Spring Musings

April 26, 2009

Setting Our Church on Fire!

Spring Musings

Spring is HERE! (Even if the warmth isn’t)! Today the birds are chirping, busily making nests, the trees finally have a bit of green on them and flowers are beginning to peep up out of the ground. We have come out our long winter hibernation and it is time to celebrate! The Lord is Risen! Alleleuia!

I love this time of year when all is new and our church is filled with new faces coming to the Lord’s Table for the first time. Our Lord is risen and present in our children. During this time of year I enjoy watching the children all dressed in white, so full of innocence, making their first communion. Their parents began their journey of faith when their children were baptized and now they are starting out on their own faith exploration with their parents and our faith community as their guides.

Last Sunday I also felt a touch of sadness as I watched the 3 young children make their First Communion at the 11 o’clock Mass. I was remembering how Fr. Daniel Moran loved celebrating First Communion. He made every child he touched feel special… He would hold their chin in his hands, look into their eyes and say “Jesus loves you.” The children’s eyes would then light up with the light of Christ.

This weekend and in the following weeks let us make a special effort to congratulate our First Communicants, to welcome their families and give them encouragement. Let us pray for these families that the Lord will be with them and guide them in their lives.

Confirmation:
Let us also remember in prayer the teenagers who will be making their Confirmation on April 29th. Let us encourage them to look at Confirmation as the beginning of their faith formation rather than the end. They now have the basic building blocks to explore their faith and we pray that they will do so and come to know the Lord
God Bless, Holly Clark