There’s a place for healthy disbelief in life, and a place for trust and acceptance. St. Thomas the apostle, understandably, had trouble moving from one to the other. Ice-hockey hall of farmer Phil Esposito experienced the same difficulty. He was one of a number of North American ice-hockey players who went to Moscow to play the Soviet team in the early 1970’s, during the height of the Cold War. Assigned to a hotel room, the Americans suspected the place might be “bugged.” Esposito recalls, “We searched the room for microphones. Finally, we rolled back the rug, and found a funny looking round piece of metal imbedded in the floor. We figured we had found the bug. We dug it out of the floor, then heard a loud crash beneath us. We had released the anchor to the chandelier in the ceiling below.”

Yes, there is a place for healthy disbelief in life, but it can also lead to paranoia. As we’ve often heard, “You just can’t live your life that way!” The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; while the optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Blessing of the Animals: This Sunday in Honor of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi at 11:00 a.m. (Please be sure to leash or cage your beloved pets, thank you.)

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Sunday’s Worship – We are open for live worship on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. We also “live-stream” our 10 a.m. service.

Video Viewing Options for Sunday’s mass. There are three different ways to view our videos: 1) our church website; 2) our Facebook page; and 3) our YouTube channel. See the links listed below.

Opportunities for Giving – there are several options that safely and efficiently expedite your generous donations: electronic bank transfers or automatic bank transfers via personal accounts or credit/debit cards; personal checks delivered by USPS; and our favorite through joining our giving family online through our website or at https://www.myEoffering.com with our secure vendor Church Envelope Budget Company, who provides you with yearly offering envelopes. Please do NOT leave any envelopes with checks/cash unattended at church mailboxes.

Sandwiches for St. George’s: Please bring your sandwiches to St. David’s west side paring lot each Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

St. George’s Center: There is very good news to share about St. George’s Center! They are merging with St. Mark’s in Palm Beach Gardens and will be able to replace their old buildings with a new facility. St. Mark’s will own the facility and lease it to St. George’s for a nominal fee. The new facility will allow the Center to offer more services to the clientele in Riviera Beach. While the construction is underway during 2022, the Center will operate from a temporary facility yet to be determined. I will share more info as it becomes available. Joyce Parker 561-312-2719

Lay Weeders: The “Lay Weeders” will gather again this Saturday, Oct 2nd at 9:00 a.m. to help maintain the landscape.

Hospitality Hour is scheduled after the 10:00 a.m. mass – Hosted by the Daughters of the King.

Bunco continues on Saturday, October 9 th at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Loads of fun and super easy for newcomers! The more the merrier, so bring a friend. Cash prizes awarded – even if you lose! Bring a bite to share and your favorite beverage – $10 per person.

Blood Drive: The Big Red Bus will be at St. David’s on Sunday, October 17th, from 8:30 am to 12 pm. To donate please register at https://donor.oneblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1045955. Be sure to eat a good breakfast. Remember, you can save lives by donating. Thank you, Joyce Parker 561-312-2719

Hospitality Hour is scheduled after the 10:00 a.m. mass – Hosted by Daughters of the King.

Caribbean Sunday: Please join us for our 1st Caribbean Sunday service on October 24 at 10 a.m. We will have steel pan music with a Caribbean reception following the mass. Volunteers and donations are welcomed!

Shop with Scrip: Gift card fundraising is the best way to raise money. Start giving back to St. David’s the moment you buy a gift card with the RaiseRight mobile app today! You can join the program by downloading the app on your phone or go to www.ShopWithScrip.com on your computer. The enrollment code to set up your free family account is BB6656B177722. For more information, please pick up a flyer in the narthex, or email Kimberly Joy Castellotti-Ward at choiceplusrealestate@gmail.com

Altar Flowers and Candles: We will have a bag on the credenza to collect all flower and candle donations for upcoming Sundays. If you would like to donate for altar flowers for memorials and celebrations, please put your check for $40 with a request showing the date you want altar flowers and the reason for your donation into the bag. If you want to donate candles, please put your check for $20 and request showing date and reason for donation. Do not put flower and candle requests in offering plates.

