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Dear Friends, 

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I pray you had a blessed Thanksgiving Day celebration with your family and friends. Generosity flows from a grateful heart. As a Nation, we pause each year to thank God for the blessings we have received. The freedom, prosperity, and opportunities that exist here in America are unmatched throughout the rest of the world. You are already aware that we can’t do anything of lasting value in the eyes of God unless our labor is rooted in him (Psalm 127). It’s all about grace, the grace that comes to us through the Sacramental life of the Church. During this season of Advent as we prepare to celebrate the greatest gift there ever was. God made man, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. 

 

This weekend we begin the season of Advent, which marks the start of a new liturgical year for the Church. The Gospel reminds us that Advent is about more than our preparation for the Church’s celebration of Christ’s birth at Christmas. Advent is also about preparing ourselves for Christ’s return in glory at the end of time. Like the disciples we must also stay alert and watchful. Our faithfulness to God, through the good times as well as the difficult times, shows us to be ready for the coming of the Son of Man. During this season of Advent as we prepare to celebrate the greatest gift there ever was God made, man, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. 

 

To prepare for Christmas, we will remind ourselves of the importance of true Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love that comes from the Lord. We will also remind ourselves that Faith, hope and love are implanted in our soul at baptism, and that these are what makes it possible for us to love God and our neighbor. In our ever secularized society, we can easily become distracted and lose sight of this profound reality. Conversely, the more we know who we are as beloved sons and daughters of God the Father, the more we can come to know the purpose of life and the beauty of being Catholic and members of this great parish family. 

 

As you journey with us during these four weeks of Advent, I would encourage you to pray the Rosary as well and to contemplate on the mysteries of the Rosary. The Blessed Mother is the perfect embodiment of faith, hope, and love. For in her, the fullness of God, in Jesus Christ, was pleased to dwell. Through a personal relationship with the mother of God, we are guaranteed to cultivate a spirit of thanksgiving, one that leads from faith to works. 

 

During Advent we will have more opportunities for confessions in both parishes. 

 

May these be truly a transformative Advent Season for all. 

 

May God Bless you always.

Fr. Francis