
Saturday – 13 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 9:14-17 Celebrate! Street Scene, Jerusalem The Pharisees in today’s Gospel are complaining to Jesus that His disciples do not fast like any fine upstanding Jews. Jesus’ reply is a reminder to us all that, even in the midst of fear and sadness, we should not avoid celebrating those times of joy, those moments in life that call for laughter and child-like wonder. Happy (almost) 4 th of July! Are you happy? Do you really feel like celebrating? Is your whole family gathering to celebrate like you’ve done in the past? We are living in a time of divisive language and rhetoric, a time of unrest, sickness and fear, a time of dis-connectedness. What the heck is there to celebrate? We lost a beloved member of our Kateri community this week. Barbara was well known for her smile, her compassionate personality and most definitely her fry bread! We also learned that our beloved senior elder, Susan Power, t