Greetings in Christ, all!
Seven years ago on July 1st, I moved here. I mark it on my calendar so that I can take time and rejoice. I simply don’t have the words that would sufficiently express the depths of my gratitude to God for all of you and for the joy of being your priest.
You are a kind, generous and faithful people. I am simply amazed at the power of this community to worship God together, to grow in love and knowledge of the faith, to care for the poor and needy and to share Our Faith with the world. I pray that you see my joy in serving you. I pray that you know how blessed I feel to be your priest. Thank you for giving me a home.
We’ve got a bit of a treat this week in the bulletin….
When we designed this Church, we wanted to be sure that we literally and figuratively surrounded the space with the prayers of the saints. To that end, we have statues in various places, we have First Class Relics of Saints in the front; we have rosaries, religious medals and even a damaged chalice right in the concrete that our sanctuary is built on, and we even have religious medals in the floor of the Church.
When you look at our floor, you’ll see tiles shaped as crosses laid into the floor. Wherever you see a cross, there is a medal of a saint beneath it. This is a very old custom that I wanted to be sure we honored in our construction. On pages 6 and 7 in the bulletin is a handout that tells you which saint medal is where: be sure to check it out!
So that is it for this week. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love you all very much.
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