Jesus “began to show his disciples” what faithful discipleship demands: denying self, losing self, letting self-die. Jesus teaches his disciples to let go of self so that a new self can be given. What we relinquish is ourselves as we are now; what we are given is a new self-born from identifying completely with Jesus. It takes a lifetime of discipleship to turn from wanting to rebuke Jesus’ way of living through the cross to embracing it. It takes a lifetime of discipleship to let Jesus transform our life into his Life. That’s why we can understand that Peter rejected and was taught by Jesus that his objection is by the worldly standard and not God. Every one of the us have the drive to preserve our life than deny for the sake of the kingdom. In this gospel Jesus is asking us to let go of our life so he can give us something more: a share in his divine life.
REMINDER OF THE WEEK:
- Our Festival is scheduled on Saturday September 26 from 2PM till 9PM. Come, meet and support our annual Fall Festival. We need volunteers to serve on the day. Sign-up sheet is available here by clicking to see what we need.
- There will be ONLY one Mass on Saturday September 26 at 5PM bilingual due to the festival. NO 7PM MASS.
- The weekend of September 12 & 13 the parish will welcome a visiting priest who will give a Mission. Please click here for Mission Information.
- Faith Formation will begin on September 13 for all levels.
- We are updating parish data system of all membership. Please cooperate with us to provide your correct information of names, head of the family, members in your family, email, and phone number. A representative will contact you.
- Parish Pictorial Directory is underway. We still have spaces on Monday September 28 to sign up. Please call the office.