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NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE It does not take a Masters Degree in Biblical Studies to see that "numbers" loom very big in the Bible. The sacred writ-ers clearly utilized numbers to convey deeper truths and give us intriguing images to help us be!er understand the grandeur of the Biblical message. We know as Catholics that the Bible is not looked at solely on a literary level, but metaphorically as well. These numbers were definitely used by the writers for a purpose. They also did not intend them literally. One excellent example is the number "40". It is used o*en in the Bible to convey a journey or a trying ordeal. We have 40 days of rain with Noah, 40 days of temptation by Jesus in the desert, 40 days of the Israelites wandering in the desert, and 40 days that the prophet Jonah prophesied in Nineveh. The number 40 conveys not just trial, but also consecration. The ordeal or trial also blesses the one who undergoes it. The number "12" also has great meaning. It connotes perfect government, and is considered the number of the Church. Israel was founded as a nation from the 12 sons of Jacob (the 12 tribes of Israel), there were 12 apostles as spiritual successors to the 12 tribes. The New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation also has 12 gates, and Jesus was 12 years old when he was found in the temple teaching the scribes. "7" is the number conveying spiritual perfection, fullness and completion. It is the number of the Covenant and the
Holy Spirit. God rested on the 7th day. There are 7 gi*s of the Holy Spirit. And, throughout the Book of Revelation, which is God's eternal victory., 7 is utilized an amazing 55 times: from the 7 churches, 7 lampstands, 7 seals, 7 horns, 7 golden bowls, 7 plagues, etc! Clearly St. John's vision in Revelation is allowing us the knowledge that God's victory is complete. Another perfect number is "3". 3 indicates something of importance in God's plan of salvation. There are, of course, 3 persons in the Trinity, 3 Magi, 3 angels ap-pearing to Abraham, 3 Patriarchs, 3 sons of Noah from whom humanity descended, and the fact that Jesus lay in the tomb for 3 days. Some you may wish to look up for yourselves include: "2"-the number of division and difference, "6"-an imperfect number because it falls one short of "7" (think the number of the beast in Revelation being 6-6-6, "10:-another perfect number depicting divine order, and "11"-another imperfect number connoting disorganization. A good example of the non-literal interpretation is the number 144,000. This num-ber is used in the Book of Revelation to refer to those heav-enly souls marked with the "seal of the living God". From ancient times, scholars have interpreted this number as re-flecting the symbolic perfection of redeemed man--12 times 12 to the cube of 10. All of these numbers are fun to ex-plore, and can be very insightful in helping understand a Biblical passage. Now, do not get me started on the catch of 153 fish in the Gospel of John!
October 30/31, 2021
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The church is open during all office hours. Mass Schedule
Monday through Friday: 9 AM* Saturday: 5 PM*
Sunday: 7:00, 8:30,10:30 AM, 12:15 & 5 PM * indicates live streamed
Confessions Saturday 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM in the chapel
Fr. Chris’ Catholic Cultural Corner
I love you, Lord, my strength. (Ps 18)
Gi*s of the Spirit is located in our Gathering Space. They sells candles, bibles, rosaries and many other religious items and gi*s. Missals will be here soon. They are open: Saturday before the 5 PM Mass Sunday on the 1st and 3rd Sundays from 9:30-11:45 AM.
Our nursery is now open for children up to the age of 3 during the 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Masses on Sunday. No signup needed; Drop in registration
only.
Library/Resource Center will have resources to fol-low along with the parish Saint journey. They are open: Sundays from 8 AM—Noon Monday and Tuesday from 10 AM—11:30 AM Contact [email protected] for more info.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available in the chapel Mon-Thur. 9:30 am - noon. Fridays 9:30 am - 3:00 pm. (In the event of a funeral in the chapel, Adoration will be in the Church.)
The next saint featured is: St. Martin de Porres The links are on our website spiritofchrist.org or scan this:
Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta‼ Saturday, December 11, 2021 A*er the 5 PM Mass in the Spirit Center Tickets for this catered event will be available soon.
We have LBC classes for preschoolers at the Satur-day 5 pm Mass, Sunday 8:30, 10:30, and 12:15 Masses. Please take your preschool downstairs to room 102 start-ing 15 minutes before Mass. Exception-Saturday 5pm pre-school class is dismissed with the K-3 children at Mass.
Mon. Nov. 1 is All Saints. Because it falls on a Mon-day the obligation to a!end Mass is li*ed. Tues. Nov. 2 is The Feast of All Souls. It is never a holy day of obligation but many usually a!end to remem-ber their loved ones who have passed away. The names will be read of those whose funerals were celebrat-ed at Spirit of Christ this past year. It will be in the Church at 9:00 AM. You are invited to bring a candle to be burned during Mass; place it on the table by the Ambo and please take them home at the end of Mass.
