From the Pastor - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 5, 2022

Whether you are just beginning your stewardship journey or have been living a stewardship way of life for years, today’s readings invite us to ask ourselves an important question to ponder.


The question is this: “What do you treasure?” Of course, we all know the “right” answer: we treasure our faith, our family, and our friendships. But Jesus tells us in the Gospel passage from Luke how we can discover the real answer to this question. He says, “For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.”


To discern what we really treasure, we need to do a check on our hearts. We can each ask ourselves, “Where do I spend the majority of my energy? Where do I find my thoughts dwelling? How do I choose to spend my time when I find myself with a few spare moments? What do my spending habits reveal about my what is important to me?”


As Christian stewards, we are called to live our lives in grateful response to all that God has given us. Do I recognize and treasure these gifts? © Catholic Stewardship Consultants, 2022


Pastoral Pondering

I thought I would give Father Huber the opportunity to introduce himself.


My name is Fr. Aaron Huber, the third oldest of nine children whose age ranges from fourteen to thirty. I was born just outside of Charleston, South Carolina where I spent the first six years of my life before moving up to the mountains of western North Carolina. I attended Belmont Abbey College for two years studying biology and theology before transferring into St. Joseph College Seminary when it opened in 2016.


The priesthood is something I had thought about ever since I can remember. However, it wasn’t until the summer of 2015 when the Lord called me in such a way that I could no longer put it off. I went back and started my second year of college. This time, my focus was on prayer and discernment as I meant with members of the vocations board and applied to Seminary.



After I graduated from St. Joseph, I spent the last four years of my seminary education in Cincinnati, Ohio at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology. Upon my ordination, it was announced that I was being assigned here! It came as a welcome surprise. I am overjoyed at my assignment, and I look forward to serving you at St. Mark. May God bless you all and please know of my daily prayers

 

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