Dear Parishioners,
Our sympathy to Wesley Sik and family on the death of his father, and to the Marcillinus Hammerschmidt family. May they rest in peace.
We celebrate Thanksgiving this week. While a 'secular' holiday, its beginnings and traditions are firmly based in the Christian faith. As we face a more secular society, it is important for us to maintain that this day is more than turkey and dressing, football and parades, and certainly more than a day of preparation for a maul trip (oops, I mean Mall) for black Friday. It is a day to thank God for what we have, for the gift of our lives, our faith, our families and friends. Without a reference to God, this day means nothing - after all, who are we thanking? I am often tempted to use the parable of the rich man who has a great harvest and brags to himself that he has done so well for himself - this seems to be the secularist idea of Thanksgiving.
On Friday and Saturday morning of this week, Margaret McHugh and I will be offering a retreat on the Discernment of Spirits from St. Ignatius of Loyola. Anyone is invited, contact me if you are interested. I am looking forward to these few hours for myself, even though I am offer the retreat, to pray and rest myself.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
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