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Dear Parishioners, This week we meditated upon the great love God has shown to us through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. We join him in His journey to Calvary and in his victory over sin and over death. The past months have brought home to us the amount of sin that is present in our world. We have seen it in the September attack upon our country and in the failures of priests within our Church. We see the sin within ourselves in our prejudices towards people of other races and nationalities, in our view of the poor and the homeless, in our jealousies and our greed. However, we also know that Christ is one with us. He became one with us in the Incarnation and he suffered and died out of love for each of us. He has truly called each of us by name. He calls us to overcome our sins and our faults so that we might give ourselves to others. He calls us to a happiness that comes only from living for others, our family, our neighbors, all people of our world. It is true that, on our own, we cannot overcome the hatred and the sin we have witnessed these past months, but, with the help of Christ, we can overcome it within ourselves and we can share our victory with others. Together with them we can change the world. The people of St. Robert’s Parish continue to astound me. Your generosity to our campaign, BUILDING FOR A NEW CENTURY, has been beyond my dreams. The ground breaking for our new building will take place on June the first following a Mass of Thanksgiving at 4:30 p.m. Make plans to join in this great Parish event. We will also have a victory party for all campaign workers and all who have contributed on Saturday evening, April 13th. Please save the date. Peace, |
