Dear Parishioners,
Congratulations to Lyndsee Riley and Cody King who are united in marriage this weekend. May the Lord bless them with many happy years.
Welcome to all visitors to the Fall Festival at St. Anne's this weekend. We hope for beautiful weather, tasty food, fun games, hearty laughter, and lasting friendships!
Next week on October 11, the Church Universal begins the Year of Faith. It coincides with the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II. It formally concludes on the Feast of Christ the King, November 24, 2013, which coincides with the official promulgation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is a year for us to prepare our hearts again to receive the saving message of Jesus Christ, and to share that message with those around us. THis is the New Evangelization in a nut-shell. We live in a society that has largely heard the message of salvation, but do not allow the message to be inculcated in our actions. We see a reduction of our first freedoms from freedom of religion (to allow our faith to influence our actions in the public sphere) to a freedom of worship (what we do on behind the doors of our Churches). This Year of Faith is not a direct response to the crisis we are facing in our country, but certainly is a great antidote, isn't it!
Some have mentioned the ads of the "Say No" campaigns. While they certainly have a way of 'normalizing' this attack on traditional understanding of Marriage, I am deeply disturbed at the subtext that the definition of marriage can change, and unless we change it, we are hateful and bigoted. This is not the case. As Kathleen Kersten wrote in the Star Tribune to see the link) last week, marriage is limited already, and Bishop LeVoir mentioned in a private meeting of priests recently that all freedoms are limited - if it were not, it would result in anarchy.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
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