Sunday School is still in operation with the necessary protocol in place.

Forward Day by Day brochures for the next quarter are now available in the narthex. Donation $3.00.

Tuesdays: Holy Eucharist 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday: Eucharistic Adoration 6:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist and Rosary 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE PRAY: For the sick: Assad, Barbara, Beth, Carol, Donna, Doug, Ginny, Jacob, Jayden, Jeanne, Joaquin, Manuel, Max, Michael, Miguel, Mike, Parker, Rosalind, Susan. For the departed: Dorothy Hays. For birthday celebrations: Daniel Anzures, Gavin Elmquist, Julian Belden, Evelyn Bartley, Tim Sauerbier, C. Douglas Richardson, Laurel Coore, Ginny Elliott, Carolyn Schmiedl. For our expectant mothers: Lauren, Meghan, Priya and Ryan.

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWRA9VxChBQd5l6rf3kF3A

A middle aged couple arrived at a little hotel desk in a busy city one stormy night. The lady was pregnant, tired and ill. They had hunted all over town and found no place to sleep. When the young hotel manager realized their need, he said to the husband, “I don’t have any rooms left, but I’m sorry about your wife. My wife and I wouldn’t miss our room; so take it and stay here for the night.”

Two years later, the guest was revealed as a close relative of John Jacob Astor, who shortly thereafter, told the manager, “If you will allow me, I will build for you the greatest hotel ever erected in the United States.”

For years that young man, George Boldt, was the manager of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. He had practiced, TLC, Tender, Loving, Care. When we show kindness to those who can repay us, it’s called networking. When we show kindness with no thought of repayment, it’s called love.

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Sunday’s Worship – We are open for live worship on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. We also “live-stream” our 10 a.m. service.

Video Viewing Options for Sunday’s mass. There are three different ways to view our videos: 1) our church website; 2) our Facebook page; and 3) our YouTube channel. See the links listed below.

Opportunities for Giving – there are several options that safely and efficiently expedite your generous donations: electronic bank transfers or automatic bank transfers via personal accounts or credit/debit cards; personal checks delivered by USPS; and our favorite through joining our giving family online through our website or at https://www.myEoffering.com with our secure vendor Church Envelope Budget Company, who provides you with yearly offering envelopes. Please do NOT leave any envelopes with checks/cash unattended at church mailboxes.

Sandwiches for St. George’s: Please bring your sandwiches to St. David’s west side paring lot each Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

St. George’s Center: There is very good news to share about St. George’s Center! They are merging with St. Mark’s in Palm Beach Gardens and will be able to replace their old buildings with a new facility. St. Mark’s will own the facility and lease it to St. George’s for a nominal fee. The new facility will allow the Center to offer more services to the clientele in Riviera Beach. While the construction is underway during 2022, the Center will operate from a temporary facility yet to be determined. I will share more info as it becomes available. Joyce Parker 561-312-2719

Blood Drive: The Big Red Bus will be at St. David’s on Sunday, October 17th, from 8:30 am to 12 pm. To donate please register at https://donor.oneblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1045955. Be sure to eat a good breakfast. Remember, you can save lives by donating. Thank you, Joyce Parker 561-312-2719

Hospitality Hour is scheduled after the 10:00 a.m. mass – Hosted by Daughters of the King.

Caribbean Sunday: Please join us for our 1st Caribbean Sunday service on October 24 at 10 a.m. We will have steel pan music with a Caribbean reception following the mass. Volunteers and donations are welcomed!

Shop with Scrip: Gift card fundraising is the best way to raise money. Start giving back to St. David’s the moment you buy a gift card with the RaiseRight mobile app today! You can join the program by downloading the app on your phone or go to www.ShopWithScrip.com on your computer. The enrollment code to set up your free family account is BB6656B177722. For more information, please pick up a flyer in the narthex, or email Kimberly Joy Castellotti-Ward at choiceplusrealestate@gmail.com

Altar Flowers and Candles: We will have a bag on the credenza to collect all flower and candle donations for upcoming Sundays. If you would like to donate for altar flowers for memorials and celebrations, please put your check for $40 with a request showing the date you want altar flowers and the reason for your donation into the bag. If you want to donate candles, please put your check for $20 and request showing date and reason for donation. Do not put flower and candle requests in offering plates.

