Dear Parishioners,
Congratulations to Brendan McKeown, son of Krista (Mahlow) and Chris McKeown, who is baptized this weekend.
This Lent seems to be going fast. The best way to enter into Lent is participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. What a great sacrament, a great gift to us! There, we experience God's overwhelming mercy and love, as we confess our sins and are assured of God's forgiveness through the ministry of the priest. As I grow older, my appreciation of this sacrament has only deepened. Even as a confessor, I am often moved to humility. As Fr. Barron states in the video series, as we move toward God, we see our sins more readily like the specks of dirt on a windshield as we are driving toward the setting sun. As we grow in holiness, we become more aware of our sinfulness - seemingly contradictory, certainly, but an important dynamic in the spiritual life. This is why even minor sins should be confessed. As we grow in holiness, all the little missed acts of charity, all the little thoughts of anger, take on weight. But God is good - He does not leave us desperate like a fish out of water, but gives us grace of forgiveness. So, whether it has been a month, a year, or even a decade, give yourself the gift of experiencing God's forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
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