June
1, 2008
Where
do you belong?
Heart
Report
It’s almost a year since my heart attack and I just got back all
the results of recent heart tests and my cardiologist tells me that
everything is normal again. So all those prayers (not to mention the
meds, diet and exercise) have paid off and I’m glad to say I’m
feeling very well and that I’m grateful to God for the clean bill
of health and a chance to continue to serve for many years to come.
So keep the prayers coming.
Away this Week
I’ll be taking a few days away this week as my classmates and
I are gathering for presumably the last of our 25th anniversary celebrations.
So I’ll turn the phone off, enjoy the company of my “brothers”
and be back next weekend.
Please take care of the place for me while I’m away.
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Past
Columns:
May 25: We are
the Body of Christ
May 18: Trinity,
It's About Unity
May 11: We are
One in the Spirit
May 4: Who's in
Your Top Twelve?
April 27: Now
that he's gone...
April 20: Yay
Deacons!
April
13: Here comes the Pope
April 6: Fresh Oil
March 30: What are you doing
for Easter?
March 23: Can Easter come
too early?
March 16: Which crowd is
yours?
March 9: We believe, yet...
March 2: Oil or Mud
February
24: What are you thirsting for?
February 17: Who are You
Wearing?
February 10: Just Say No
February
3: The January
20: Being Safer
January 13: Conversations
in 2008
January 6: Matthew's Magi
December 30:
What's
Next?
Christmas
2007 Homily
Columns
from 2007
Columns
from 2005
Columns
from 2004
Columns
from 2003
Columns from 2002
Take a look at this little diagram:
Let’s name the little group
of figures on the right “the church.” So, where are you in
this diagram? United in the church? Are you the figure toward the left?
And if you’re in the church, who in your life is the person who’s
outside?
Let’s now name the little
group of figures on the right “the future.” Some people are
comfortable living as the future unfolds. Others are dragged into the
future without their participation. Others won’t even go that far.
So where are you as far as the future is concerned? Are you among the
folks who are concerned about the future of our planet...the future of
the economy....the future of your family...the future of our parish....etc.
Or are you satisfied that others are dealing with these things?
This Sunday afternoon, June 1st,
we’re gathering with parishioners to consider how we belong and
what are future might hold in store for us. Come join us in Code Auditorium
in the school at 4pm (we’ll start promptly on time so we can be
done by 5:54 in time for the 6pm mass). Babysitting is available -- if
you’re using this service, please arrive by 3:45 so your children
can get settled.
The afternoon will be a relaxed
way to get to know each other more -- for we all are one body in Christ,
yet we really know so few of our brothers and sisters. And we’ll
have a chance to share a vision for our parish.
I hope you’ll be able to
be part of this process.
