Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 1, 2023 -- NINE
Good News Only by Doris Brosnan
Another week of unshared
“Good News.”
Heppner Drama presents
‘How I Met Your Mummy’
However, one person noted that “the grass is green-
er than it usually is by this time,” which could be good
news in the pastures next spring.
On Saturday, HHS runners who have earned a
spot at the State Cross-Country Championships to be
held in Eugene on Saturday: Carson and Grady Green-
wood, Brooklyn Hendricks, Quaid Jensen, Walker
Lathrop, Hailey McDaniel, Lily Nichols, Max and Jake
Wilson, and Ariana Worden. Congratulations, All! Good
Luck!
Also, on Saturday in Heppner at 1 o’clock, the
Mustang football team will go head-to-head with the
team from Bandon/Pacific in the first round of the State
Playoffs. Good Luck, Team!
Tomorrow, which is Thursday, November 2, the
HHS football players, and cheerleaders will be collect-
ing food for the Neighborhood Center’s Annual Food
Drive. They will make it easy, from 5:30 to 8:00, to do-
The Heppner Drama Club cast of “How I Met Your Mum-
nate: Just leave your porch light on, and your donations my.” The comedy will be performed at Heppner High School
- canned and/or dried foods, pasta, flour – in a bag for next week. -Photo by Alaina Lemmon
pick-up.
And a few reasons for everyone (or surely almost
everyone) to smile: tomato soup and grilled cheese
sandwich, no more gnats clustering in the air, products
are available for capturing/removing sugar ants, Bag
Balm!
As the cheery little song says, “A smile is just a
frown turned upside down….” If something or someone
brought a smile to your face and you share it with the
GT readers, you just might help someone’s frown turn
upside down! Please share by emailing dbrosnan123@
gmail.com or calling 541-223-1490.
Here’s hoping that good news comes to everyone
reading this!
Spiritually Speaking
Father Thankachan Joseph
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Wasco
A CALL TO HUMILITY &
HOLINESS
We have seen and reflected on the last few Sundays
the Lord in controversy with His contemporaries, espe-
cially the priests and the scribes. We have heard how they
were trying to trap Him in words and deeds to get Him
out of the sight of ordinary people.
The first reading for this Sunday is taken from
one of the Minor Prophets, Malachi (1:14b; 2:2b,
8-10), describing the priests and how they should go
about their responsibilities. The Lord reminds them in
these words, “And now, O priests this commandment is
for you: if you do not listen, if you do not lay it to heart
to give glory to my name, says the Lord.” (2:2b). The
Lord constantly reminds the priests about their primary
duties and responsibilities. His oracle prophet Malachi
warns us with the sacramental priests about the dangers
of straying from our right part, as well as misleading
and oppressing others in the name of the God: “…And
now priests, this is a warning for you…you have strayed
from the way and you have caused many to stumble by
your teaching, you have destroyed the covenant of Levi
says the Lord of Host….” While it is important to note
that this message is meant, as it were, for “Priest” and all
“Pastors of souls”, it is equally important to note that by
virtue of our baptism, all the baptized are called to share
the priesthood of Christ; God is equally speaking to each
and every Christian. The reason for this is quite simple:
we are all expected to bear the message of eternal life as
well as give glory to God. Therefore, it is a call to lead
and teach rightly the message of eternal life, a call to live
rightly, to be just, and, most importantly, to glorify God
our creator.
This week’s Gospel is from the fifth prominent
teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew (23:1-12), the
theme of Eschatology, which means “life after death.”
The eschatological theme begins with the scolding by
Jesus of the Priests. Jesus equally warns us not to follow
the hypocritical way of life of the Pharisees of our time
(“men” and “women of God” of our age), who, in spite of
their exalted position in our churches, live bad examples.
