A Word from Your Pastor - April 17

Dear Parishioners:

Next weekend we will have the celebration of First Holy Communion for our Second Graders.  This event is always a wonderful moment of joy in the life of each Communicant’s family and in the life of our Parish community.  The Holy Eucharist is a reminder to all of us that the Risen Lord Jesus is with us until the end of time.  It is the center of our Catholic life.  Jesus is present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, that is, in the fullness of His Divine Person and in the complete reality of His glorified Human Nature.  We feed upon Him, receiving the Bread of Life and the Chalice of Salvation.  Our lives are intended to make Him known to the world.  We are incorporated ever more deeply into His Body and we are called to feed those who are hungry for the Life of the Spirit.

The only adequate response to Jesus’ Gift of Himself to us in Eucharist is to give thanks.  That is the very meaning of the word “Eucharist.”  We return to God all that we are and all that we have in gratitude to Him for the New Life He offers us.

These days, we are concentrating as a Parish family on our collective responsibility for Welcome, Hospitality, and Communication to the world the truth of the Mercy and Grace granted to us by Jesus, the Risen Lord, through the power of His Holy Spirit.  As we open our hearts to the call to commit ourselves to God and to one another, may we continue to grow in our love for the Catholic Faith and for the Church that claims us in the name of Jesus.  St. Timothy, our Patron, pray for us!