Did you miss the Liturgy Ministry Fair? It's not too late to sign up to be a Reader, Extraordi-nary Minister of Holy Communion, Altar Serv-er, Usher, Greeter. Contact Jane!e in the church office or email: [email protected]
(Please note: These are subject to change)
Saturday, October 30 5:00 PM Gloria Covarrubias + Lance Whiting + Sunday, October 31 7:00 AM Veronica Atienza + 8:30 AM Bob Mosiniak + 10:30 AM Carlton & Patricia Pugh ++ 12:15 PM Ray Lobato +
5:00 PM The People of SOC Monday, November 1
9:00 AM The Wertz & Ferrandelli Families+ Tuesday 9:00 AM ALL SOULS ++ Wednesday 9:00 AM Will Lucero, Jr. + Frank Spindler + Thursday 9:00 AM Dan Boatright + Friday 9:00 AM Reparation for Victims of Abuse + indicates deceased
Please Pray for Those Who Have Died
Alfred Marquez, cousin of Bob Roybal Helen Paul, sister of Sarah Cunningham Joni Giradino-Lopez, sister of Janie Smith Sam Costanten, brother of Sandy and John Finn Funerals here at SOC are listed on our website: spiritofchrist.org under Schedules/funerals
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
The wonderful daily devotional Words of Grace offers a really great insight into loving our neighbor “as” ourselves. Cynthia Bourgeault writes in today’s entry that it’s not that we love oth-ers as much as we love ourselves, but that there is so much in the other person that IS ourselves, too. The “other” is really part of us too. We love our neighbor “as ourselves” because we are all connected, and making that connection is what makes being human so challenging, and so rich.
Think of your favorite books. What is it about them that touches you? We treasure our books, carrying them around with us from move to move, from childhood to the nursing home. I think it’s the friends we met there, both protagonists and antagonists, who strike a chord with our own, perhaps unconscious, connec-tion with our deepest selves.
It gets complicated, of course, when the “neighbor” is someone abhorrent to us. How can we see any connection between our-selves and the mass murderer, the pedophile, the conniving co-worker, or even the porch pirate caught on our doorbell camera grabbing packages minutes a*er they arrive?
I don’t know. I’ve heard respected theologians teach that “there but for the grace of God” go any of us. Jesus, as always, under-stood it best when, from the cross, he asked his Father to forgive his murderers because they didn’t know what they were doing.
There have been countless times when others loved us, even when we didn’t know what we were doing. Remember them now. Pray for them now. They loved us “as” themselves, as “part of” themselves. Oh, what a gi* to be part of the human family.
Who am I presently working on loving “as myself”?
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Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time—Oct. 31 First Reading: Deuteronomy 6: 2-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 18: 2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 (2) Second Reading: Hebrews 7: 23-28 Gospel: Mark 12: 28b-34 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Nov. 7 First Reading: First Kings 17: 10-16 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 146: 7, 8-9, 9-10 (1b) Second Reading: Hebrews 9: 24-28 Gospel: Mark 12: 38-44
LITURGY
Our Prayer List for the Sick and the Military are both online at www.spiritofchrist.org. under Prayer Inten-tions and on the altar for the priest’s intentions. Contact the office for additions.
New Server Training: If you are at least 10 years old and have received the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirma-tion and First Communion and would like to serve at the weekend Masses please come to a training: Tuesday Nov. 9, 4:00 pm OR Thursday Nov. 18, 5:00 pm For more information contact Sara Fuentes: [email protected] or call 303.523.5754
COMMUNITY Table The “Table” serves northern Jefferson County. Be-yond food, we offer programs to stabilize lives and provide a hand up. Please continue to support our ef-forts by dropping food off in the box in the Gathering Space during office hours or before Mass.
Thank you SOC for your continued support. Items Most Needed: Canned fruit (pears, apple sauce, pineapple, fruit cocktail), peanut butter, pinto beans, cold cereal, spaghetti and pasta, baking items (flour, sugar, cake mix), personal care items (soap, body wash, shampoo)
OUTREACH - Your Stewardship (time, talent, treasure) In Action
STEWARDSHIP OF YOUR TITHE Your Tithing continues to enable Spirit of Christ to be Stewards by supporting so many and varied ways we can bring the Gospel to our community and the world. The following organizations have received grant money from Spirit of Christ: Hope House of Colorado hopehouseofcolorado.org 303-429-1012 -Hope House of Colorado empowers parenting teen moms to strive for personal and economic self-sufficiency and to understand their significance in God’s sight, re-sulting in a healthy future for them and for their children. Funds will be used to continue expanding self-sufficiency programs for at-risk teen moms- specifically for GED and College & Career support, Parenting and Healthy Rela-tionships programs, and faith-based initiatives to help teen moms realize that God loves them and has a plan for them. Our goal in 2021 is to serve 250 teen moms and their children.
