Dear Parishioners,
Our sympathy to the friends of Lee Grossman who died this last week. May she rest in peace.
We are about to celebrate All Saints Day this Wednesday Evening/Thursday. Of course, Mass attendance is obligatory - but we should feel internally compelled to attend Mass. All Saints day is a celebration of what God's grace did in the lives of all the saints, and a calling to mind of what God longs to do for us, as well. During this Year of Faith, this Holy Day is taking on greater significance for me. The Most Holy Trinity has loved us into being, and desires us to be with them for all eternity. It is not an automatic thing, however, because of human free will, and because of our fallen human nature. These two dynamics are constantly at play in us, as St. Paul would say, we live divided: That which we would do, we cannot, that which we would not do, we do! But God's grace, through the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the indwelling of the Spirit, we have been given the strength to freely choose to follow God. When we make such choice, we are most free, most human. We make a choice for God and the freedom that only He can give, and being set free from the bondage of sin.
Friday, we pray for All Souls. I will offer 2 Masses (Friday Morning's will be followed by First Friday Adoration/Benediction). Attending Mass would be a good way of remembering all who have died this last year especially. We will have the Book of Remembrance out, as usual, and please list all deceased that you wish us to remember in prayer.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
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