19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Finding God
The God of revelation is a hidden and mysterious God. The disciples experienced this
God on the Sea of Galilee: they were caught in a storm while Jesus was up on a moun-
tain by himself praying. The Gospel says they were terrified when they saw him walking
on the water.

Elijah thought he would experience God in a strong and heavy wind, or in an earth-
quake, or in a fire. Instead he found God in a tiny whispering sound.

We keep thinking that God will be found in the great and powerful, and we wonder why
so many people seem never to find God.

Our sights have to be lowered, so to speak, from the powerful to the powerless, from
the rich to the poor, from the satisfied to the suffering, from the oppressors to the op-
pressed. We have to listen carefully for the tiny whispering sounds of alienation and
powerlessness.

Lord, let us see your kindness. Let us see it in all the little people who follow you, carrying
their crosses of daily sacrifice, suffering, humiliation, and victimization.
Gerald Darring

“Though in the Gospels and in the New

Testament as a whole the offer of salvation
is extended to all peoples, Jesus takes the
side of those most in need, physically and
spiritually.

The example of Jesus . . . calls for an empty-

ing of self, both individually and corpo-
rately, that allows the Church to experience
the power of God in the midst of poverty
and powerlessness.”
U.S. Bishops, Economic Justice for All (1986) 52
August 10, 2008
Some καιρός / kairos thoughts…
καιρός / kairos—Greek—time—viewed as an occasion rather than an extent

He has muted
His
heartbeat

dispersed it
in
Prayer List
bird and wood Pray the rosary for world peace, Avis Cox, Fr. Clarence Biggers, Gladys and
Ben Kramkowski, Rita Moenk, Doug Bearden, Sarah Snider, Thornton/Lynch
family, Ryan Amsberry, Annie & family, Connie, her mother & family, Blake,
Erik, Campbell family, Jonathan & family, Sharon & family, Will, FMS, Cap.
Corp., Patrick & Brittany, Broughman family, Fannie Crowder & family, VAL,
marrow of stone Father Ingram’s father & family, Karen’s mother, Cheryl Mobley & family,
William Hudson, Robert, Walter, Danielle, Christopher, Barbara, Katherine,
Nicholas, Kaylin, Kasie, Mary Beth & family, Mary Ann Mahoney & family,
Donna & family, Ann Chancellor & family, Sheila & family, cancer patients &
families, military & families, Brandon, Plantation Villa residents, Don, Mrs.
Carpenter, Mr. & Mrs. Rooks, Katherine & family, Mr. Dunn, Mr. & Mrs.
the sun’s secret Barlow, Jane & family, Scott & family, Diane & Peter, Michele & Gary, Lucy’s
father & family, Bobbie, Joan & family, Karl’s mother & family, June & family,
Tina & family, Belinda & family, OLM family, Kat, Delgratia & family, Mr.

colors Gomez & family, Sara’s mother, Dr. Lynch & family, Rob/Allie & family,
Chuck & family, Frank & family, Liesa & family, mother of Dr. Petros, Dr.
Issa & family, Odessa, Anita’s mother & family, Ruby, Ruby’s mother &

reflected in rainbows family, Davies family, Katie & family, family of Angie, Ann & family, Gretchen
& family, Eileen, Scott & family, Robert, Flavia & family, Tony’s family, Roy &
Martha Wright, Roy, Alice Swygert, Alan, Nard, Tony, Glenda, Nelson, J. Bob,

and Munn, Vogt, Wolfe families, Russell & family, Ola, Gene Wilson & family,
Jane Brock & family, Janet Kramer & family, Elayne & family, Winnie, Phil &
family, Tony, Stan, Emily & family, Ruthie & Ed, Mr. Bergin & family, Russell

all that it warms
anda Poem from liturgy.slu.edu
We meet the Lord in the strangest places.
Elijah spent the night listening to the wind,
feeling the earthquake and surrounded with
fire, but the Lord was not in any of these. He
came in a gentle breeze. We would like great
events for meeting our God, but most often
he stirs our hearts and minds very gently. If
we listen, we encounter the Lord. Like Peter,
we walk toward the Lord. The Lord says,
“Come!” We respond: “Maranatha! Come,
Lord Jesus, and sustain our faith!”
Philip J. Sandstrom, S.T.D. © 2001 Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved.
& family, Mrs. Sanseverino & family, CC Center, veterans & families Jessie
Emmett, Mark, Michael’s mother, Carrie, VAMC, Rambo’s mother & family,
Josephine Mary, Mary Anna, S. Paul, Tony, J. W. Wilson & family, Jason &
Kim, Josie, Kelly, Mickey’s family, Jon & Janet Cook & family, Karen’s cousin,
Mike Aguado & family, Carl & family, Dr. Lopez & family, Dr. Vanapalli &
family, Dr. Nair & family, Garrett & family, family of Duffie, Aaron Christian,
Marina & family, Mitchell’s father & family, Estella’s mother & family, Kerry’s
mother & family, Gail & family, Beth & family, Bernard, Anna & family, Sara
Lucas & family, Mary Gilliam & family, friends & familiy of Pat, friends &
family of Kathy, Karen, Jackie & family, Bettie & family, Carol & family, Gary
& Sharon Creed, Barbara Carl, James & Phyllis Wham, Dan Kessler, Mr. &
Mrs. Wayne Fry, David Hempen, Steve Kirkland, Michael Cofer, Buddy
Brasher, Lana Adams-Tidwell, Kathy McGhee, Michael & family, Berger
family, Mendez family, Ikai family, Joshua Moser, Stephanie Christian, Carolyn
Williamson, Patricia Finch, Kathy Weaver, Heidi FitzGerald, Ed Schaffer, Russ
family, Willie Ryans, Justine McGuire, Chris B., Joyce Jones, Carlo Dellaquila,
Katherine Catti, Stephanie & Mark Fletcher, Michael & Joanna Spataro, Maria
Beck, Angela & Justino Prado, Anna & Henry, Heidi, Doris Bishop, Sally
McElrath, Debbie McCloud, Joey Milani, Chad Nostrant, Julia Dahm, Cotton
Elphingstone, Mary Ondovchik, Ann Rudy, Sonja Robinson, Gary Toler,
Shandra Weeks, Randy Taylor, Brian Strickland, Julian Campbell, Mike
Robson, Yolanda Alexander, Peggy Cable, Claude Rickman, Z.C., Dames gang,
Connie & John’s daughter & son-in-law, Anderson family, Chris Stahler family,
Mary Jo Shamas, Frances Homsey, Gus Kneidinger, Steven Ball, Frank, Helen
Anderson, Ann, Ana Maria, Henry & Erwin Molano, Ligia & Juan Carlos
Restrepo, Chris & Stevie, Paula & kids, Sean & Erin McHugh, Wideman
family, Sr. M. Bonaventure, Jack Sexton, Zebertas family, Wanda Smith, Uncle
Louie, Jeff Andrae, Mr. Kemp & family, Cindy Bearden, Frances James, Cara
Brennan, unspoken, Mary Foster, Jim Cannon, Nancy Truesdale, Mary Platt,
Paul & Sam Gagliano, Ulmer family, Hazel Leseueur, Connie Metzger