Migrant Ministry invites you to the gathering space today to view a remembrance table that is typical for Day of the Dead celebration, November 2 for families in Mexi-co, Central, and South America. The holiday honors de-ceased relatives. Children may pick up a bag with a sugar skull to decorate at home.
Come join us for our quarterly meeting on Tuesday, November 2nd, at 4:45 p.m. Please bring your finished items and you may pick up yarn and fabric at this time. In order to keep every-one safe, we will not have a potluck and we request that you wear a mask.
Join us‼! On November 7th, Hands of the Carpenter (Hands), a faith-based nonprofit organization that uniquely serves working single moms by addressing the o*en-overlooked issue of transportation, will be celebrating a mom who will be receiving a car at a very low cost as part of their pro-gram. SOC has been supporting Hands financially for many years and the support SOC provides to Hands for them to be able to repair, maintain, and place the vehicles is only possible because of your tithe. Please join us in congratulating this hardworking mom and celebrate your stewardship. Refreshments will be served November 7th, 1:30 pm (right a*er 12:15 Mass), by the parking lot on the west side of the St. Francis Chapel.
Help with Homeless Ministry - Information Meeting Nov. 7 at 5 pm. You are invited to learn about joining us in feeding the homeless this winter during severe weather events. Volunteers from Spirit of Christ, St. Joan of Arc, and Cornerstone Church of God will provide the evening meal for 65 homeless guests who are sheltering in three local motels on severe weather nights. In partnership with Severe Weather Shelter Network, we are responsible for 10 weeks from October through April. We need many groups and individuals to help with this. Please come to the information meeting at Cornerstone Church of God, Sunday, November 7, at 5 pm. Come in the front door on the corner of 57th and Yarrow and go downstairs to the right. They have a full kitchen available, but most volunteers find it easier to prepare food at home. We can talk about all the details and an-swer your questions. For more information, please contact Diane Hildebrand, 360-903-2891 (leave a message), [email protected].
Fair Trade means the people who produced the product you are buying have been paid a livable wage. It means they are not exploited in the process of production or any other way. Fair Trade products will be available for sale a*er the 5:00 Mass on November 27th, and a*er the Sunday Masses on No-vember 28th, (except the 5:00 Mass.) If you wish to pay be credit card or have your order ready for pick up, please order online by Thursday, November 11th. Thank you for your sup-port.
Love & Unity (AA Group) Meets each Tuesday from 7:30-9 PM in room 103-104. [email protected] for more info.
KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS Knight of the Month - Tom Ingram
Family of the Month - David/Cindy Dudden Planning meeting 1st Thurs. each month Business meeting 2nd Thurs. each month Call Grand Knight, Jeff Adrian at 720-323-7124 or email [email protected].
Youth Ministry
Middle School students are invited to attend a one-day retreat at Spirit of Christ on November 13! The retreat is called "Made Known" and is on Sainthood! Cost is $50! You can sign up here: Follow us on social media: Instagram: @SOCYouthGroups Face-book: @SpiritofChristYouthMinistry YouTube: @SpiritofChristYouthGroup
Fellowship and Support Ministries
ANAWIM Ministry Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning support ministry for SOC members, fami-lies and friends. Please contact Ralph at [email protected] or 303-425-9995 for any questions.
Feeling Anxious? Stressed Out? Overwhelmed? St. Raphael Counseling, part of Catholic Charities of Den-ver, seeks to bring together the teachings of the Catholic Church and the very best in clinical care to diagnose and support during challenging times. We provide family, cou-ple and individual counseling, in addition to a host of other services including psychological testing and school coun-seling. We operate across the Front Range in ten locations and are a fully functioning psychological clinic addressing issues from addiction and anxiety to parenting and the pandemic. To learn more, visit ccdenver.org or call 720-377-1359.
