THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE SATURDAY’S BBQ A GREAT SUCCESS! FROM THE PLANNING, TO THE PUBLICITY, TO SETTING UP, TO THE COOKING, TO THE TICKET COLLECTING, TO THE SERVING, TO THE FACE PAINTING, TO THE BOUNCY HOUSE, TO THE ZYDECO BAND, TO THE THE TABLES SELLING ITEMS,AND TO THE CLEAN-UP! IT WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT WITH STUNNING RESULTS. SO MANY PEOPLE COMMENTED TO ME WHAT A WELCOMING CHURCH ST. AUGUSTINE’S IS—YOU ARE THE CHURCH! THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE, AND ESPECIALLY TO BIG MISTA & FRIENDS WHO PREPARED SOME FIRST CLASS, AWARD WINNING BBQ!
Today the Church remembers no ordinary Joe, St. Joseph. We don’t hear that much about Joseph in Scripture. The most we hear about Joseph is from the first few chapters of Matthew and Luke. John mentions him in passing, and Mark says nothing about him. Here is what we do know: Joseph listened to God and followed God’s will even though he didn’t understand what it all really meant. See Mt. 1:24; Lk. 2: 51. Joseph raised Jesus who grew in wisdom. Lk.2:52. We know that he was a τεκτων (“tekton”),a skilled worker. Mt. 13: 55. Growing up in that day, Jesus would have followed in Joseph’s footsteps professionally, so Jesus was a skilled worker as well. We know that Joseph was not present at the foot of the cross, so we presume that Joseph must have died sometime prior to that.
Like other fathers, what we do know about Joseph is not written down. Most fathers do not have much written about how they were as fathers raising children. What we know, we know from our experience of our fathers. They worked hard, sacrificed much and complained little. What made Joseph extraordinary is his willingness to follow God’s will, even though he was not always sure where it led.
Let us pray: O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to your commands; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
JOINT LENTEN SERIES: Wednesday at 6 p.m. at St. Augustine’s this week.
END OF LIFE ISSUES DAY:Saturday, 24 March 2012 at 11 a.m.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of HippoEpiscopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Today the Church remembers no ordinary Joe, St. Joseph. We don’t hear that much about Joseph in Scripture. The most we hear about Joseph is from the first few chapters of Matthew and Luke. John mentions him in passing, and Mark says nothing about him. Here is what we do know: Joseph listened to God and followed God’s will even though he didn’t understand what it all really meant. See Mt. 1:24; Lk. 2: 51. Joseph raised Jesus who grew in wisdom. Lk.2:52. We know that he was a τεκτων (“tekton”),a skilled worker. Mt. 13: 55. Growing up in that day, Jesus would have followed in Joseph’s footsteps professionally, so Jesus was a skilled worker as well. We know that Joseph was not present at the foot of the cross, so we presume that Joseph must have died sometime prior to that.
Like other fathers, what we do know about Joseph is not written down. Most fathers do not have much written about how they were as fathers raising children. What we know, we know from our experience of our fathers. They worked hard, sacrificed much and complained little. What made Joseph extraordinary is his willingness to follow God’s will, even though he was not always sure where it led.
Let us pray: O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to your commands; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
JOINT LENTEN SERIES: Wednesday at 6 p.m. at St. Augustine’s this week.
END OF LIFE ISSUES DAY:Saturday, 24 March 2012 at 11 a.m.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of HippoEpiscopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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