Reflections on Sunday’s Mass: September 5, 2010

Posted Thu, 08/19/2010 - 17:42 by gary.marvin

SAeptember 5, 2010This Sunday is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. What is the price of what really matters? Jesus likens discipleship to the construction of a great tower without resources, or marching into a battle against impossible odds. He tells us that the price of following him will be a complete re-shaping of everything in our lives. In asking such an inconceivable price of us, perhaps Jesus had the words of the Book of Wisdom in mind: “Who can know God’s counsel, who can conceive what God intends? Our mortal plans are timid and unsure, weighed down by our earthly state of being…yet wisdom is available to us.” Dare we embrace the vision of Jesus, at the price of everything else?

Tumblebus dedicated as the Christ Chapel Children’s Center

Posted Mon, 08/30/2010 - 10:15

The ARKIt has been some time in coming - but from ideation to creation, the used Tumblebus, soon to be introduced as the Christ Chapel Children’s Center, will be dedicated Monday evening, August 30, 2010, on the Backside of Churchill Downs and rolled out (figuratively speaking) for its initial run as a Children’s Center.

The exterior has been repainted to blend in with its surroundings (next to Christ Chapel), and the interior has been fitted with laminated drop-down tables for crafts and other table work, as well as overhead lockers for storage. There are many to thank for bringing about the new Center, especially the Men of Epiphany for their support; Bob Lockhart for the initial re-design (we had to modify the color scheme for Churchill, but Bob was the inspirer); Dave Hileman and his team of painters;Muffy Sinclair for recruitment and training of volunteer teachers; Epiphany's 10% Committee for their donation that allowed the renovation to go forward; and countless members of the Community of Epiphany for their donations to the Trackside Ministry last year that allowed us to complete the project. Principal donors included: Kosair Charities, Southeast Christian, and the Community of Epiphany.

Epiphany Recipes: Kentucky Potato Salad

Posted Fri, 08/27/2010 - 01:00

This is the next in an ongoing series of tasty recipes from the parish of Epiphany. This delicious recipe is a staff favorite. It was found in a new magazine Edible Louisville  which features local foods and beverages.

Ky Potato SaladKentucky Potato Salad - makes about 12 servings

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup minced shallots
  • 3 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh chives
  • 1 Tablespoon coarse grained Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 pounds potatoes, skin left on, cut into 1" chunks
  • 1 pound green beans, trimmed and snapped into 1" lengths
  • 1/2 pound bacon slices
  • Romaine lettuce leaves
  • 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (approx. 2-3 oz.)
  • 2 hard boiled eggs, grated or chopped

Epiphany Recipes: Grapevine Pantry's Oriental Salad

Posted Fri, 08/27/2010 - 01:00

This is the next in an ongoing series of tasty recipes from the parish of Epiphany.

Karen’s note: This is my favorite oriental salad. The Courier Journal published this Grapevine Pantry recipe in 1994 and I've been making it ever since. Use fresh salad greens out of your garden or use the ingredients suggested. This makes a large platter of salad, so invite some friends to lunch.

Oriental SaladGrapevine Pantry's Oriental Salad

Serves 6-8

Ingredients:

  • 6 to 8 boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup teriyaki marinade and sauce
  • 3 Tablespoons butter, margarine or vegetable oil
  • 1 large head of iceberg lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
  • 1 pound fresh spinach, chopped
  • 1 small head red cabbage, shredded
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 small red onion, sliced into rings
  • 1 red pepper, sliced into rings
  • 1 15-ounce can mandarin orange segments

Reflections on Sunday’s Mass: August 29, 2010

Posted Sat, 08/21/2010 - 16:15 by gary.marvin

Aug 29, 2010This Sunday is the Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today’s scripture passages look at important qualities of discipleship and focus on the virtue of humility. How would you define humility? Humility as one commentator speaks is “putting ourselves last”. This is a challenge in our American culture. 

  • Sirach 3: 17-18,20,28-29 Our posture before God must be one of humility. We must stand in truth and honesty. We need to acknowledge who we really are. It is in our humility that our God is revealed to us.
  • Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24a This reading contains much symbolism. The first paragraph refers to Mt. Sinai, the place where God established the covenant with the Israelites, our ancestors in the faith. Mt. Zion stands for our future encounter with God as judge and Jesus as our mediator. It is Jesus who provides us the access to God that we depend upon.
  • Luke 14: 1, 7-14 In the gospel we are encouraged to sit in the last place when invited to a meal/ banquet. If we wish to invite others to our home for a meal we are encouraged to invite the marginalized of society. Who are those today that you would “not” want to invite into your home….perhaps the unemployed, the immigrant, the one suffering from aids, the homeless? Why? Is there a way you can begin to form a relationship with those individuals you consider “unimportant”. Perhaps someday you might both break bread together.

