Great Teamwork at Our Parish Festival
Dear Parishioners,
There is a great Latin quotation: “O quam boum et quam jucundum, habitare frates in unum.” “O how great and how sweet it is for brothers (and sisters) to be one – to work together.” That is what happened here at our Fall Festival last weekend. Many of you generously donated your time to work together as one family to make our festival such a wonderful success. I am deeply grateful for your loving generosity. It is so beautiful to see so many of you to work together for the good of our parish. I am very, very grateful.
In the Gospel today, we hear the parable of two sons who were asked to work in their father’s vineyard. One said yes and did not go; one son said no and went to work for his father anyway. The parable applies to all of us. God has chosen each one of us and called us to use our talents to work for others. It is a salutary reflection for all of us. God has blessed us with a marvelous gift of TIME, and we thank God and figure out how God wants us to use this beautiful gift of time to serve others. We are just like the two sons in the Gospel, and we are called to work in the vineyard of the Lord. May God bless us to work generously and lovingly in our local and global community.
Peace,
Fr. John Maxwell
P.S.: I am going to Ohio for a week to visit my sister. Our priests will cover for me, and Mary Asuncion can handle all emergencies.
