5:1-3/Col 1:12-20/Lk 23:35-43

"It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute." - Lk 21:13-15

Gospel of Life “When a mother receives the news that her unborn child may be born with a disability, she should be supplied with current and reliable information about the many options available for caring for children with disabilities… We as a society must offer as much protection as we can to the ‘least of these.’” (Senator Sam Brownback, NRL, News, 9/07)

Prayer of Thanksgiving 2637 Thanksgiving characterizes the prayer of the Church which, in celebrating the Eucharist, reveals and becomes more fully what she is. Indeed, in the work of salvation, Christ

Prayer in Time of Need for Economic Development

O Lord, there is plenty to cause us concern about the economic circumstances of our community. Jobs are scarce, the population is decreasing and aging, and perhaps worst of all we are afflicted with a spirit of uncertainty and discourage-ment.

Yet, we are your people, and your love for us is un-wavering and bountiful. So, we ask you to grant us a posi-tive spirit, even a sense of joy. We ask you to grant us a generous spirit, that we might use our gifts courageously and be concerned about one another. We ask you to grant us a spirit of wisdom, as we seek ways to develop the local econ-omy.

Most especially, heavenly Father, we ask you to deepen our faith: to trust in you, to believe that the salvation of Christ is always active among us, and to recognize the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. Gracious God, comfort and encourage us as we continue our pilgrimage to eternal life. We pray through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

by Faith in the Future

sets creation free from sin and death to consecrate it anew and make it re-turn to the Father, for his glory. The thanks-giving of the members of the Body participates in that of their Head.

2638 As in the prayer of petition, every event and need can become an offering of thanksgiving. The letters of St. Paul often begin and end with thanksgiving, and the Lord Jesus is always present in it: "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you"; "Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving."

2745 Prayer and Christian life are inseparable, for they concern the same love and the same renunciation, proceeding from love; the same filial and loving conformity with the Fa-ther's plan of love; the same transforming union in the Holy Spirit who conforms us more and more to Christ Jesus; the same love for all men, the love with which Jesus has loved us. "Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he [will] give it to you. This I command you, to love one another."

“He "prays without ceasing" who unites prayer to works and good works to prayer. Only in this way can we con-sider as realizable the princi-ple of praying without ceas-ing.” Origen

Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Mass Intentions

Altar Flowers This week, the Altar Flowers were donated in loving memory of John Salanci by his wife, Ann.

CWC News The CWC 50/50 Raffle tickets are sold after each of the weekend Masses. The CWC Monthly Meeting will be held next Wednesday, November 28th. Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. followed by a luncheon and the meeting. All ladies are encouraged and invited to attend.

Thank You A special word of thanks to the CWC for their generous donation of $1500 to the parish to help with our operating expenses. May God bless them for all their hard work!

St. Anthony Parish

Last Week’s Church Support Collection—$908.00; Votive—$94.00; CHD—$5.00

Holy Name Cathedral

Sat- 5:30 pm Concetta Pompa, by Rose Sczruba Sun- 8:00 am Lou DiFilippo, by Mary Morates

11:30 am Christino Checca, by family

Mon- 7:00 am Flo and Dick Livesay (HN)

Tue- 7:00 am Joseph Kenefick, by Betty Sparr (HN)

Wed- 7:00 am Catherine Fowler, by Dennis, Andrea, Ian Anderson

Thu- 9:00 am Janet Defranco, by Ed Mascio & Nancy Lonetto (SP)

Fri- 7:00 am Michael D. DiBiasi, by Mom, Dad and Michele (SA)

Sat- 4:00 pm Parishioners

Sun- 9:45 am Cecile Antinone, by Antinone Family

Thanksgiving Day

Mass Intentions

Altar Flowers This week’s Altar Flowers were donated in loving memory of Mary Smarrella, Joseph Smarrella and Vincent Marchione, by Ann and Guido Santangelo.

St. Anthony Men’s Club The Half/Half Raffle tickets will be sold before and after each of the weekend Masses. Congratulations to Helen Gualtiere, the winner of the Men’s Club Half/Half Raffle for the month. Helen has won $103. Special thanks to everyone who contin-ues to support our club and our church.

Last Week’s Church Support Collection—$1,330.00; Votive—$99.00; CHD—$8.00

Holy Name October Financial Report Total Parish Income: $10,380.13 (Offertory: $6,111.00) (Designated Collection In: $158.00) (Other Income: $4,111.13, includes votive candles, donation from CWC, reimbursements from Servants, House of Formation and Bishop’s residence)

Total Parish Expenses: $14,918.74 (Salaries and Benefits: $5,811.54) (Schools: $1,312.00) (Collaborative City Ministries: $200.00) (Office: $84.00) (Property Expenses: $5,227.81, includes utilities) (Liturgy: $1,334.96 non-personnel) (Designated Collection Out: $0) (Other Expenses: $948.33.00 includes reimb to TOTC and diocese)

Profit or Loss: -5,167.82

Balance was supplied by transfer of funds from savings.

