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TEACHING POSITION OPEN Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School seeking part time Math Teacher for the 2018-2019 school year. Must be able to teach Algebra I and II, hold a NC Teaching license. Please email cover letter and resume to Tra-cy A. Shaw, Principal at tshaw@bmhs.us.

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In Our Prayers

Linda McKinney, Alana Murphy, Gladys Ozor, Hector Sanchez, Maria Selam, Dulce Moreno, Charles Keefe, Fern Trottier, Jose Guzman, James & Willy Lilly, Felicia Mur-phy, Linda Styron, Marianne Smith, Dan Lynk, Therese Frentz-Rice, Fr. Martin Carter, Charles Ramsey, Jorge Lagueruel, Georgia Tassopoulos, Joseph Carter, Taber John-son and all military personnel.

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 JUNE 2018

PASTOR’S MESSAGE

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

Today marks the first time the Church celebrates a Sunday in ordi-nary time since February 11th, almost four months ago. In the meantime, of course, we have observed the sea-sons of Lent and Easter, and then at the conclusion of the Easter season we celebrated three other great feasts on Sundays: Pen-tecost, Trinity Sunday, and Corpus Christi.

Today's readings present two incidents from the Gospel often discussed in religious circles. The first is where Jesus said that all sins can be forgiven except the sin against the Holy Spirit. What is this? The second inci-dent references the Mother, brothers and sisters of the Lord. If Mary was always a virgin, then who were those brothers and sisters?

First, just like Adam who disobeyed God but blamed Eve for the sin, the Pharisees and scribes were people who used religion for their own ends. They were indeed not spiritual. They attributed Jesus' good works as coming from the devil. Refusing to see the holiness of the Lord, refusing to accept the salvation which God offers to peo-ple through the Holy Spirit — this is the sin against the Holy Spirit. This is the only sin that cannot be forgiven. God cannot forgive someone who believes that God is powerless to save him. If there were anything spiritual at all about the Pharisees and scribes, they would at least have recognized some form of goodness in Jesus' works. However, there was nothing spiritual about them.

Second, it regards the attitude of Jesus' family. Jesus’ family came to take him away because, as it says in the text, they thought he had to be out of his mind to take on the scribes and leaders of the Jews. Why would Jesus do this? Jesus was not afraid to say what he believed, to do what had to be done. Jesus' family is presented here as coming to try to dissuade Jesus from his public ac-tion. This phrase, since it also mentions the Mother and brothers of Jesus, is often taken out of context, particu-larly by non-Catholics who use this as a basis to argue about the virginity of Mary. The Catholic understanding in accordance with the doctrine of Mary's perpetual vir-ginity is that here we are dealing with an extended family of Jesus and that these are in fact the cousins of Jesus.

Like Jesus, our actions should expose our commitment to the Kingdom of God. We have to speak out in the face of evil. If we don't stand up for morality, for the truth, then we would not be faithful to whom we are, or at least to whom we are trying to become. Do we have to hide ourselves, or do we want the Lord to see us exactly as we are? Today we pray that our spirit and our actions may be exposed as actions of people committed to the Kingdom of God.

May God bless us all! -Fr. Joe

Minister Schedule: Sunday June 16 & 17

Mass Lector Extraordinary Ministers Saturday 5 pm Pat Sanchez Daphne McAdoo Sunday 7:30am Ray Barber Sister 9:30am Karen Frank 1st Austin Isabella Kearns 2nd 12:30pm Oscar Moreno 1st Miriam Marroquin Guadalupe Moreno 2nd Silvia Olivas

Duc In Altum is a five-day vocations discernment camp for young women 15-19 at Belmont Abbey College. June 25-29 Registration open: https://charlottediocese.org/vocations/duc-in-altum/

WorldWide Marriage Encounter In the 2nd read-ing it says: “Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.” Learn what graces God bestows on marriage. The next WorldWide Marriage Encounter weekends are: August 3-5 in Chapel Hill and Nov. 9-11 in Atlantic Beach. Ear ly sign up is recom-mended. For more information, visit our website at https://NCMarriageDiscovery.org or contact us at applica-tions@NCMarriageDiscovery.org or 704-315-2144.

