A Message From Our Pastor
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Remember the ditty: “April showers bring May flowers…but what do May flowers bring
*?” If you can answer that, then you and I are of the same generation of lousy jokes! The month of May brings many wonderful celebrations in our lives, such as graduations, Mother’s Day, First Communions, Confirmations, May Crownings, Prom, senior ditch days, 8th grade trips, Memorial Day, and such. Although this month of May will be very different for these events, the one thing that will not change for us Catholics is that May is the month dedicated to honoring Mary, the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church. I encourage all to spend some time this month praying the Rosary (alone or as a family), reading the Gospels and learning about Mary from the Word of God, and offering good works and any sufferings for the glory of God through the intercession of Mary. We can be certain that May flowers will bring many blessings (if not bringing pilgrims
*).
I end this month of April on sad note: due to her advanced age (16 years and 2 months), her inability to walk steadily, her having seizures, and her having attacks of gagging, I had to put my beautiful black Labrador Serena to sleep on April 29th. She and I have been together for 15 years and 8 months…a true gift from God and, as someone has said, “man’s best friend”. I pray for all who have had to make this decision (I know many of you have had to do this) and I thank God for this gift of my dog, my friend and constant companion, for so many years.
Mass will be offered this first weekend of May for all of our Confirmation candidates whose Confirmation would have been on Saturday, May 2nd. These young people and their parents and sponsors will be in my prayers as we look forward to when their Confirmation can be scheduled in the future.
Let us pray for one another,
Msgr. John
