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𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴—𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳—𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘖’𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭:
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑛; ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.
𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑓 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝐴𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡: ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛, 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦. 𝐴𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑠, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡. 𝐼𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑢𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠.”
𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵, “𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢!” 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴! … 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘺.
𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴
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We look forward to seeing you at Our Lady of Mercy taking part in many of the offerings we have, or maybe when you stop by and visit Jesus at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, at daily Mass during the week, or during Eucharistic Adoration.
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Support Our Lady of Mercy this Giving Tuesday — Help us decrease the budget shortfall
Dear Parish Family,
It is because of your generosity that our church has been able to do so many beautiful things over the years. Thank you for continually responding to the call to give your time, talent, and treasure.
Giving Tuesday is a day when people worldwide financially support their favorite nonprofit causes. It’s celebrated annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving which is on 11/29 this year.
As you prepare to open your hearts in support of worthy causes on Giving Tuesday, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Our Lady of Mercy.
Our parish is gathering donations of any amount this Giving Tuesday to meet our weekly Sunday goal. As of 10/31, we are below budget by approximately $37,000.
We wouldn’t be able to accomplish everything we do without your continued support. Your gift of any amount will help us meet our weekly Sunday goal so as to enable us to live out our vision of offering every person a life-changing encounter with Jesus, grow disciples, and send them on mission.
If you’ve been impacted by Our Lady of Mercy, please consider supporting us on Giving Tuesday, please select “Sunday Contributions” on the secure online OSV give link below.
We pray you are able to help us by joining in this effort, unleash the power of your generosity! All donors will receive a new OLM car magnet. Please be sure to write on the memo "Giving Tuesday" so we can send one to you or stop by the parish office to pick up your car magnet.
We thank you for your generosity in helping us erase the Weekly Sunday Goal shortage this Giving Tuesday!
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“𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙖, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 — 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨: 𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚!”
— 𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙀𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖
Every single Advent season is filled with opportunity and the possibility of living a deeper life —a fuller life and if we make a choice now to take these days of Advent seriously we will not miss the opportunity to draw deeply in the heart and the life that God is inviting us to during Advent.
In this season of longing, hope, and new beginnings, let us journey together moving toward a deeper adoration of the King of kings, who comes in the quiet of the night to save us. Let's begin at MAGNIFY Weds 11/30 @ 7pm. We hope to see you then!
There will be an additional priest during Confessions... (see the reflection below on repentance to inspire us to go).
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REPENTING OF ALL THINGS THAT COME BETWEEN JESUS AND ME
At the core of repentance is the humble recognition that we cannot save ourselves. Try as we might, we will never achieve by our own power the type of happiness for which we so desperately long. Saint Augustine famously said, "Man is a beggar before God." When we accept this truth and enter that space to cry out in need, it is as though we grant God permission to do as He wishes within us. While God's strength is not curbed by our closed hearts, in His kindness, His love is never forced. God patiently waits for us to welcome His power.
The power of God is especially manifested in healing, whereby God's gift of grace restores us to an order and integrity that underlies the disorder and chaos we so often experience in our interior lives. In our anguished confusion, every attempt to medicate and cover our wounds only further agitates the sorrow and suffering within. The landscape of our hearts becomes a dry and parched land. The weight of our inner pain cripples us.
Such is the condition of the soul in its poverty, and through the prophets, God speaks directly into this poverty with a promise: "The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the lily, it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing" (Isaiah 35:1-2)
Advent is the end of a long history of waiting for the fulfillment of an ancient promise. If our Advent journey is to bear rich fruit, we must recognize our parched paralysis, and in an act of trust, surrender to God.
When Jesus, the fulfillment of the promises, looks upon the paralytic, He confronts the root cause of suffering: "Your sins are forgiven you" (Luke 5:20). His merciful gaze, when it rests upon a repentant heart, brings life to what was dead and healing to what was broken. So let us open our hearts to Jesus' power to strengthen and heal you at Confession.
Let us pray.
𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮—𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
