Dear Parishioners:
A Blessed New Year to all!
As we open 2017 with the Solemnity
of Mary, Mother of God, on a Sunday, we see how our Heavenly Mother brings us
to her Divine Son. Our Faith tells us
that Mary is the highest honor of our race after her Son. She ushered in the action of God by her
consent and cooperation with grace. She
shows us how to do the will of God.
The title Theotokos, “God Bearer,” which we translate as “Mother of God” is
primarily an expression of our Faith in the Divinity of Jesus, the Son of God
and Son of Mary. It is through Mary that
God chooses to enter our world and to invite each one of us to a free response
to His call. When we acknowledge Mary as
“Mother of God,” at the very same time, we have to realize the potential given
to human beings who cooperate with grace.
A New Year is a time to make
resolutions and to renew commitments.
Let us at St. Timothy Church renew our own commitment to open our hearts to the grace
God is offering to us. May we be truly
one in Faith and in our efforts to be the Body of Christ. May we continue to strive earnestly to give
God all the glory. And may we open our
eyes to see those whom God has entrusted to us as companions on the journey of
Faith, welcoming them among us and offering willing service to them as our brothers
and sisters in Christ.
Mary, Mother of God and Mother of
the Church, form us in the life of grace and help us to live as brothers and
sisters to Jesus Christ, your Son! May
the divine life that began to dwell among us in you grow in us and lead us to
holiness so that all the world may come to know the glory of God poured out in
Jesus, the Lord.
Focolare Word of Life
for January 2017
“The love of Christ compels us.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-20)
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