From Deacon Ron Reno:
God willing, Father and Anneliese will be here November first for All Saints Day. 
We should pray for traveling mercies for them. Father and Anneliese will drive here from Fort Collins Colorado for the love of God and for the love of our small parish. It is always a blessing to see them and have the full Eucharist. Father will travel from here to Minnesota to visit their son and family. Let’s pray for traveling mercies for their entire journey.
Helmuth Wilhem Dahlke’s funeral was last Saturday. Thank you for all your prayers for this family. “ Eternal rest grant unto Him, O Lord; and let the perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace”.
Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Collect for Trinity 18
From Thomas A Kempis “The Imitation of Christ” translated into English in the year 1503.
“Then his heart shall see and abound, shall marvel and be dilated in him, for the hand of the Lord is in him, and he hath wholly put himself into His hand for ever. Lo! So shall a man be blessed that seeks God with all of his heart. Such a man, in receiving this Holy Sacrament, deserveth the great Grace of the uniting in God, for he looketh not to his own devotion and consolation, but to the glory and honor of God”. May God continue to bless this small parish, God bless, Deacon
I am including the Trinity 16 homily along with the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity homily. Last week, life got in the way and no email was sent. I do my best to send out weekly because some of our family are home bound. God wants His children to get His message from these homilies.
charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our lord. Amen.
Thank you Father Andrews for feeding God’s children here in Omaha, Nebraska. It was wonderful that you offered the full Eucharist and bringing your wife Anneliese with you. We love you both for what you do for this mission church. Father offered the sacrament of the “Unction of the Sick” after Mass. He anointed a few with Holy oil in the Name of the Father, and the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The sacrament offered was beseeching for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, for the restoration and blessing of good health and away from sickness and pain. One of these days after Mass, we should discuss the seven sacraments that were instituted by God, Christ and the Holy Ghost; each being an outward sign of an inward grace.
grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; we beseech thee, unto thy church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Collect for Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.
Did you know that the summer solstice (our summer) is when one of the Earth’s poles has it largest tilt toward the Sun? I knew it was our longest day but little more than that. Stonehenge is aligned towards sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice. Even the Neolithic people of Stonehenge were leaving from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and going to farming and the raising farm animals. Just fun information; I was going to use this in some way about the light of Christ that shines within us.
things in many bad ways. We missionary disciples must take back the mission that our Lord entrusted to the apostles before He ascended into heaven. This call to holiness is the purpose of this mission church. Our job is to introduce to all who we see in personal distress and introduce or reintroduce them to the light of Christ. Keep God on your mind always. We need to figure how to wear Christ on our shoulders and spread His message.