St. Anthony October Financial Report Total Parish Income: $9,268.00 (Offertory: $8,054.00) (Designated Collection In: $118.00) (Other Income: $1,096.00)

Total Parish Expenses: $25,291.76 (Salaries and Benefits: $6,331.22) (Schools: $11,701.00) (Collaborative City Ministries: $630.00) (Office: $570.27) (Property Expenses: $903.55, includes utilities) (Liturgy: $563.06 non-personnel) (Designated Collection Out: $0) (Other Expenses: $4,592.66 includes reimbursements to TOTC and diocese)

Profit or Loss: -16,023.76

St. Anthony’s was unable to pay all its obligations last month. These debts and debts from previous months remain unpaid.

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Servants of Christ the King

St. Stanislaus Parish Last Week’s Church Support Loose: $87; Candles: $32; Support: $249; Fuel/Utilities: $20.

Mass Intention November 25, 2007: Msgr. William Yontz, by M/M John & Ann Janiuszkiewicz.

St. Peter/St. Stanislaus CWC News From Joanna: I would like to thank the following for their contributions to the success of our recent Soup and Sandwich Sale: Msgr. Yontz, Bro. Patrick, my always-loyal officers, Jim Kidwell, the CWC ladies who "manned" the kitchen, the chili makers and dessert bakers, and all who came to support our fundraiser. From the proceeds we will contribute to the "Loaves and Fishes" Benefit for the Brothers of the Immacu-late Heart of Mary.

Christmas Project We are participating in the Christmas Toy Drive sponsored by the Urban Missions. We are asking parishioners to join in. Boxes will be placed at the entrances to the church from Saturday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Dec. 9. To participate,

bring an unwrapped toy (for any age) and place it in the des-ignated boxes.

Mass Intention Today’s Mass is being offered for Henry & Florence Frueh, deceased parents of RoseMary Adams.

Last Week’s Church Support General Fund: $ . A minimum of $1,045 is needed each week to meet our expenses.

Altar Servers and Readers Following are the servers and readers for Sunday, November 25: SVR—Peter Schreck, William Scott, Francis Tysz, Paul Nel-son; LCT—Joe & Ana McGurn.

Potluck Social Next Week A parish potluck social will be held next week, November 25, the Feast of Christ the King. Please sign up for the social in the back of church today and indicate whether you will pro-vide a salad or a hot side dish. If you have questions, contact Sue Balhetchet (282-0524).

Last Week’s Church Support Collection—$1,129.00. A minimum of $1,045 is needed each week to meet our expenses.

Servants of Christ the King October Financial Report Total Parish Income: $4,993.00 (Offertory: $4,725.00) (Designated Collection In: $268.00) (Other Income: $0)

Total Parish Expenses: $9,506.93 (Salaries and Benefits: $4,199.88) (Schools: $2,846.68) (Collaborative City Ministries: $0) (Office: $366.59) (Property Expenses: $1,225.00, rent) (Liturgy: $25.00 non-personnel) (Designated Collection Out: $0) (Other Expenses: $843.78 includes outreach and Diocese)

Profit or Loss: -9,506.93

The amount of loss shown was covered with savings.

St. Stanislaus October Financial Report Total Parish Income: $1,764.00 (Offertory: $1,543.00) (Designated Collection In: $143.00) (Other Income: $78.00)

Total Parish Expenses: $3,363.69 (Salaries and Benefits: $0) (Schools: $0) (Collaborative City Ministries: $0) (Office: $68.63) (Property Expenses: $3,041.48, includes utilities) (Liturgy: $0 non-personnel) (Designated Collection Out: $0) (Other Expenses: $253.00 includes outreach and Diocese)

Profit or Loss: -$1,599.69

The amount indicated above was transferred from savings.

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Mon- 8:25 am Dr. John Smarrella, by MM Joseph Smarrella (SA)

Michele Crisci, by Vincenza Savinell (HR)

6:30 pm Msgr. Marshall, Special

Tue- 8:25 am Andrew Mihalyo, by Mary Dodds (SP)

Anna Vallera, by Andy Olenick (SA)

Wed- 8:25 am Lydia Jack, by husband and family (HR)

Anita Milankovich, by nieces and nephews (SA) Thu- 9:00am No Mass at HR—Mass at Cathedral at 9:00 am Fri- 8:25 am Agnes Ranallo, by The Aulet Family (HR)

Pepper DiPrinzio, by Helen Bonitatibus (SP)

Sat- 8:25 am John Salanci, by wife, Ann (HN)

For St. Pius X Parishioners (SP)

4:00 pm Robert McGough, by Mrs. Virginia Minch

Sun- 8:30 am Robby Jones, by mother and Adam

10:00 am Dec Mems Yoka & Karpinski Fams, by L&T Karpinski

11:30 am Peter Hallock, by Patino and Hallock families

6:00 pm People of the Parishes, by Fr. Tim

Holy Rosary Parish

Mass Intentions Advent-Christmas Choir Vocalists and instrumentalists alike are invited to join the choir for Christmas and Advent for the holidays. Please see Attilio. Share your gift with us!

