I love to walk in our neighborhood. It is good to relax, enjoy the beauty of nature, reflect in silence, pray, or sometimes engage in a con- versation with a neighbor, but always pre- pared to be "surprised" ...like a child. Earlier this week, I passed by a large number of young children (six or seven) playing in the street. I had never seen them before, probably new neighbors. I simply said "Hello". One of the boys responded:...
BISHOP DORSONVILLE is coming to our parish in two weeks: Sunday October 9. You are all invited to join! Come to the FEAST! Come to the FIESTA! We are celebrating the 11th Anniversary of our Hispanic Community. Happy Birthday! God has blessed us with one of the most diverse communities in the Washington area. As a mid-size parish, we remain a family of families, welcoming everyone. Welcoming everyone has been part of our parish culture from the very beginning 42 years ago! We are grateful to our "pioneers". We welcome...
"In five hours I will see Jesus! May the will of God be done in all things! I have confidence in the love of Jesus. I know that He will order his angels to bear me in their hands." These are the amazing words JACQUES FESCH wrote five hours before his death. Unlike all of us, Jacques knew the specific hour and day of his death. His lawyer had told him that his public execution (beheading by the guillotine) would take place at 4 am the next day. Jacques had...
Do we believe that "FOR GOD EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE”? Do we believe that GOD CAN TRANSFORM US? Can we see the LOVE OF GOD in our own life? GOD THE FATHER HAS SENT US HIS SON so that we can all have LIFE, ETERNAL LIFE. JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. HE IS LOVE. HE IS MERCIFUL LOVE. The Gospels show us the POWER OF GOD through the life of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: HIS POWER, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCIFUL LOVE. JESUS IS ALWAYS WITH US. WE CAN ASK AND WE WILL RECEIVE. We just need to DESIRE. We just need TO RECEIVE HIS GRACE. HE will then transform us. Earlier this week...
As we are ENTERING THE YEAR OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO on our 42nd anniversary next Sunday, September 11th (our parish birthday is September 15), I invite you to reflect on the JOY OF BEING CHRISTIAN! To be a Christian is to ENCOUNTER CHRIST and to PUT HIM FIRST IN OUR LIFE. It all begins at BAPTISM. Baptism, as the sacrament of faith, is the basis of the whole Christian life. In Baptism we die and rise with CHRIST. We are reborn as adopted children of God through WATER and the HOLY SPIRIT. We become members of Christ's Body, the Church. We become a Temple of the Holy Spirit (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1262-1271). Once BAPTIZED, nobody can...