Sunday School is still in operation with the necessary protocol in place.

Forward Day by Day brochures for the next quarter are now available in the narthex. Donation $3.00.

Tuesdays: Holy Eucharist 8:30 a.m.
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist and Rosary 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE PRAY: For the sick: Alice, Assad, Barbara, Beth, Carol, Danny, Donna, Doug, Jacob, Jayden, Jeanne, Joaquin, Manuel, Max, Michael, Miguel, Mike, Parker, Susan. For birthday celebrations: Jack Erickson, Tanya Lee, Gabrielle Kiminyo, Lucy Smith, Roxan Carty, Jeanne Champagne, Bonnie Mershon. For anniversary celebration: Howard and Jem Barrett, Kenneth and Dorrett Barnett, Lincoln and Yvonne Elliott. For our expectant mothers: Lauren, Meghan, Priya and Ryan.

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWRA9VxChBQd5l6rf3kF3A

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less than today, a ten year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and looked closely at the coins in it. “Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. “Thirty five cents,” she brusquely answered. The little boy again counted his coins and said, “I’ll just have the plain ice cream.” The waitress brought the ice cream, placed the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress returned to the table, tears came to her eyes. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he wanted to leave enough for the tip.

How often do we overlook those who serve or take for granted those whose job is not necessarily high paying, but if they didn’t do it many would notice? In the words of the late jazz musician, Lionel Hampton, “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart, not in the mind.”

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Sunday’s Worship – We are open for live worship on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. We also “live-stream” our 10 a.m. service.

Video Viewing Options for Sunday’s mass. There are three different ways to view our videos: 1) our church website; 2) our Facebook page; and 3) our YouTube channel. See the links listed below.

Opportunities for Giving – there are several options that safely and efficiently expedite your generous donations: electronic bank transfers or automatic bank transfers via personal accounts or credit/debit cards; personal checks delivered by USPS; and our favorite through joining our giving family online through our website or at https://www.myEoffering.com with our secure vendor Church Envelope Budget Company, who provides you with yearly offering envelopes. Please do NOT leave any envelopes with checks/cash unattended at church mailboxes.

Sandwiches for St. George’s: Please bring your sandwiches to St. David’s west side paring lot each Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Hospitality Hour is scheduled after the 10:00 a.m. mass – Hosted by Daughters of the King.

Caribbean Sunday: Please join us for our 1st Caribbean Sunday service on October 24 at 10 a.m. We will have steel pan music with a Caribbean reception following the mass. Volunteers and donations are welcomed!

Shop with Scrip: Gift card fundraising is the best way to raise money. Start giving back to St. David’s the moment you buy a gift card with the RaiseRight mobile app today! You can join the program by downloading the app on your phone or go to www.ShopWithScrip.com on your computer. The enrollment code to set up your free family account is BB6656B177722. For more information, please pick up a flyer in the narthex, or email Kimberly Joy Castellotti-Ward at choiceplusrealestate@gmail.com

Altar Flowers and Candles: We will have a bag on the credenza to collect all flower and candle donations for upcoming Sundays. If you would like to donate for altar flowers for memorials and celebrations, please put your check for $40 with a request showing the date you want altar flowers and the reason for your donation into the bag. If you want to donate candles, please put your check for $20 and request showing date and reason for donation. Do not put flower and candle requests in offering plates.

Sunday School is still in operation with the necessary protocol in place.

Forward Day by Day brochures for the next quarter are now available in the narthex. Donation $3.00.

Tuesdays: Holy Eucharist 8:30 a.m.
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist and Rosary 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE PRAY: For the sick: Alice, Assad, Barbara, Beth, Donna, Doug, Jacob, Jayden, Jeanne, Joaquin, Manuel, Max, Michael, Miguel, Mike, Parker, Susan. For birthday celebrations: Georgette Dzubiak, Mia Eubanks, Irene Oknewski, Emma Gardner. For our expectant mothers: Lauren, Meghan, Priya, Ryan.

