Pastor's Reflection
Vocation Awareness Week
Dear Friends,
This weekend is the beginning of Vocation Awareness Week. As I mentioned last week, Father David Friel will be the main celebrant at our 12 Noon Mass. A luncheon with conversation and fraternity will follow the Mass for young men interested in learning more about the priesthood and their personal walk with Jesus. At that Mass, we will also pray for all the members of our parish family and your loved ones who died this past year, our annual Mass of Remembrance in this month dedicated to praying for the Holy Souls.
All Souls Day
Dear Friends,
Well Halloween is once again upon us. We all understand that the roots of Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve, are religious. How far it has come from that original celebration, glorifying God and His Saints.
The Lord’s Suffering Servant
Dear Friends,
As I write this, I am away on retreat and a few days off, and I am taken up with today’s readings (October 17) for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ Isaiah, Hebrews, Mark. These insights that follow are prompted by the excellent commentary offered by Dr. Tim Gray, of Augustine Institute and available on FORMED.org.
