Let’s Be Grateful for What God Gives Us
Dear Friends,
Three points: I feel like Job in the Old Testament when he prays: “The Lord has given and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Health-wise, I was almost back to normal when I got a cold, it turned into pneumonia and then I went to the hospital for six days until Thanksgiving afternoon. However, God is good and will never send us something we cannot handle with his grace. “The Lord has given and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
This weekend we are celebrating Fr. Ray’s 35th year of priesthood. Our parish has been wonderfully blessed with the warm and generous ministry of Fr. Ray. He is a good friend and fellow priest in the vineyard of the Lord. The pope has called this the year of the priest. Let’s thank God for Fr. Ray and for all of the good priests who have served us at St. John’s.
This weekend, the sixth graders of our parish school will commemorate the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday at the 9:30 Mass and on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 9:30 a.m. It is wonderful to see our children in church and leading us in prayer … Then on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the 5 p.m. Mass, we will celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is good to honor Mary, who played such a crucial role in bringing our Savior into the world.
Peace,
Fr. John