Have you or someone you know lost a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant loss? We would love to pray for you and support you in this diffi-cult time. Please contact the Respect Life Ministry at: [email protected]
Al-Anon is a mutual support group of peers who share their experience in applying the Al-Anon principles to problems related to the effects of a problem drinker in their lives. Meetings are Mondays at 7pm in John XXIII. Newcomers are welcome to join us at 6:30 pm for an intro-duction meeting. For more info:
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver is looking for volunteers to help make an impact in building and pre-serving affordable homes for low-income families. Habi-tat has volunteer openings on new construction, home repair, the production shop and in their ReStores. No ex-perience is required; volunteers are led by Habitat’s con-struction team. Minimum age is 16 on the construction site and 14 in the production shop. To view openings and sign-up for volunteer days, click on the volunteer tab on Habitat’s wesite. www.habitatmetrodenver.org ReStores are half day shi*s, all other volunteer opportunities are full days. More info or to schedule a group, please contact Rita Mohler, Faith Relations Manager for Habitat Metro Denver. [email protected] 303-597-1681.
The Divorce Ministry Phase I, Surviv-ing Divorce: Hope and Healing for the Cath-olic Family meets on Thursdays from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Young At Heart New Year's Eve Day, December 31, 2021 YAH will be going by bus to Bally's Mardi Gras. Leave SOC parking lot at 10 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Cost is $15. Masks required. Make check to Erlinda
Moscoso and place check in an envelope with her name on the front. Leave the envelope at the SOC office. Money needed before November 1. For more information: 303-422-2065
Father John Ignatius is coming to Magnificat Moms on November 10th (9:15-11:15 AM) to share with us his fa-mous talk, “Raising Saints.” Childcare is provided. Please RSVP at socmagmoms.wixsite.com/socmagnificatmoms or text Mary at 317-340-6604.
Sacramental Information Sacrament of Confession: Sat. from 3:30- 4:45 PM, or by appointment Sacrament of Baptism: Parents wishing to have a child baptized call Deacon A.J. 303-867-9163. Please allow 4-6 months. Sacrament of Matrimony: Please allow 10-12 months for preparation. Call the parish office. Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick: Please call the parish office if someone is ill or hospitalized and would like to be anointed, or if you would like to make arrangements to come into the office or to a daily Mass to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. For sacramental emergencies outside parish of-fice hours, please call the parish office and follow the message instructions to be forwarded to the appropriate person.
Pastoral Staff / Email / Direct Phone Line Pastor: Very Reverend Christopher Renner: [email protected] Parochial Vicar: Father Adam Bradshaw [email protected] Deacons: Charlie Hahn, Norm Ridder, Joe Nowak 3/-867-9178 A.J. Misiti 303-867-9163. (Retired: Earl Webster) Receptionists : Pam Ariniello [email protected] Carla, Darlene, Becky and Mary Lu: 303-422-9173 Business Administrator: George Ketchel [email protected] 303-867-9167
Facilities Manager: David Dudden [email protected] 303-867-9181 Maintenance Staff: Ana, Jose Liturgist: Janette Fayhoe [email protected] Director of Music: Ron Marinelli [email protected] Christian Formation Associate: Bev Smith [email protected] 303-867-9172 Pastoral Assistant: Deacon A.J. Misiti [email protected] 303-867-9163 Outreach/Stewardship: Silvia Quintana [email protected] 303-867-9164 Youth Minister: Krissy Jensen [email protected] 303-867-9175 Evangelization: Richard Deanda [email protected] 303-867-9171 Children’s RE and Sacramental prep: Jolene Stolz [email protected] 303-867-9166 Small Church Communities and Welcome: Susan Levesque [email protected] 303-867-9165 I.T. Support and Communications: Patti Hayes [email protected] 303-867-9179 Audio Visual Ministry: Greg Splitt [email protected]
Bulletin considerations should be sent to [email protected]. Submissions are due Monday at 9 AM with the exception of holidays and then they are due ten days before. Thank you! Please let me know any of your bulletin needs.
Veteran Tribute and breakfast November 13. The parish and the Knights of Columbus Bethlehem Assembly, 1966, invite all active duty and military veterans from all services, their families and military friends to a!end a spe-cial tribute & free appreciation breakfast at 9:00 AM cele-brating Veterans Day in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center featuring a military tribute and appreciation with a special presentation by Rick Crandall, President of the Colorado Freedom Memorial. PLEASE RSVP BY NOVEMBER 5 th With your name, branch of service, phone number. E-Mail address and number of family members and guests a!ending To IHM at 303-452-4021 or Larry Allwine at 720-887-8402/ [email protected]
Memorial Mass for Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss is November 12, 2021 at 7:00 pm Saint Thomas More Catholic Church 8035 S. Vebec St., Centennial, CO 80112 The loss of a child, no ma!er how briefly with us, leaves an ache in our hearts. This Mass will be offered for all families who have experienced the loss of an infant whether by mis-carriage, stillbirth or early infant death. A reception will follow Mass. RSVP Encouraged h!ps://archden.org/memorialmass/ For more information contact Deacon Dave Simonton at deacondavids@s!homasmore.org
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