As I type this, Holy Cross Academy celebrated its first day back in school. At Mass, I said to the children that the building was crying without them all summer. Ok, that was a little exaggerated, or poetic. But we are truly made for communion with God and one another! A building without life is an empty shell. Thanks for your prayers that this be a healthy, holy, and happy year for all our students- at HCA, public and home schooled as well!

We are incarnational people. The truth of who we are is known in the light of the incarnation: the great dignity that God became one of us, so that we could become one with him. It is the great reminder that human nature is a union of the material world (our bodies) and spiritual (our souls). This is why physical presence matters, since it is part of our very nature.

I also said at Mass that I think we love the first day of school because everything is new and fresh: classrooms, textbooks, new teachers, new classmates! This newness reflects the words of the Lord, “Behold! I make all things new!” Heaven will be a constant thrill of delighting in the infinite beauty, goodness, and truth of God! Our love of new is a product of our deep thirst for our infinite, loving Father!

On the cover of this bulletin is our parish theme for the year, “Nothing is Impossible for God”. I am excited to share more with you all as the year unfolds on how we may trust in our Lord’s profound love and plan for each one of us and truly know that all things are possible with Him!

Pax,

Father John Mosimann