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWRA9VxChBQd5l6rf3kF3A

After a great amount of difficulty and frustration, a young couple finally conceived their first child – in fact, the mother was carrying triplets. Her doctors insisted that she stay in bed for the duration of her pregnancy. After their friends learned the exciting news, flowers, notes, and cards filled their small house. After church, the pastor said to the husband, “We’ll be praying for you two in these next few months.” The husband’s response caught the pastor a little off guard. “Good,” he said, “And we’re going to hold all of those who prayed for us responsible.”

Although the reply was meant to be in jest, it reflects an important understanding about prayer. Prayer is not the wrestling of favors and gifts from a stingy God. Prayer is about trying to understand and accept God’s will for us. True prayer is seeking God’s will in all things – to give thanks for what God has given us by sharing those gifts with one another; to treasure His love and forgiveness and reconciliation.

The English saint Thomas More wrote, “Give us the grace, O Lord to work for what we pray for.” So, what prayers are we willing to work for? Our prayerful ACTS (an acronym for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) are the way to living a closer life in the Spirit and being more effective in our discipleship. Prayer is not a spare wheel we take out only when needed; it’s the steering wheel that directs us in the right path. So, pray to God, but keep rowing to the shore, because God promises a safe landing, not necessarily a smooth passage.

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Sunday’s Worship – We are open for live worship on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. We also “live-stream” our 10 a.m. service.

Video Viewing Options for Sunday’s mass. There are three different ways to view our videos: 1) our church website; 2) our Facebook page; and 3) our YouTube channel. See the links listed below.

Opportunities for Giving – there are several options that safely and efficiently expedite your generous donations: electronic bank transfers or automatic bank transfers via personal accounts or credit/debit cards; personal checks delivered by USPS; and our favorite through joining our giving family online through our website or at https://www.myEoffering.com with our secure vendor Church Envelope Budget Company, who provides you with yearly offering envelopes. Please do NOT leave any envelopes with checks/cash unattended at church mailboxes.

Sandwiches for St. George’s: Please bring your sandwiches to St. David’s west side paring lot each Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Hospitality Hour is scheduled after the 10:00 a.m. mass – Daughters of the King.

Caribbean Sunday: Please join us for our 1st Caribbean Sunday service on October 24 at 10 a.m. We will have steel pan music with a Caribbean reception following the mass. Volunteers and donations are welcomed!

Shop with Scrip: Gift card fundraising is the best way to raise money. Start giving back to St. David’s the moment you buy a gift card with the RaiseRight mobile app today! You can join the program by downloading the app on your phone or go to www.ShopWithScrip.com on your computer. The enrollment code to set up your free family account is BB6656B177722. For more information, please pick up a flyer in the narthex, or email Kimberly Joy Castellotti-Ward at choiceplusrealestate@gmail.com

Altar Flowers and Candles: We will have a bag on the credenza to collect all flower and candle donations for upcoming Sundays. If you would like to donate for altar flowers for memorials and celebrations, please put your check for $40 with a request showing the date you want altar flowers and the reason for your donation into the bag. If you want to donate candles, please put your check for $20 and request showing date and reason for donation. Do not put flower and candle requests in offering plates.

Sunday School is still in operation with the necessary protocol in place.

Forward Day by Day brochures for the next quarter are now available in the narthex. Donation $3.00.

Tuesdays: Holy Eucharist 8:30 a.m.
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist and Rosary 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE PRAY: For the sick: Aeneas, Alice, Barbara, Beth, Diana, Eliza, Jacob, Jayden, Jeanne, Jim, Manuel, Max, Michael, Miguel, Mike, Parker, Susan. For birthday celebrations: Charles Elmore, Gary Habib, Doreen Garrett, Anthony Ward, John Webber, Joseph Brabham, Isabelle Carter, Alex Morales. For our expectant mothers: Lauren, Meghan and Priya.

