St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 

We are St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish.  A diverse Catholic family guided by the Holy Spirit, committed to serve others and deepen our relationship with the Heart of Jesus. 

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church is served by the Religious Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit from
Christ the Priest Province under the
Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle.

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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Community is a welcoming and active, Roman Catholic parish serving the community of Mill Creek / Bothell, Washington. Our parish is served by the Religious Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit under the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. We are a diverse community of believers, guided by the Holy Spirit and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a community that welcomes all people, inviting them into our spiritual home as we deepen our relationship with God. We are one faith family, united by our Lord and Savior,  Jesus Christ. Welcome to our faith community. I invite you to join us for liturgy and fellowship. 

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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 07/22/18

Breaking open the Word of God:

Dear brothers and sisters, summer is time for resting. Today the Lord invites his apostles to “rest a while” after coming home from their missions. Rest is necessary after working, after dealing with people – which sometimes can be more strenuous than manual labor – and even though we know our worth is not in what we do, but in who we are, spreading the Good News in order to extend the kingdom can be hard work. Our task is not about efficiency, rather it’s about meeting, encountering men and women where they are, and that requires time, dedication, projects, visits, long hours of listening… And so we hear talk about being contemplative within the action.

Jesus plans different things at different times, some other times he had withdrawn for prayer, but this time he “saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.” His service is 24-hours: “he came in the night”, “around noontime”, “at dusk”, these are all expressions we see in the gospels, and they reveal that Jesus puts himself last, disregards even the fatigue of his disciples, in order to care for the vast crowd who was expecting something from him. A crowd who walks without purpose, who needs a word of direction; a crowd lacking in shepherds to walk with them, as we hear in the first reading from Jeremiah.

“His heart was moved with pity for them”: he could feel with them and suffer with them. We could try to imagine what are the people around us seeking, could we feel the suffering of those in need? Could we remember the struggles that have plagued their journey? Could we feel their joys, their moments of difficulty, do we feel part of the people who suffer? Haven’t we rested enough at home, comfortably nestled in our circle of friends, or our parish community?

Mark presents a serious challenge. There is no doctrinal teaching present here, but there is a reality with which many of us should feel identified in our Christian life, and, especially, our pastoral work. Many are the things that need to be done when confronted with those who are “like sheep without a shepherd”,  and we may feel overwhelmed and not know where to start. Like many other times, it is necessary to discern inside us, spend time with Him, pray, rest and create communities which are able to celebrate life and serve as reference. Communities that can question injustices, move to find answers, offer signs of hope and promote realities of solidary love. To do that they need to go out to encounter simply and calmly those who do not believe, those who seek direction, those who are looking for meaning, those who are fighting for a better world. In short, all: “those who were far off and those who were near”, as St Paul tells the Ephesians today. We are all shepherds of our brothers and sisters.
 

Walking Together as Brothers and Sisters:

My dear brothers and sisters, I invite you to take this week to meditate about the message we heard today in the Word of God and ask yourself if you are loyal to the head of the Catholic Church. Are our thoughts, words and actions in harmony with the calling of Christ to be one, like Jesus and the Father are one? If any of us is not accomplishing this call, let us repent from our human failure and take on a spiritual mindset, so we can be the light this world needs.

May the grace and love of Christ be with each and every one of you throughout this week and always
 
  Fr  Gerardo Alberto, MSpS, Pastor

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