I had the 11am Mass today and in the gospel it said, “while John the Baptist was the greatet man born of woman, the least in the Kingdom is greater than he.” or something like that. I spoke about Juan Diego, the simplest man (in the best sense of the word”) in the New World. A convert whose faith was not intellectual but human and his love for the Mother of God so great that he would find the courage to approach a bishop and bring her message to him. Wouldn’t we all like to have such simple and deep faith? I know I would and I pray daily to only seek God’s will and plan. Our altar has a lovely picture of Our Lady that was placed there for yesterday’s Mass and each day, more flowers or candles show up as we approach the feast of Guadeloupe.
I did spend most of the day trying to make choices and clean up this desk. It looks a little better. I also phoned my sister, Maureen and had a good talk with her and Rick.
Tonight we are having a special dinner at the rectory. It is for a group called “Landings”, they are people who have felt alienated from the church and accepted an invitation to meet witha wonderful couple, the Vittone’s (whose sons were at GC, when I was there) and seek some reconcilation and peace. I hear their discussions are great and tonight they will join us for dinner to see if there are willing to give Blessed Sacrament parish a chance. Please keep them (about 10) and us in your prayers.
How is your parish celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe since it falls on Sunday?