Once Friar Luis joins us and the two of us are able to plan together, I would like to implement a few new
adventures for our parish family. It is my hope that many of us will participate in these new experiences that
are meant to strengthen our life of faith and the social life of our parish family.
Please, let me explain to you why we must all be registered parishioners in our parish community. Although this concept of registering in a parish does not exist in other countries, it does exist in the United States for various reasons.
“Kill the Indian, Save the man” was the demeaning and dehumanizing philosophy that led to the creation of boarding schools for Native Americans in Canada and the United States. Some of these schools were administered by the Catholic Church.
Sometimes, we say to ourselves that we are not worthy of God; to go to God, to pray to God, to consider the things of God, and even to ask for God’s blessing. It seems that we sometimes feel this way when we know that we have done something wrong.
Sometimes I feel that I preach so much and talk so much that I run out of things to say. There are times that at the end of the day the last thing I want to hear is the sound of my own voice. But then, I have a mind that never stops talking.
We especially cry out to God when no one hears us or when we feel that no one wants to hear our cries. The poor in
particular cry out to God. I wonder what those cries sounded like inside that truck in Texas where 46 men, women, and children died and 16 were found unconscious and now struggle for their lives.
Please, let me explain to you why we must all be registered parishioners in our parish community. Although this concept of registering in a parish does not exist in other countries, it does exist in the United States for various reasons.
It has been three years since our parish has celebrated the St. Julia’s Festival. This year we will celebrate it on Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28.
Tell me, do you find it always easy to know things and people, to understand things and people, to be wise, or to give good advice and counsel, to stay true to your relationship...
Tell me, do you find it always easy to know things and people, to understand things and people, to be wise, or
to give good advice and counsel, to stay true to your relationship with God, or even have a sincere respect for
God? Do you find these things easy to do?