Blessed Sacrament Parish

Dear friends in Christ,
Greetings of peace, hope and joy to each one of you!
  It is a centuries-old custom of Catholics to dedicate the month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The month of May is always part of the Easter season, the fifty days we celebrate in the liturgy, the Resurrection of Our Lord, a time also of awaiting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The celebration of May as a Marian month fits well with the liturgical celebrations of Easter and Pentecost as we recall Mary’s great joy in her Son’s victory over death as well as her presence with the apostles in the upper room prayerfully awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. In our pilgrimage of faith, we walk always with Mary at our side. She is our model of faith and she helps us with her prayers to live by faith. She teaches us to believe as she believed. During this month we Catholics, both in church and in the privacy of our home, should offer up to Mary from our hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the benefits of God’s mercy come down to us from her throne in greater abundance. As we crown our Mother during Mass, let us crown her as the queen and mother of our own families. She will guard, protect, lead and intercede for us before her Son, Jesus. Mother’s day is a beautiful occasion to admit gratefully the fact that none of us is able to return, in the same measure, all the love that our mothers have given us. Our mothers not only gave us birth but nursed us, nurtured us, trained us in our religious beliefs and practices, taught us good manners and ideal behavior, disciplined us as best as they could, and made us good citizens of our country, our Church and our society. More importantly, they have taught us to love, with a sacrificial love. We should take the time to express our gratitude to our mothers by our prayers, concern, care and love for them. We wish all mothers a happy feast and God’s blessings.
  As we come to the end of our Catechetical year, I thank all our students, their families, our DRE and Catechists for the effort, commitment and passion they have put in, in spite of the Covid restrictions, to know, love and serve Jesus. It has not been easy for them because of the challenges that have been posed by this prolonged and difficult onslaught. But they have been creative, patient and persevered. A sincere word of thanks to all those who have helped our young people to receive the various sacraments.

God bless you all! Invoking God’s blessings upon you, so that you may remain safe and well during these difficult days,

In Christ,
Fr. Simon