06/09 Saturday 5:00pm +Frank Skunta 06/10 Sunday 7:30am +Anna Lee 9:30am +Sarafine Muange 12:30pm +Amy Manrique and Ubaldo Diaz

06/11 Monday No Mass 06/12 Tuesday 7:00am No Mass 06/13 Wednesday 6:45pm No Mass 06/14 Thursday 7:00am No Mass 06/15 Friday 7:00 am No Mass Next Weekend ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

06/16 Saturday 5:00pm +Frank Skunta 06/17 Sunday 7:30am Patricie Keefe (SI) 9:30am +Warren Vestal Jr 12:30pm +Maria Contreras

+denotes deceased (SI) special intention

Protecting God’s Children In compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, The Diocese of Charlotte has established Safe Environ-ment Requirements for all volunteers. The Protecting God’s Chil-dren program will be offered at Christ the King on Saturday, June 23 at 10am & June 24 at 1:30pm. If you cannot attend ei-ther session, please contact the church office.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Vacation Bible School will take place on

Thursday, June 29 thru Saturday June 30th. All

Children are welcome to participate. Please sign

-up this weekend. This is the last weekend for

registration. There is NO Charge this year, but

we gladly accept donations or free will offering.

Free T-shirts for those volunteers and students

attending.

2. The Diocese of Charlotte requires that anyone

who volunteers for the church to take the

“Protecting God’s Children” class. This class will

be offered June 23 at 10 am and June 24 at 1:30

pm. This is a requirement for all, Faith For-

mation teachers, Eucharist Ministers, ushers,

choir members, lectors and anyone who serves

as a volunteer for the church. If you can not

make any of these sessions, please contact the

Church office for arrangements.

3. We need help with yard work around the

Church. Anyone interested in helping tend our

gardens, please come by or call the office.

4. No Daily Mass this week, Tuesday thru Fri-

day. Daily Mass is at Maryfield at 10 am and

IHM at 9 am.

Scripture Readings this Week

Sunday: Gn 3:9-15/2 Cor 4:13--5:1/Mk 3:20-35 Monday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/Mt 5:1-12 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16/ Mt 5:13-16 Wednesday: 1 Kgs 18:20-39/Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 1 Kgs 18:41-46/Mt 5:20-26 Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16/Mt 5:27-32 Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21/Mt 5:33-37 Next Sunday: Ez 17:22-24/2 Cor 5:6-10/Mk 4:26-34

“HAPPY SUNDAY” CAMPAIGN Every Sunday morning (or on Saturday evening), please use your cell to send a text message to only ONE of your friends, inviting or reminding him/her to come to church on Sunday. The message would be simple: HAPPY SUNDAY- THIS IS THE DAY OF THE LORD. Please do it every Sunday with different people. It is our duty to bring people to the Lord.

Interested in becoming a Permanent Deacon? The Diocese starts a new formation class every four years. An important cut-off date is approaching. Before being selected for diaconate formation, a man must complete the two-year Lay Ecclesial Ministry program. These classes will begin Fall-2018 with applications currently being accepted. Details at: https://charlottediocese.org/ev/adult-education/ Diaconate info: Deacon Scott D. Gilfillan at 828-327-7441 or email sdgilfil-lan@catholicconference.org.

Wednesday - Saturday

June 28-30 9 till Noon each day

REGISTER TODAY Ages Pre-K thru 5th Free T-Shirt for each

registered child

Accepting Volunteers Middle, High School & College Students Welcome

Parents also welcome!

Join

Us

For

VBS!

WEEKLY COLLECTION Offertory Collection…………………..$ 2,152.00

2nd Collection……………………….. $ 143.00

Confirmation Retreat.……………….$ 60.00

Candles……………………………………..$ 41.00

Baptism Certificate…………………….$ 10.00

Thank You! TOTAL: $ 2,406.00

No matter what we return to God, we can never outdo his generosity

My soul

trusts in

His word

—Psalm 130

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