Our gathering on this Lord’s Day marks the resumption of the numbered Sundays in Ordinary Time. All through summer and fall, from now until next Advent, we will hear successive passages from the Gospel of Mark, together with Jesus’ teaching on the Bread of Life from the Gospel of John. Week by week, the word of God and Jesus’ gift of the Eucharist will provide us with comfort and challenge, wisdom and strength to bear witness day by day to the kingdom of God. We listen and work as that kingdom grows, like a seed sown in the earth, invisibly but surely and steadily while God’s saving plan is brought to fulfillment through the ordinary events of our daily lives.
This weekend, we celebrate Father’s Day. This day celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make to their children’s lives. Its origin may lie in a memorial service held for a large group of men, many of them fathers, who were killed in a mining accident in Monogah, West Virginia in 1907. The day became official in 1972 by President Nixon. Happy Father's Day!
This Wednesday, June 20, is the first day of summer! Here is a summer blessing:
May our loving God watch over you and keep alive in your heart all that you have learned this year. Keep your mind on God. Remember to pray often and to celebrate your faith, at home with your family and at Mass with your faith family. Keep your faith in God. Let a ll the joys of summer remind you of God’s goodness. Never forget that God is always with you, no matter what. May the God of all creation who comes to us in Jesus, and lives among us in the Holy Spirit, keep you safe, happy and holy this summer and always. Amen.
A special thanks to the few and mighty who prepared for the Yard Sale and to all who donated items. It was a nice, hot day!
Plan on attending our Parish Picnic next Sunday, June 24. Bishop Brandt gave us permission to celebrate an outdoor Mass at 11:00 AM. Therefore, we will not have the regular 10:00 AM Mass here that day. Come and experience Mass outdoors and don’t forget the pie contest!
Our Responsorial Psalm this week, "Lord, it is good to give thanks to you," reminds us of the many blessings for which we give God our thanks and praise.
