Thanks to all who attended the liturgy and school open house last week end. Our church seats 1150 - it was great to see a full church with so many family groups there. The welcome, read by one of your students, included this thought:
We are grateful to God for all the blessings all students in every school has received and pray that all students everywhere use the gift of our education to create a bright future.
And maybe I’m biased because I’m one of the flute players, but I think our music at liturgy is some of the best.
Attending liturgy as a family is a great investment to make for your family’s and children’s future. I appreciate the church liturgy offering an opportunity for families to sit quietly together and contemplate the mysteries of life. Where else do you give your children a sense of mystery? Or help them contemplate their role in the world? In addition, this may be the only live music a family hears on a regular basis. Where else do you sing together, except maybe at a baseball game or birthday party? There is value for children and families to see others who are trying to think about what’s most important in life. I stand in the front of church for a mass or two each weekend, playing the flute. As I look out and see you there, your presence inspires me to continue to ask life’s most profound questions and to admire how you live out those answers in your own lives.
I appreciate hearing the same readings Catholics have heard for generations, and receiving the sacraments – a great gift to us through the ages.
I look forward to a year of seeing one another at our Sunday liturgies. This weekend we welcome those who are being the Children Faith Formation classes (former C.C.D.)