Giving Tree Once again this year we will be doing our Christmas Giving Tree. We are getting started a little late because of the tumult of the office transition, but below you will find our timeframe:

This weekend there are instructions in the back of church for any parishioner who would like to recommend someone as a recipient of the Giving Tree. Pick up one of those letters if you like, but it must be returned by Monday, November 26th.

The Giving Tree will go up on the back of church next weekend. If you would like to give a gift, simply take a tag off the tree. The spending limit is $20.

All gifts must be placed in the back of church or brought to the parish offices by Sunday, Decem-ber 16th.

Most of our recipients are in one

of the nursing homes in the area. Believe it or not, our Giving Tree gifts are the only gifts some of them get at Christmas. Regardless, they are always thrilled when Holy Rosary’s Santa comes to visit.

Prayer Line Please keep the following in your prayers: Evie ann Frazier, Jim Langlois, Mary Canestraro and Cindy Fadley.

Portable Defibrillator Holy Rosary Church has been the recipient of a portable defi-brillator. It is mounted on the wall in the main sacristy (the one behind the sanctuary). Our physicians, nurses, EMTs, etc. need to be aware of its availability if needed.

HRCS News Our School Spelling Bee will be held on Monday, No-vember 26 at 12:30. Good luck to all of our participants.

School will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The students, faculty, and staff of Holy Rosary Cen-tral would like to extend their wishes for a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving to all of our parish families.

Last Week’s Church Support Offertory—$5,602.00; Votive—$300.00

Holy Rosary October Financial Report Total Parish Income: $27,562.60 (Offertory: $24,383.10) (Designated Collection In: $1,440.00) (Other Income: $1,739.50 candles)

Total Parish Expenses: $32,522.97 (Salaries and Benefits: $6,383.67) (Schools: $11,500.00) (Collaborative City Ministries: $300.00) (Office: $2,109.51) (Property Expenses: $6568.54, includes utilities) (Liturgy: $1,990.22 non-personnel) (Designated Collection Out: $0) (Other Expenses: $3,671.03 includes outreach and Diocese)

Profit or Loss: -4,960.37

The amount of loss indicated above was in the general account as we started the month. However, we are behind approximately $25,000.00 behind in assessments, mostly to the schools.

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St. Pius X Parish

Sat 4:00 pm Tony DiLoretta, by wife, Eleanor Sun- 10:00 am Henry Cardelli, by family

Mass Intentions

Prayer Chain For Prayer Chain call Terri Olivito at 264-0718.

Last Week’s Church Support Sunday Offertory— $2,628.00.

St. Pius October Financial Report Total Parish Income: $16,801.32 (Offertory: $10,526.00) (Designated Collection In: $128.00) (Other Income: $6,147.32, includes rent, reimbursements and transfers)

Total Parish Expenses: $30,088.48 (Salaries and Benefits: $17,816.50) (Schools: $0) (Collaborative City Ministries: $0) (Office: $1,302.69) (Property Expenses: $8,246.29, includes utilities) (Liturgy: $961.85 non-personnel) (Designated Collection Out: $0) (Other Expenses: $1,761.15, includes outreach and Diocese)

Profit or Loss: -13,287.16

St. Pius currently has approximately $130,000 in unpaid, past due bills.

Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Reader One: Brothers and sisters, listen to the words of the Acts of the Apostles:

Reader One: God fills your spirits with food and delight. Paul shouted to the crowd: "We proclaim to you good news that you should turn from these idols to the living God, 'who made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them.' In past generations he allowed all Gentiles to go their own ways; yet, in bestowing his goodness, he did not leave himself without witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filled you with nourishment and glad-ness for your hearts."

Intercessions

Leader: As we pray in gratitude for God's blessing upon the work of our hands, let us not forget that we must do the works of holiness in our lives. Let us, then, pray to God, saying: Lord, hear our prayer. Reader Two: All-provident God, your care has given us food from the earth; grant that these crops we have har-vested in the sweat of our brow may sustain us in body and help us to grow in spirit. We pray to the Lord...

Through Jesus Christ you have made the world abound in the

Prayer for Family at Thanksgiving Dinner The family may wish to use this prior to Thanksgiving Dinner

works of holiness; grant that, living in him, we may share in his fullness of life and bear much fruit. We pray to the Lord...

In the Eucharist you have taken up the fruits of our hands as signs of the mystery of faith; grant that the gifts we bring to be consecrated at your Son's table may work for the con-tinuing good of the Church's life. We pray to the Lord...

You planned that all your children should share in the goods you have pro-vided; grant that all those who are in need may come to enjoy an untroubled life and to glorify you and together praise your name. We pray to the Lord... Leader: God our Creator, who never cease to bestow your boun-teous fruits from the rains of the heavens and the riches of the soil, we thank your loving majesty for this year's harvest. Through these blessings of your generosity

you have fulfilled the hopes of your children. Grant that together they may praise your mercy without end and in their life amid the good things of this world strive also after the blessings of the world to come. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.