CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRST HOLY COMMUNICANTS

As a parish we rejoice with our girls and boys who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday morning, April 29th:

• August V. (Gussie) Hager
• Travis (Trent) Nardini
• Evelyn (Evie) Holton
• Jameson Pienkos
• Ryann Jouris
• Katherine (Kate) Roberts
• Caitlin Luby
• Quinn Stemmermann
• Harper Luby
• Raymon Stokes
• Evelyn (Evie) Mandel
• Liam Wilson
• Mary Mueller

I am very grateful to Mr. Richard McIntosh, our Second Grade P.S.R. Teacher, and to all our Parents, for the outstanding preparation of our children to receive the Risen Christ for the first time in the great Sacrament of the Eucharist!

RISEN BODY AND BLOOD OF OUR LORD

St. Francis of Assisi encouraged his brother priests to celebrate Mass reverently everyday! St. Francis encouraged the faithful to confess all our sins to a priest and receive the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ as often as possible, but most especially, on the Lord’s Day! Jesus came from the royal throne: behold Emmanuel, God-with-us in the incarnation! St. Francis teaches us that the Body and Blood of our Lord is the Sacrament of humility, intimate nearness, and self-emptying sacrificial love. A relationship with Jesus Christ, in His Church, is still the answer to every question and longing in the human heart. God is still desiring to work powerfully in this world, through His Church. But only if we are willing to become open to that work.