Dear Parishioners:
This weekend, we offer
heartfelt congratulations to the members of our First Holy Communion class. May they always stay close to Jesus, Whom
they have received for the first time in the Holy Eucharist. May they and their families continue to learn
more and more about the gift they have received. May our life as a Parish family always be a
sign of the power of the Sacraments to bring joy and strength to people of
Faith.
Today we ask God’s
blessings on all mothers, grandmothers, godmothers and all who share in the
power of God to give and nurture life.
It is awesome to contemplate the depth of love that is manifested when a
mother conceives and brings to birth a new child. All who have experienced the love of a mother
are full of gratitude when it dawns on them just what has been sacrificed for
them. This is true of both physical and
spiritual life. The prayers of all
mothers are responsible for so many graces in our lives.
The Fourth Sunday of
Easter is also Good Shepherd Sunday. On
this day, we give thanks to God for all who have mirrored the Love of Jesus,
the Good Shepherd, to us. Those who
invite us into a deeper awareness of the immense Love God has for us and His
desire to lead us to green pastures help us to know better who we are and what
our destiny will be.
When we respond to the
awareness of the simple fact that we are loved, we become better able to pass
on the love that God has placed in our hearts.
The world is now in need of hearing, seeing and experiencing the Good
News of the Resurrection of Jesus. It
falls to us to make this fundamental truth known because we are responding to
the news ourselves, committing ourselves to live by the grace of the Holy Spirit. May we truly become “a light to the nations
and an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.”
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