Greetings from Fr. Dave

Last weekend at Masses I reflected with you on the broader horizon these three phrases impel in us:

I came from God
I belong to God
My destiny is God

This weekend our readings focus on the End Times, and to understand the Biblical sense of End Times we have to keep the perspective gained from these phrases. Everything in our lives and in our world is part of a bigger picture, and that bigger picture is all in God’s marvelous and providential care.
 
Bishop Robert Barron has written often about what a strong faith-life looks like and he has four phrases he uses that overlap with the ones above:

“My life is not about me. I am not in control. My life is not my project. I am part of God’s grand design.”

When these four qualities are internalized deeply, we are living a life of faith in Jesus Christ, and the kind of life that bears fruit abundantly in this world and for all eternity!
 
Knowing our easy fall weather is not going to last forever…….I want to remind you again that if/when we have an icy or snowy weekend, our Mass schedule will continue as usual. Please use good judgement on coming out, but know that if you do come, Mass will happen — on weekends and during the week, too.  You are automatically dispensed from the Mass obligation if weather or health interferes!
 

Blessings to Eliana Baynes who was baptized this weekend!
 

Last week, funeral services were held for Don Sales, Cathy Kuhn, and Leonisa Maratita. May their souls, and all the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace.