Message from Father Rick

                                                                                                     May 2012

Dear Parishioners,

The beautiful month of May brings the scents and sights of new life.  It also is the month we continue to celebrate the Easter story of the Resurrection and delve into Pentecost’s great gift of the Holy Spirit. 

May is also a time we honor the life of our Lady.  During this spiritually and theologically filled month we reflect on her life of fidelity, compassion, strength and courage.  Her “yes” to the Lord is a powerful example to all of us who wish to follow His light and truth.  The following is an excerpt from a talk Blessed John Paul II gave to a group of seminarians on February 18, 1979.  May his words continue to encourage you to give your yes to His call. 

"It is my hope that in your reverence for the Word of God, you will be like Mary – whose response to God’s word was 'Let it be done to me as you say' (Lk 1:38).  Like Mary, who treasured those things which were said of her Son and pondered them in her heart.  May you treasure God’s Word always and ponder it each day in your heart, so that your whole life may become a proclamation of Christ, the Word made flesh."  

With peace,
Fr. Rick