We gather this weekend very much mindful that it has been ten years since that terrible day when the Twin Towers fell in New York, a plane crashed in western Pennsylvania, and yet another jet breached the walls of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Recalling that devastation and loss of life, today’s lesson of forgiveness is challenging indeed. Let us pray for the courage and strength to meet the challenge. On this National Day of Mourning and Remembrance: We Remember, We Celebrate and We Believe. God Bless America!
This Wednesday is the Feast Day of Holy Cross Church, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. “The cross has set free all who were slaves of sin. It has redeemed all humanity.” We celebrate our Feast Day each year with a festival: the Holy Cross Festival. Yes, next weekend is our festival. Your help is greatly needed with set-up this week, with working the festival on Saturday and Sunday as well as inviting your family and friends to stop over and enjoy the food and entertainment... and to watch the Steeler game in the Black and Gold Szone. Please pray for nice weather!
Today is Grandparents Day ... if it were not for our grandparents, where would some of us be? If it were not for their sacrifices, where would some of us have landed? And so, let's pray for all of our grandparents (Big Mama & Paw-Paw, Memaw & Pop Pop, Grams & Poppie, Nanna & Grandpa).
Our Responsorial Psalm this weekend, "The Lord is kind, merciful, and rich in compassion," reminds us to be thankful that God’s mercy and kindness are limitless.
Six rings are great but 7 would be heaven ... GO STEELERS!
