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Holiness and Grace

1/29/2015

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Brothers:

Here we are already in the second month of the new year.  Seems to me we just put the Christmas decorations away! Sign of old age I guess, when time seems to go faster and faster! At any rate here we are in February.

And February, though short in duration, is full of opportunities for Holiness and Grace. February 2nd is the great feast of The Presentation of the Lord, commemorating Jesus being presented in the temple according to Mosaic Law.  The obedience of Mary and Joseph in this act, speaks to their understanding of the importance of communal-religious life.  Their Faith was important and so was their expression through worship in the temple.  It is a great example as to how we should cherish and love our temple, the Church, the Body of Christ and how we must participate and build up the parish community.

We will have this opportunity the very next day, with the Blessing of Throats on the Feast of St. Blaine, an old and beautiful practice.

Then on February 18th, our holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.  We can assure the holiness of our Easter celebration if we begin our Lent of penance and alms giving in earnest.  Please make it a point to, not so much “give up” something for Lent, but to “give in” to Christ’s call to walk his walk of the Passion and Crucifixion, so that we might also experience His Resurrection.

And so, I hope you see, February is short and yet so important to our Spiritual Life. Take the opportunity to grow closer to Christ in His Church.

May God Bless You and may Mary Keep You Always In His Love!

PS  Don't forget to adhere to the Fasting and Abstinence regulations, if you are able!

Fr. Corey,

Chaplain

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HAPPY NEW YEAR BROTHERS!

1/1/2015

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As we feel the great graces of the Christmas Season (which continues until the Feast of the Epiphany), we raise our hopes and commitments for 2015.  I pray that this new year will be one of great graces and prosperity for you and your loved ones!

We should, I believe first seek to find the Lord more frequently in our lives during the coming year.  If we frequent the Sacraments, Mass and Confession , we will find Him.  If we bring Him into our homes in prayer and sacrifices, we will find Him.  If we find new ways to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and comfort the homeless and the sick, we will find Him.  If we work hard to protect the Unborn, the sanctity of Marriage and Religious Freedom, we will find Him.

We need to do this as individuals, as families and as the Order of the Knights of Columbus.  This is our calling, our vocation.  May we be diligent in fulfilling this noble calling.

In addition, this year is the Year of the Family and the Year of Consecrated Life!  Please keep these two realities in our prayers throughout 2015.  The Holy Father Francis, will be here in America for the Conference of the Family in Philadelphia.  We must pray for his safe travel and for abundant graces to be experienced during his visit. Maybe some of us should consider attending!

We must also encourage more vocations to Consecrated Life.  And I mean this, we need to pray that they come from our families, our community.  It is often easy to pray that someone else’s family provide priests, sisters and brothers for the Church, but we fail or find it difficult to encourage our own children, grandchildren or family members to hear and answer God’s call.  I believe God is still calling men and women to Church vocations but our young people often fear that won’t be supported in their willingness to respond.  Let’s make 2015 different and make this cause a priority in our prayer and in our family life.

The Church needs us, Christ needs us, Let us re-commit in 2015!

May God Bless Us and May Mary keep us always in Her love!


Fr. Corey,

Chaplain

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