✝ 23rd Week in Ordinary Time ✝  

 “And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. “
2 Corinthians 9:8
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✙ Gracious God, please pour your love upon those who have asked to be remembered in our prayers.  To make a prayer request:   http://ministry.dpd.org/prayer-requests
For those whose lives are impacted by the effects of Hurricane Harvey – for the victims, the responders, the volunteers and the missing – we pray in solidarity.  For safety in the wake of hurricane Irma.
Theresa Wickham – Mother of staff person Joe Wickam.  May God grant her comfort, strength and healing.
Lynne Heiner -  Sister of Gruenert Staff Kathy Vermulen. May she be restored to health.
Kathleen Peterson – Friend of DPD. May God watch over her and bless her with a quick recovery from her illness.
Randy Philhower – Mother of Gruenert Staff Rebecca Dann.  May she know God’s peace and courage as she undergoes treatment to bring her back to health.
Mickey Williams -  Father of DPD nurse Anne Williams, for strength and health
Joan Meeks – Sister of Sister Joan , for continued healing
Claire Reilly – resident of the Murray House.  May she feel loved during her illness and to find peace in the goodness of our Lord.
Josiah – For God’s guidance and protection
Kirsten Yuroshek
Tavia – Great grandmother of Ashley, Director of Barnet House
Lester Esparza -  Father of Hope Eder
Christian Lavorgna – Son of CARE volunteer Ed Lavorgna
Lucy Cox – for strength
Daniel Healy 
Charlie Raab & Jim Daugherty
Jimmy Feehan - Brother of Julie Tatti
Chris Androski - husband of Barnet House volunteer Nina.
James Ondimu Ochoki – Father of Geoffrey Ondimu, Director of Basile Apartments
Anthony – for strength

For peace, justice and hope in our world.
May God bless our staff, residents, friends, volunteers and benefactors. 
May he turn his face toward you and give you peace.
  For the deceased and for their loved ones:

Julia Mukami Mwangi -  mother in law of staff person Elizabeth Lumbete
Robert Williams – Father of Gruenert Center staff Lisa Beasley
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✙ September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The one symbol most often identified with Jesus and his Church is the cross. Today we celebrate the feast of the Triumph of the Cross. The cross is a sign of suffering, a sign of human cruelty at its worst. But by Christ’s it has become the sign of triumph and victory, the sign of God, who is love itself. Believers have always looked to the cross in times of suffering. People in concentration camps, in prisons, in hospitals, in any place of suffering and loneliness, have been known to draw, trace, or form crosses and focus their eyes and hearts on them. The cross does not explain pain and misery. It does not give us any easy answers. But it does help us to see our lives united with Christ’s.
We often make the Sign of the Cross over ourselves. We make it before prayer to help fix our minds and hearts on God. We make it after prayer, hoping to stay close to God. In trials and temptations, the cross is a sign of strength and protection. The cross is the sign of the fullness of life that is ours. It reminds us that we bring our whole selves to God—our minds, souls, bodies, wills, thoughts, hearts—everything we are and will become.
✙ September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows – On this day we remember and reflect on Mary's sorrows, especially as she saw Jesus die on the cross.  All mothers can imagine her horror and heartbreak as she helplessly watched the suffering of her son.  Mary was a sorrowful yet powerful figure at the cross. She stood fearlessly while others fled. Mary looked on her Son's wounds with pity, but saw in them the salvation of the world. As Jesus hung on the cross, Mary did not fear to be killed but offered herself to her persecutors.  There are many novena prayers available to ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’ which are especially comforting to people during times of dealing with their own loss or worry about loved ones.
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