A Word from Your Pastor
Dear Parishioners:
How are you preparing for the end of
the world? As we come to the close of a
Calendar Year, and as the Liturgical Year ends and opens to a new Season, we
are invited to contemplate the Latter Days.
The Catholic Church points out the “Four Last Things”: Death, Judgment,
Heaven and Hell. Each of us will one day
meet our Maker and have to account for our lives on earth. This is a sobering thought. Yet it is not morbid. In the life of Faith, it is an exciting thought. We discover through Faith that we are
destined for something beyond this world.
As our Catholic Faith points out,
three Theological Virtues are given to us to assist us on our way to God:
Faith, Hope and Love. Faith gives us the
capacity to receive the Truth that has been revealed by God and to respond to
His Gift by a return gift of ourselves.
Hope helps us call to mind that God is always there for us and to put
our trust in Him as our earthly life reaches its goal. Love serves to share God’s own Life with us
and we are enabled to enter into Eternity because the Love we have experienced
goes with us.
In the days and weeks ahead, as we
count our blessings and give God thanks for all He has given us, we also turn
to one another with hearts full of gratitude for what we share. Let us cultivate a spirit of welcome so that
all may come to share our joy. I want to
be sure to thank you all for everything you are and do for the St. Timothy
Community. May your generosity of spirit
be richly rewarded by God.
Jesus tells us that no one knows the
day nor the hour when God will manifest Himself. This is clearly so. Yet we can live each day in joyful
expectation of His Coming and in that way we will always be ready. Let us be joyful and let our Faith lead us
ever more deeply into an awareness of God’s Love for us.
Congratulations to our Second
Graders who made their First Reconciliation this weekend and to all their
families. May Forgiveness and Mercy be
ever a part of your life in Christ!
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