Good Evening (Morning)!
On this fourth Sunday of Easter, our parish community is also beginning the observance of the jubilee year of St. Mark Parish. Yes, our parish was founded in the year 1861 and in the year 2011 we will mark 150 years of faith and service as a community.
Together this (evening(morning), we join at our Lord's table to begin a year of prayer and preparation for our Jubilee Year. The jubilee theme is reflected in banners which now line our church: "Prepare, Share, and Prosper!"
Gathered together, here on the feast day of our parish patron St. Mark, may we ask for blessings upon our parish and community this special anniversary year. May the activities of this year, celebrating our past, present, and future, renew our parish and deepen our relationship with our Lord and each other.
(For the Sunday, April 25th Masses Only)
Our year will be marked by both prayer and celebration. Directly after our liturgy this morning, please come across the street for a pancake breakfast in the school cafeteria. Sharing the Eucharist at the Lord's table and sharing breakfast thereafter id s special beginning to the year we will celebrate together these next months.
Even if you can only come across for a few minutes, please do so as a sign of parish life and community.
Thank you
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
April 18, 2010
My dear young people, Happy Easter to all of you, belated though! I believe each one of you had a reason to celebrate Easter. Certainly you did enjoy your Easter egg, bread and all the goodies that come along with this great feast. I should say I enjoyed Easter celebrations especially the opportunity to celebrate Mass on Easter Sunday and preach about the risen Christ to many families, some of whom I have not met before. It was a great joy for me and my heart really overflowed with great joy. It is my prayer that we continue to keep communion with God.
Dear young people, Easter is what we still celebrate at this time of year. We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. We celebrate new life over death, victory over defeat, hope over despair and courage over fear. Easter is about a new beginning, a new hope, a life that has meaning and is worth living. Jesus Christ died and rose to life to assure us of our own resurrection and eternal life. As we celebrate and continue to rejoice in this Easter season let us be mindful of the new hope Christ gives us. It is a hope which never dies, hope which overcomes despair, hope which keeps us going in the face of the challenges of our youth, society and environment, hope which endures to the end. The world around us often creates despair, fear, and hopelessness. Nevertheless the resurrection of Christ revives our hope because God is in control of the world. And because Jesus lives again today and forever we can pull through the challenges of the present time.
Dear friend, never give up on yourself even if things do not go the way you would like. In Christ Jesus you are victorious so look ahead and move forward. Do not be distracted by your challenges and difficulties-they are temporal. Let Easter remind you that with God in your camp you can turn things around, you will surely overcome and you will have a new beginning, a new hope and anew life you can be proud of.
You know, we inch closer to the end of another school year so do not give up on your studies. Work hard and it will make you better. Take good care of yourself and always remember that hard work does not kill but makes you better.
Do not be afraid to open your heart to Christ. I will catch you again. Peace and blessing to you.
Father Andrew
Dear young people, Easter is what we still celebrate at this time of year. We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. We celebrate new life over death, victory over defeat, hope over despair and courage over fear. Easter is about a new beginning, a new hope, a life that has meaning and is worth living. Jesus Christ died and rose to life to assure us of our own resurrection and eternal life. As we celebrate and continue to rejoice in this Easter season let us be mindful of the new hope Christ gives us. It is a hope which never dies, hope which overcomes despair, hope which keeps us going in the face of the challenges of our youth, society and environment, hope which endures to the end. The world around us often creates despair, fear, and hopelessness. Nevertheless the resurrection of Christ revives our hope because God is in control of the world. And because Jesus lives again today and forever we can pull through the challenges of the present time.
Dear friend, never give up on yourself even if things do not go the way you would like. In Christ Jesus you are victorious so look ahead and move forward. Do not be distracted by your challenges and difficulties-they are temporal. Let Easter remind you that with God in your camp you can turn things around, you will surely overcome and you will have a new beginning, a new hope and anew life you can be proud of.
You know, we inch closer to the end of another school year so do not give up on your studies. Work hard and it will make you better. Take good care of yourself and always remember that hard work does not kill but makes you better.
Do not be afraid to open your heart to Christ. I will catch you again. Peace and blessing to you.
Father Andrew
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