Dear Folks,

“Who do you say that I am?”

Our theme this year, is a bit of riddle: those words are spoken by Jesus, but how do they change when they are
spoken by the Church, or the Pope, or a priest, or your spouse, or the elderly, or the sick and lame?

Every ministry and everyone serving in any capacity needs to ask this question as well? When we serve, it is Our
Lord who is serving through us:

By the grace of God, this parish is alive! And we just finished an amazing parish picnic last weekend! So many
families, celebrating and rejoicing to see the new school. Our little scavenger hunt booklets?? 1,100 were used to
guide folks through the new spaces!! That alone is a resounding success!!

But I’ll also share that this observation at the end: when the picnic was shutting down, it fell to people who had
already been serving all day to sweep the cafeteria and wipe down tables! I was so convicted of this that I grabbed
some cloths to help wipe down tables, and more folks stepped up!

My point is that we all can help in some ways. Everyone. And when we do so, it is our Lord who strengthens and
gives success to the work of our hands.

Next week’s Parish Life Weekend is a chance for you to allow the Lord to work through you:
• T o cook or serve a meal to the hungry,
• T o usher at Mass,
• T o teach the faith in RE students,
• T o mentor youth at workcamp,
• T o visit the lonly in nursing homes,
• T o give joy to children at the homeless shelter!

And please say a Hail Mary for everyone who has been an instrument of grace for you to know and be served by
Jesus.

Thank you and God Bless you!!

pax et bonum,

Father John Mosimann