His Mercy Endures Forever

04-24-2022Pastor's LetterRev. Gregory B. Wilson, VF

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

It’s back! Sunday, May 1: Come and join your parish family for our now-again-annual Parish Picnic! After two years of cancellations, we finally can have a family reunion of sorts. Our theme this year is “One Family in Christ.” Please note the special Mass schedule for the day! Mass will be at 11:30am (not a typo) and is followed by our May Procession and May Crowning. You are encouraged to bring flowers from home for the procession and crowning. Our special guests will be all of our young boys and girls who the day before will have received their First Holy Communion.

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Truly, He is Risen!

04-17-2022Pastor's LetterRev. Gregory B. Wilson, VF

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

“Christ is risen! Indeed, He is risen!” This traditional Easter greeting expresses not only our Christian faith from the day of Jesus’ glorious Resurrection, but also the fulfillment of the words of the Prophets. The bodily, historical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead also prefigures what Christ will do for you and me. “He will change our lowly body to conform with His glorified body by the power that enables Him also to bring all things into subjection to Himself” (Philippians 3:21). Looking back a little farther: “Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy!” (Isaiah 26:19). And the Prophet Daniel speaks of the dead awakening “some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever” (Daniel 12:2-3). In other words, we didn’t just make this up. Jesus, the Word of God incarnate, fulfills Scripture. In his incredible book Jesus of Nazareth, then Cardinal Ratzinger wrote, “Jesus’ resurrection was about breaking out into an entirely new form of life, into a life that is no longer subject to the laws of dying and becoming, but lies beyond it – a life that opens up a new dimension of human existence. Jesus has not returned to a normal human life in this world like Lazarus.

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Making Time for Jesus

04-10-2022Pastor's LetterRev. Gregory B. Wilson, VF

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We begin Holy Week, our most sacred time. These are the days that define who we are as Christians – as disciples. Come, walk with Jesus in His final steps. Some spiritual advice: Don’t try to “find time” to attend these important events. You won’t “find” it. We must make time to spend with Him like we do with anyone we love. See the full schedule in this bulletin. Some highlights of the week:

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