Deacon Duncan Harris asked in the homily today: How to we stay connected to God? We do so in the context of community -- of a community of faith. In the words of Jesus: "By this all shall know you are my disciples, that you love one another." We stay connected with God by the way we stay connected with one another in love. As we anticipate the coming of the Spirit, may we be filled with the Spirit's gifts of peace, joy, and love.
On this Memorial Day weekend, we, of course, remember our honored dead who gave their lives in the service of our country and in the service of our Church. Tomorrow on Memorial Day at 9:00 am, we celebrate our annual Memorial Day Mass in our parish cemetery. We remember and we celebrate and we rejoice with those who share in the fullness of God's eternal life. We pray especially for those whose final resting place is in our parish cemetery.
This is also our parish stewardship commitment weekend in which we commit ourselves to the praise of God and to some area of service in the building up of our parish community. We very much encourage you to fill out a stewardship commitment card sharing your time, talent, and treasure as a way of giving and sharing what has been given to you.
May you enjoy these beautiful days of sunshine as God's precious gift to all of us.
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