A Word from Your Pastor - July 3

Dear Parishioners:

Freedom is a great gift.  God created us to be free to live.  As the old Baltimore Catechism put it: God made us to know Him, love Him, and serve Him in this life, and to be happy with Him forever in the next.  As a nation, we acknowledge both the gift of freedom and the price that was paid for it.  The patriots of our American Revolution, the men and women who pledged their “lives and fortunes and sacred honor” to the idea of Liberty, along with Life and the Pursuit of Happiness, are brought to mind as we celebrate the 4^th of July.  We also offer our gratitude to those who have put themselves in harm’s way do defend our values and our way of life.  To all who serve our nation and to their families who share in their sacrifice, we say thanks and we remember them in our prayers.

We also bear a great responsibility to live the freedom that we have received as a gift from God and by the sacrifices of those who have come before us.  It falls to us to defend that freedom by safeguarding it and by keeping a vigilant watch on the forces that would rob us of it.  May we live in freedom, pledging our own lives and fortunes and sacred honor to the task that is ours.  May our children and grandchildren and every generation to come continue to be free.  God bless America!

One of the great events of the Summer at St. Timothy, of course, is our Parish Festival, this Friday and Saturday evening.  Heartfelt thanks to all who have been working so hard to pull it together for another year.  This week, all are invited to pray for good weather and to contact family, friends, classmates of past years, and even enemies to join us for the fun. Let the festivities begin!