Time To Remember Our Loved Ones
Dear Friends,
Holy Mother Church dedicates the month of November to a remembrance of all of our departed relatives and friends. I think that is a very good and healthy remembrance. We do not forget our loved ones. These sisters and brothers have made an impact on our lives. Personally I lift up a heart-filled prayer of thanks as I remember one-by-one my dead relatives and friends. I recall their faces, and almost always a special event comes to mind. I remember and I give thanks.
Here is a suggestion: We have started our new members program, RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. If you know someone who would like to join our church or is a baptized Catholic who has not received Holy Communion or Confirmation, this is the perfect program. The group meets every Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Community Center. Just come, and you will be warmly welcomed.
I have been amazed at all of the cancer survivors in our parish. I felt rather alone when the doctors told me that I had leukemia. Therefore, we have scheduled a special evening Mass that will include the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. This will be a quiet, peace-filled Mass at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. I especially invite all cancer survivors and their care-givers to join us in a healing prayer service.
Peace,
Fr. John
