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The following is taken from an excerpt from the Most Holy Trinity Monastery and it focuses on the virtue of Hope. In our day, although there are many challenges and struggles, we have a lot of reason to hope.
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Christian Hope, because it is something divine, has the power to utterly transform our lives. It has the power to make us see our lives in a totally new light. We tend to think of our lives in terms of a story. And there may be chapters of our story that don’t seem to make a whole lot of sense to us. If we were given the opportunity, we would probably like to re-write certain chapters of our story. Most of us might think that, if we were given the opportunity, we would probably like to re-write certain chapters of our story. Most of us might think that, if we were given the chance to go back, we could write a much better story for ourselves. We could clean our story up a bit, tidy it up. That notion needs to be seriously challenged. Could we really write a better story of our lives than the one God has written together with us? Would our changes in our stories really be an improvement? My guess is that we would tend to re-write our stories in a way that would make them into nice, pious, sentimental drivel. Stories where there is no serious conflict in need of resolution, are not good stories. God is the co-author of our stories and He knows what he is doing. If we would like to erase and re0write a part of our story, that may be a manifestation that we need to grow in genuine Christian hope. It may mean that we don’t really believe in God’s ability to bring a greater good out of the evil in our lives. Do we really have a deep hope and trust in God, in His power and goodness?
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KofC Pancake Breakfast on Palm Sunday!
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The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Pancake breakfast after the 8 and 10:30 am masses on Palm Sunday (April 2). This has historically been a very popular event. The Knights will be collecting donations at the door, 100% of which will go to the Parish. The suggested donation is $5 per adult.
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Watch or listen to Fr. Aufiero
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OLBS Lenten Series — “Our Catholic Family”
Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m.
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“No family drops down from heaven perfectly formed; families need
constantly to grow and mature in the ability to love,” -Pope Francis
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Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church — 127 Holyoke Road, Westfield, MA 01085
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Stations & Soup
Holy Family Parish will be sponsoring Stations of the Cross and Soup again this year.
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Soups and Stations will begin on Friday, February 24th and go through Friday, March 31st.
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- 6pm stations
- 6:30 soup in the parish hall
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This is a great Lenten practice with some delicious homemade soup on the side!
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Catechism in a Year
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