Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 2, 2021 -- THREE
Spiritually Speaking
A View from the Green
Qualls and Rollins
promoted at BEO
I Am the Bread of Life Over the Tee Cup
Ten ladies enjoyed very Rucker and Karen Hague-
nice
weather while com- wood had low net.
By Fr. Thankachan Joseph
peting
in the playday held
Pat Dougherty took low
This coming Sunday, the Catholic Church celebrates
May
25
at
the
Willow
Creek
gross
for flight C and Kris
“Corpus Christi Sunday,” the Feast of
Country
Club
in
Heppner.
Linder
had low net. Jean
the Body and Blood of Christ. In the
Virginia
Grant
took
low
Creswick
and Betty Carter
Gospel of John (13:1), we read: “Jesus,
gross
of
the
field
and
low
tied
for
least
putts.
knowing that his hour had come to pass
net
of
the
field
was
split
Long
drive
winner for
from this world to the Father,” called
with
Shirley
Martin
and
flight
A
was
Virginia
Grant,
his disciples together to celebrate
Cindy
Burright.
Least
putts
Sarah
Rucker
for
flight
the memorial together. “While they
of
the
field
went
to
Lorene
B
and
Pat
Dougherty
for
were eating, he took bread, said the
Fr.
Thankachan
Montgomery.
flight
C.
blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and
Joseph
For flight B the low
Shirley Martin got a
said, ‘Take it; this is my body.’ Then
gross
winner
was
Sarah
chip-in
on hole number one.
he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave
it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them,
‘This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for
many’” (Mk 14: 22).
The Holy Eucharist is the parting gift of the Lord The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following
Jesus to us before His departure to the Father. Thus, Jesus criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name
becomes “the bread of life” (Jn 6:48). Before He left from of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you
this world, He instituted the sacrament of Holy Eucharist, provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The
as well as the Sacrament of Priesthood and asked His address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be
disciples to do this in His memory for eternity. We know printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the
to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in
it well from our Catechism classes: Jesus was born in Da- right
letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under
vid’s town of Bethlehem. Bethlehem literally meant “the “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Email to editor@rapidserve.net or upload
place of bread, place of meat.” Food is one of the main to Heppner.net.
elements of human lives, and we all work to satisfy our
stomachs, but Jesus became bread for everyone, to satisfy
the spiritual and physical hunger of everyone, instituting
To the editor,
individual digital health
the Holy Eucharist as the memorial of His presence with
“Your
papers
please”
apps. (Vaccine passports).
us and His unconditional love towards us. Eucharistic
is
a
cultural
metaphor
for
“Your papers please” will
miracles take place every day on every continent.
life
in
a
police
state.
In
soon be a metaphor for life
What are you hungering for? Jesus actually satisfies
Nazi
Germany
the
Ahnen-
in a one world police state.
the physical hunger of humans before the spiritual one.
pass
(ancestor
pass)
was
The governors of Flori-
The Eucharistic discourse of Jesus in the Gospel of John
required
to
prove
Aryan
da,
Texas
and Arizona have
begins with the miracle of loaves. He fulfills the natural
lineage
of
German
blood;
moved
to
stop businesses
hunger of everyone before He begins the spiritual dis-
the
“race
science”
of
the
from
requiring
“papers”
course. The temptation of the Lord in the desert begins
third
Reich.
If
we
do
not
from
customers,
however
with the tempter asking Jesus to change the stones into
learn
from
history
we
are
Oregon
Governor
Brown
bread, since the Lord was hungry. In the last judgment
bound
to
repeat
the
horrors
continues
to
set
the
bar
scene, too, we read, “Come you that are blessed by my
of
the
Holocaust.
In
1933
for
Covid
Passports.
Di-
Father! I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave
me a drink” (Mathew 25: 34-35). From these examples, the Nazi’s passed the “Law vide and conquer using
we need to assume that Jesus addresses the basic needs of for the Restoration of the race science and phony
human life first. The Lord is always and every time present Professional Civil Service” Covid science fiction prac-
with us with His real presence. He is always available to requiring all public servants titioners, like Anthony Fau-
to be of Aryan descent. ci, will destroy America and
satiate the hunger and thirst of human beings.