They preach well but fail to show it in action to their
contemporaries. They are very eloquent and professional
in their preaching, sermons, and homilies, but they are
dwarfs and pigmies in their actions. What an irony! These
men and women of God thwart the message of eternal life
for their own gain and thus lead many astray. These are
deadly wolves in sheep’s clothing. It is also important to
look inward in this regard because, as Christians, each
one of us is a potential man or woman of God as well as
a potential Pharisee. How could this be, you ask? If we
live contrary to the faith, we profess in Jesus Christ we
are being Pharisees and thwarting the message of eternal
life or the good news. When we live this way, we are
showing people the wrong way and preaching the worst
of homilies that posterity will not forget and possibly not
forgive us because we are not being true to or holding on
to the message of eternal life.
Finally, through this Gospel passage, Jesus condemns
“show-off-religion” which has no life and, in fact, is op-
posed to the message of eternal life. Our call as baptized
believers is to live according to our baptismal call of
humility and holiness; and move towards the heavenly
journey. In Christ’s message about being called or call-
ing anyone “Rabbi” or “Father,” Jesus is disapproving
of earthly pride, which is opposed to the message of
eternal life. But He in no way permits us to disrespect
or insult those in position by calling them derogatory
names instead of giving them the honor due to them. Such
behavior would equally run contrary to the messages of
eternal life, which say, “Honor your father and mother”
(Ex 20, 12); “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for
they keep watch over your souls as those who will give
an account”; And finally, “Pray this way for kings and
all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and
quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity (1Tim 2, 2).”
Our lives and actions should give God glory and honor
because in it, lies the message of eternal life.
Piper Kelton (left) and Lizzie Ginn try to take down the
mummy (Brigham Jensen). -Photo by Alaina Lemmon
Heppner Drama Club
will present the play “How I
Met Your Mummy” in four
different performances at
Heppner High School next
week.
Performances featuring
the junior high cast will take
place Nov. 7 and 10, and the
high school cast will take
the stage Nov. 9 and 11.
All performances will
be at 7 p.m. at the Heppner
High School cafetorium.
Admission is $3.
“How I Met Your Mum-
my” is a two-act play by
Todd Wallinger. The come-
dy features a romp through
a museum at night, full of
characters who shouldn’t
be there—clumsy thieves, a
teenage film crew, a pushy
news reporter, and a zany
Egyptian priestess—all
trying to meet the night’s
main character.
The junior high cast
consists of Piper Kelton,
John Lindsay, Lizzie Ginn,
Eva Worden, Avia Bote-
fuhr, Aubree Shank, Austin
Quilter, Hannah Brannon,
Brigham Jensen, Naomi
Propheter and Samantha
Lamb.
The high school cast is
made up of Piper Kelton,
John Lindsay, Izzi Kille-
brew, Aubrey Smith, Laila
Hess, Jaiycee Cimmiyot-
ti, Joe McMasters, Elijah
Quilter, Rylee Palmer, and
Moira Di Salvo.
Alaina Lemmon di-
rects, with JoAnna Lamb
assisting. Lizzie Finch,
Kelsi Workman, and Dailen
Schultz serve as the tech
crew.
Greenup wins
Rookie of the Year
Hunter Greenup, left, poses with his gold belt buckle prize.
- Contributed Photo
Local Hunter Greenup
emerged victorious at the
highly anticipated year-end
event of the Cowboy Asso-
ciation, sweeping away the
competition to secure not
only the year-end title but
also the coveted Rookie of
the Year award. Greenup’s
exceptional skills and de-
termination throughout
the season brought him
well-deserved recognition
from his peers and the as-
sociation.
The Cowboy Associa-
tion is a rodeo organization
in Idaho, founded in the
early 1950s, it is dedicated
to promoting and preserv-
ing Western Heritage.
Ladies Night
Thursday November 2, 2023
Molly Dale will be preparing a Pork Loin
dinner with mashed potatoes, corn, roll,
salad and brownies for desesert.
Dinner at 6:00 pm
Lodge at 8:00 pm
Member and guests only