Suppose you are talking to a boss, a friend, or a team worker. At the end of the conversation after you have gotten a list of duties, favors or requirements, the person says: "Oh, one more thing. Could you please.?" That "one more thing" is generally harder than all the rest.
 
That's the situation in today's Gospel. The young man was in a a conversation with Jesus, and innocently asked, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
 
Jesus told him, "You don't have to do anything to inherit eternal life. Simply avoid doing things, like killing, adultery, stealing, lying, defrauding, being disrespectful, or anything else that would muddy the focus of leading a life pleasing to God." But the young man protests. "I've done all that! Is there more?" Looking at him with love, Jesus gives the young man an answer. "There's one more thing: don't let your riches get in the way. Sell all you have; give to the poor. Come, follow me."
 
What's the "one more thing" that I or you must do to inherit eternal life?

-Fr. Sas, October 11 Homily
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

As cold weather approaches, please consider donating to the ANNUAL COAT DRIVE sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
The following new or gently used items are being collected:
coats, jackets, gloves, mittens, & blankets
Coats will be collected until October 24th and can be placed in drop off boxes in the following locations:

• Marlborough Elementary School
• Richmond Memorial Library
• Marlborough Village Hall
• St. John Fisher Church (down in the hall)

There will also be a coat collection on the village green on October 24th from 9 am-midnight.

As the cold weather approaches and you start pulling out your cold weather clothes, please consider donating any new or gently used coats, jackets, gloves, mittens or blankets that you will not be using or that your children have out grown to the annual coat drive.

This year we have been asked to collect the coats earlier so that they are available for local people in need at the beginning of the cold weather season. Coats will be collected now through October 24th and can be dropped off in boxes at the following locations:

Elmer Thienes- Mary  Hall Marlborough Elementary School
Richmond Memorial Library
Marlborough Village Hall
St. John Fisher Church (Basement}
There will also be a coat collection on the village green on October 24th from 9 a.m. until midnight.

Thank you for your generosity.
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 15734.

Marlborough Senior Citizens are invited to an Autumn Luncheon Sponsored by St. John Fisher Church Christian Outreach Committee

This October 24, 2015 millions of volunteers across the nation will unite with a common mission - to improve the lives of others.   For more than 20 years, “Make a Difference Day” has been one of the largest national days of community service.   In honor of this day of service, the Christian Outreach Committee is delighted to be  sponsoring an Autumn Luncheon for all Marlborough Seniors

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015
Place: St. John Fisher Parish Hall (rear entrance) 30 Jones Hollow Road, Marlborough
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 (doors open at 11:30)

Lunch will be served at 12:00

A delicious lunch, entertainment, door prizes and the friendship of our Marlborough Community will be  shared and celebrated.

RSVP by October 16, 2015: Paulette Adams @ 860-295-8065

Please let Paulette know if you need transportation. Take-out is available to those home bound and physically unable to attend.   Please let Paulette know when you R.S.V.P. what your needs are.  Thank you.

The word "crisis" is often tossed around in news reports. Saturday's morning paper had a story of the financial crisis in China causing a crisis on Wall Street and other markets across the globe. There is a refugee crisis in Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, and Italy. In our own country there's an immigration crisis and a political one in the Republican and Democratic Parties, with all kinds of candidates vying for recognition 15 months before the election. Our personal lives may be filled with crises as well, including everything from health problems to, for those lucky enough, bad hair days.

We know that Jesus lost his temper one time when he overthrew the money changers' table and drove out those selling doves. With all the demands on his time, with all the constant battles with the orthodox nitpickers he faced, with his slow-to-believe disciples, you would think he must have been tempted and perhaps did lose his temper at least one other time.

There is a container in the vestibule of the church for anyone whishing to donate items from their garden to area food pantries receiving the harvest from our community garden.  Put those extra cucumbers and squash into the hands of people who would love them!
Many thanks from the STJF Garden Committee!

Imagine you are offered a job that guarantees you will be scorned or ignored, hated, ostracized, thought of as a weirdo or a crackpot, and almost all of your predecessors tried to escape doing it or made excuses for being ill-chosen for it. Would you take it? That's the reality of being a prophet of God. From the beginning from Elijah who had to run for his life and from A (Amos) to Z (Zephaniah) being a prophet was not a glamorous or a sought after task.

May 17th, 2015 Following the 10:30 Mass parishioners joined in the blessing of the gardens and festivities by painting a rock to help identify the crops or purchasing plants and seeds that were sold to benefit the garden.

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Ask the plants of the Earth, and they will teach you ...
who among all these does not know that the hand of God has done this?
~ Job 12:8-9

The readings this week speak to me about turmoil-unrest in our lives. In the Book of Job, Job suffers trials of defeat. Why? The question posed by the book of Job is one that still puzzles most people today: Why do God's people suffer? God's response basically challenges Job's right to question the Almighty. It is a way of saying that God's ways and reasons are beyond the comprehension of mere mortals.
 
In the Gospel reading, a sudden squall on the Sea of Galilee provides the crisis in this story. Mark makes several points. Jesus is asleep, trusting in God, in contrast to the disciples who are frightened. When they rebuke Jesus for sleeping, he rebukes the wind and the sea and then rebukes the disciples for their lack of faith. The timing of the storm is a revelation, for as our first reading today noted, only God can control the wind and sea. Thus Mark points us to Christ's divinity, though the disciples do not fully understand.

Newly Elected Officers and Appointees, Knights of Columbus, St. John Fisher Council #15734 - 2015-16.
 
Front Row (l to r): Buddy Hernandez, District Deputy; Mike Schadtle, Chancellor; Subby Magro, Grand Knight; Andy Zigmund, Warden; Dave Aniolek, Recorder; Dcn. John Mckaig, Chaplain.

2nd Row (l to r):  Jim Castellani, Advocate; Ed Baroncini, Jr., Deputy Grand Knight; Jean Jacques (Trustee); Rob Hartman, Outside Guard; Brian Walker, Trustee; Vinnie Zito, Lecturer/Outside Guard.

3rd Row (l to r): Jack Frost, Jr., Financial Secretary; Justin Bodey, Inside Guard; Frank Daudish, Trustee.

Absent:  Carl Cavalieri, Treasurer; Kevin Czarnecki, Membership Director.