Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This weekend and running through Wednesday we will have Fr. Lee Havey, C.P., giving us our annual mission talk. I encourage you to come out each day if you can as Fr. Lee’s talks will center on, “Awareness of God’s Presence,” “Lord, I Want to See,” “Personal Call to Holiness,” and finally ending with a Reconciliation Service.
All of us need that reaffirmation that God is with us, that we can sense Him, feel Him, and know in our hearts that we are loved. Being aware of God’s presence in us, in others and all around us should give us great hope and a great desire to love God and neighbor.
The blind man told Jesus, “I want to see.” He asked for his physical sight. You cannot blame the man for such a request. However, even those of us who can see (physically) ask Jesus, “I want to see.” It is a statement of faith.
The personal call to holiness is nothing new; it has been our mantra since Adam and Eve. The personal call to holiness is to build up virtue, especially the virtues of faith, hope and charity.
We will close with a Reconciliation Service; I cannot stress enough the importance of Confession. As Pope Francis recently tweeted, “Do not be afraid of confession.” It is that place and moment when we do become aware of God’s presence, when we can see Him clearly and it is a means of building up holiness.
I will leave the rest to Fr. Lee. Looking forward to seeing you all
over the next few days and I pray we will all be blessed with many
graces as we journey along in our Parish Mission.
God bless you,
Father John
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