Do we approach Him for physical food or spiritual Nazi Racism used scien- what is left of our consti-
food? As human beings we cannot live on bread alone. We tific empirical evidence to tution. Choice used to be
need more than food to live. I am reminded of the words justify racial inferiority and the mantra for ‘my body,
of St Augustine: “It is no use feeding on Christ with our racial superiority and con- my choice.’ Now you are
teeth if we are not feeding on him with our minds” - that centration camps and gas free to choose to kill an
is by faith. Let us remember that eating and drinking of chambers for Jews, Chris- unborn baby, but you will
the body and blood of Jesus are meant to be symbolic of tians and dissenters was be offered no choice but to
our wanting to live by the word of God. In the Gospel of the result. “Critical Race accept an unproven experi-
John, when He speaks about the vine and branches, and Theory” now taught in our mental Covid immunization
in the Eucharistic discourse, too, Jesus reminds us that public schools and universi- that will require endless
without Him, we cannot live: “I tell you solemnly, if you ties divides individuals into booster shots destroying
do not eat of the flesh of Son of Man and drink His blood ‘oppressed’ and oppressor’ your immune system.
Do not allow this Nazi
you will not have life in you. He who eats my flesh and like Nazi “race science” and
urges
intolerance
and
vio-
style
police state indoctri-
drinks my blood lives in me and I in him, anyone who eats
lence
as
a
method
of
social
nation
to destroy our blood
this bread will live forever” (John 6:53-54). On the Feast
justice.
Instead
of
the
Jews
bought
liberty and freedom.
of Corpus Christi, Jesus offers different kinds of “bread”
of
Nazi
Germany,
it
is
the
Our
hope
is in Jesus Christ
to the faithful to gratify their many hungers. To people
white
Christians
who
are
and
His
blood
has bought us
who followed him into the desert and who were starving,
now
inherently
evil.
courage
and
eternal
life to
He offered ordinary bread and so satisfied their physical
The
race
science
of
stand
against
this
tyranny.
hunger. To the leper whose body was falling apart, He
offered the only bread that mattered – the bread of physical the Nazi’s is analogous Fear not.
Stuart Dick, Irrigon
healing. To the lonely woman at Jacob’s well, He offered to the science of ‘Covid’
immunizations.
There
is
the bread of human kindness and acceptance. To sinners
He offered the bread of forgiveness. To the rejects and no empirical evidence that
outcasts, by mixing with them, He offered the bread of experimental Covid immu-
empathy and companionship. To the widow of Nain and nizations protect the public
James (Jamie) Lewis
Martha and Mary, who each had lost someone dear to from infection more than Kincaid – James (Jamie)
her, He offered the bread of compassion. To the thief who natural herd immunity, nev- Lewis Kincaid, Silverton,
died by His side, He offered the bread of repentance and ertheless Covid passports OR was born July 23, 1963
are being instituted across and died May 22, 2021 at
reconciliation with God.
As Jesus has become bread and gratified human the world. The EU Digital the age of 57. Crown Me-
deprivation, it is our time to satisfy human needs of people Covid-19 Passport has been morial Center, Salem, OR is
around us. Is there anyone hungry around me? How do I approved by the European in charge of arrangements.
approach such situations and become the bread someone Union and will become Online condolences may be
needs? What bread are we looking for? Only Jesus can law on July 1, 2021. For 12 shared at https://crowncre-
months the passport will not mationburial.com/tribute/
offer us that bread because “He is the bread of life.”
be a precondition for travel, details/17249/Jamie-Kin-
however governments and caid/obituary.html#trib-
industry are encouraging ute-start.
~ Letters to the Editor ~
Papers please
The Bank of Eastern
Oregon has announced that
John Qualls and Ed Rollins
were recently promoted to
executive vice president. “I
am pleased to announce that
John Qualls and Ed Rollins
have been promoted to ex-
ecutive vice president for
Bank of Eastern Oregon,”
said Jeff Bailey, President
and CEO.
Qualls started his ca-
reer with Bank of East-
ern Oregon in 2002. John
has progressed through
the lending ranks and was
named Chief Lending Offi-
cer in 2012. John oversees
all lenders in the bank and
supervises the mortgage de-
partment. He is a graduate
of Pacific Coast Banking
School. John also serves as
a Lieutenant Colonel in the
Oregon National Guard.
“John has been a leader,
not only within our orga-
nization, but also within
the national guard, serving
two deployments during
his time with the bank. We
appreciate his service not
only to our customers, but
our country as well,” added
Bailey.
“It has been rewarding
to be a part of the bank’s
growth over the past 19
years. We have a dedicated
team of bankers that enjoy
being a part of our local
communities and serving
the banking needs of our
customers across the re-
gion,” said Qualls.
John resides in Hep-
pner with his wife Doashea.
They have two adult chil-
dren and one school age
child.
Rollins started with
Bank of Eastern Oregon
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