Be Ready

My dear friends in Christ,

As I write the text for this column, an election is underway and the citizens of America will decide who will lead this Nation for the next four years. It is very easy to get caught up in all of the excitement of this moment. It is also easy for us to get caught up in all the things that slow us down in life. We all have bills to pay, schedules to keep, deadlines to meet, struggles to overcome, families to feed, and jobs to do. How easy for us to get caught up in all these things while losing sight of our glorious hope on the horizon. Jesus lived and died over two thousand years ago. We don’t know the hour and time of His return. It may never happen in our lifetime, much less at any moment. This thinking causes us to lose our sense of urgency, passion and expectation. Jesus wants us to always be ready — to live with expectation. He is forever at the door waiting to usher us into His Kingdom. Our job is not to know the day this will happen, but to be ready any day it may occur and to live our lives full of good deeds and holy anticipation of its certain coming!

We thank the families who came to the Evening of Remembrance on All Souls Day. We will continue to remember you loved ones in prayer. The envelopes on the Altar contain the names of those you wish to be remembered during this month of November, the month of All Souls. May they rest in peace.

May God bless you all,

Father John