Survival On “The Poverty Diet”

Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 01:00

This article originally appeared in the July 2010 issue of The Epigram .

Poverty DietSurvival On “The Poverty Diet:” A JustFaith Experiment

By Mary Kaye Jacobs

Some lessons are best learned from experience. Intellectual exercises won’t teach you everything in life. Participants in the JustFaith nine-month program in social justice take part in face-to-face visits to corners of our city they may never have ventured into. And they experiment with other ways of living.

One experiment is called “The Poverty Diet.” Its intent is to see what it is really like to live on food stamps. The average amount of food stamp benefits is $93.33 per person per month, which gives that person approximately $3.11 per day or about $1 per person per meal.

Reflections on Sunday’s Mass: August 22, 2010

Posted Mon, 08/16/2010 - 15:21 by gary.marvin

Narrow DoorThis weekend is the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today’s Scriptures remind us that God gathers a multitude of all nations and tongues at the welcome table. We are challenged by the urgency of the call, and the narrow door, to the feast – following Jesus’ way of love and service. God invites all – but each is free to respond. Will we follow in the way of Christ, and take up the mission of love and justice?

This weekend’s readings:

  • Isaiah 66:18–21. The “third Isaiah” saw the Exile as a way to proclaim God’s glory in foreign lands and to draw all the nations to God.
  • Hebrews 12:5–7, 11–13. How do Christians understand their suffering? This letter suggests that it is divine discipline, like a loving parent would give to a child.
  • Luke 13:22–30. Jesus seems to have shared “Third Isaiah’s” view that salvation is wider than Israel. The way we come to fullness of life is to live and act like Jesus, “becoming least,” a servant of love, peace and justice to all.

Epiphany Recipes: Gazpacho Soup

Posted Fri, 08/13/2010 - 01:00

This is the next in an ongoing series of tasty recipes from the parish of Epiphany.

Gazpaho SoupGazpacho Soup

by Food Network's Barefoot Contessa

Ingredients:

  • 1 hothouse cucumber not peeled but seeded and halved

(Karen's note: can use a regular cucumber, I peel skin if too thick)

  • 2 red bell peppers, cored and seeded
  • 4 plum tomatoes or any tomato variety
  • 1 red onion

Reflections on Sunday's Mass: August 15, 2010

Posted Mon, 08/09/2010 - 13:05 by gary.marvin

Assumption of MaryThis weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This year the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time gives way to the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. Sunday usually trumps a feast but this celebration is so important, it supersedes the normal Sunday’s readings and prayers.

That Mary was assumed, body and soul into heaven is one belief held by the Church since the earliest days. The early written documents we have speak of it but it wasn’t until 1950 that the belief was named an infallible teaching (dogma) of the Church.

A brief look at the readings yields nothing about the Assumption itself. Instead they give hope to persecuted Christians of the early church (Rev); remind us that, through Jesus Christ, death gives way to life (1 Cor); tell the story of Mary greeting Elizabeth and Mary’s Magnificat, her joy-filled song, a prayer in response to God’s gifts.

Presentation 2010 Alum of the Year

Posted Fri, 08/06/2010 - 01:00

This article originally appeared in the July edition of The Epigram.

By Barbara AubreyKathy M

When you ask a Presentation Academy alum about her school, she will tell you there is something so special you just have to be there. Almost like being at Epiphany – you just have to experience it. That’s the way it is for Kathy Wolz Marshall, Presentation Academy’s 2010 Alumna of the Year.

Tradition plays a big part in Kathy’s story. In 1961 Kathy carried on a family tradition by following her two sisters to Presentation, the oldest continually operating high school in Louisville. And the tradition handed down from its foundress, Mother Catherine Spalding [http://scnfamily.org/] , is palpable in the walls of the old building. Pres girls are taught to be themselves, to lead with love and respect and to serve others always. These qualities served Kathy well when she began a teaching career after graduation from Spalding College (University). For 32 years she worked for the Jefferson County Public Schools. Yet, throughout those years, she found time to volunteer in endless ways to the school she loves.

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