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWRA9VxChBQd5l6rf3kF3A

Thomas Wheeler, CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells on himself: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheeler got off the highway at the next exit and soon found a rundown gas station with just one gas pump. He asked the lone attendant to fill the tank (back in the days prior to self-service) and check the oil; then went for a short walk around the station to stretch his legs.

As he was returning to the car, he noticed that his wife and the attendant were engaged in an animated conversation. The conversation stopped as he paid the attendant. But as he was getting back into the car, he saw the attendant wave and heard him say, “It was great talking to you.”

As they drove out of the station, Wheeler asked his wife if she knew the man. She readily admitted she did. They had gone to high school together and had dated steadily for about a year. “Boy, were you lucky that I came along,” bragged Wheeler. “If you had married him, you’d be the wife of a gas station attendant instead of a chief executive officer.” “My dear,” replied his wife, “If I had married him, he’d be the chief executive officer and you’d be the gas station attendant.”

On this Labor Day Weekend, let us remember that our work here on earth, regardless of our compensation, benefits, and status, is a preparation for the eternal life promised to us as disciples of Christ. Our job is to make new Christians, and to make Christians new.

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Sunday’s Worship – We are open for live worship on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. We also “live-stream” our 10 a.m. service.

Video Viewing Options for Sunday’s mass. There are three different ways to view our videos: 1) our church website; 2) our Facebook page; and 3) our YouTube channel. See the links listed below.

Opportunities for Giving – there are several options that safely and efficiently expedite your generous donations: electronic bank transfers or automatic bank transfers via personal accounts or credit/debit cards; personal checks delivered by USPS; and our favorite through joining our giving family online through our website or at https://www.myEoffering.com with our secure vendor Church Envelope Budget Company, who provides you with yearly offering envelopes. Please do NOT leave any envelopes with checks/cash unattended at church mailboxes.

Sandwiches for St. George’s: Please bring your sandwiches to St. David’s west side paring lot each Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Hospitality Hour is scheduled after the 10:00 a.m. mass – Daughters of the King.

Bunco: Please join us in the Parish Hall on Saturday, September 11 at 6:00 p.m. $10.00 per person – prizes to be awarded! Bring a dish to share and your favorite beverage! Remember, the more the merrier – bring a friend or two!!

Caribbean Sunday: Please join us for our 1st Caribbean Sunday service on October 24 at 10 a.m. We will have steel pan music with a Caribbean reception following the mass. Volunteers and donations are welcomed!

Shop with Scrip: Gift card fundraising is the best way to raise money. Start giving back to St. David’s the moment you buy a gift card with the RaiseRight mobile app today! You can join the program by downloading the app on your phone or go to www.ShopWithScrip.com on your computer. The enrollment code to set up your free family account is BB6656B177722. For more information, please pick up a flyer in the narthex, or email Kimberly Joy Castellotti-Ward at choiceplusrealestate@gmail.com

Altar Flowers and Candles: We will have a bag on the credenza to collect all flower and candle donations for upcoming Sundays. If you would like to donate for altar flowers for memorials and celebrations, please put your check for $40 with a request showing the date you want altar flowers and the reason for your donation into the bag. If you want to donate candles, please put your check for $20 and request showing date and reason for donation. Do not put flower and candle requests in offering plates.

Sunday School is still in operation with the necessary protocol in place.

Forward Day by Day brochures for the next quarter are now available in the narthex. Donation $3.00.

Tuesdays: Holy Eucharist 8:30 a.m.
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist and Rosary 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE PRAY: For the sick: Aeneas, Alice, Barbara, Beth, Diana, Eliza, Jacob, Jayden, Jeanne, Jim, Manuel, Max, Michael, Miguel, Mike, Parker, Susan. For the departed: Jeff Isaac. For birthday celebrations: Shirley Browne, Danny Sneade, Jeanette Anthony, Connie Hanson. For our expectant mothers: Lauren, Meghan and Priya.

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWRA9VxChBQd5l6rf3kF3A