At our last Parochial Council Meeting, we discussed at length the make up of the Council. The Council meets once a month after the 10:30 AM Mass to discuss what’s going on in the parish. The Council advises me, the pastor, on what is happening and on things we might try. The meetings usually last from 12:15 – 1:45 PM. Sometimes they don’t even last that long. We are looking for some new members. If you are interested, please talk to a Council member about this. The list is on the front of the Bulletin. If enough people show interest, we will probably have some new appointments to the Council and maybe even an election later in the year. Remember any
parishioner can attend any Council meeting.
As mentioned above, Bill Dillon, who has been doing our books for years has taken ill. I need someone to go into training to help him with our finances. This would also include our Finance Committee. If you think you can help, please contact me.
Since I never know who will be here during Holy Week, we do not assign readers but ask for volunteers to sign the sheets in the foyer. Please do!
In our first reading, we are told, “Remember not the events of the past, see, I am doing something new!” Simply put, God is active in our lives today!
In our second reading St. Paul says the same thing, “forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus.”
In today’s Gospel we have Jesus and the woman caught in adultery. The scribes and the Pharisees want to follow the law and stone her to death, Jesus forgives her and tells her not to sin any more, after he reminds all of us that we are all sinners in need of his forgiveness.
Let us continue to pray for peace in the world. Let us also pray for vocations to the church. Let us pray for the sick of the parish. Let us pray that all will come to respect life. Let us pray for one another and for the canonization of Father Tolton. Let us also pray for those who are victims of sexual abuse and mass shootings.
A Father Tolton Prayer:Father in Heaven, Father Tolton’s suffering service sheds light upon our sorrows; we see them through the prism of your Son’s passion and death. If it be your Will, O God, glorify your servant Father Tolton, by granting the favor I now request through his intercession (mention your request) so that all may know the goodness of this priest whose memory looms large in the Church he loved. Complete what you have begun in us that we might work for the fulfillment of your kingdom. Not to us the glory, but glory to you O God, through Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are our God, living and reigning forever and ever. Amen.