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09/04/2026
Twenty - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Message from Deacon Jerry “Go to Him First”Dear Brothers and Sisters,On this ...
09/04/2026

Twenty - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Message from Deacon Jerry

“Go to Him First”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

On this 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, I am reminded of an incident that happened when I was growing up. Living on a farm with animals, fences matter. One broken wire, and by morning the cattle from our neighbor’s farm would be eating up our corn. I remember such a morning. I was ready to tell the whole village about Don Lucas and his careless fence. My father said, "We go to our neighbor. Just us. A fence is mended between two men, not in the plaza."

This Sunday's Gospel (Matthew 18:15-20) says nearly the same thing. "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone." Not to our friends first. Not to the family at dinner. To him.

I will be honest with you: after forty-four years as a deacon, this is still the hardest Scripture for me. It is so much easier to carry a hurt quietly, or to pass it around to others, than to knock on one door.

But notice — Jesus is not asking us to win the argument. He says that if he listens, "You have won over your brother." The brother is the prize. Not being right.

And then His promise: "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Two. That is enough. Just two people sitting down to repair something.

Is there a door you have been walking past? Go early and go alone. Mend it while it is still one broken wire and not a lost field. He will be standing there with you. He said so.

Deacon Jerry

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24252 EL TORO Road
Laguna Woods, CA
92637

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