Monday Message, April 13, 2026

KNOW

Please RSVP to the meeting about Confirmation dates, which will be held on April 28th at St. Francis in Weston. Dinner will be provided beginning at 5:00 pm. Read all about the meeting here. If your parish is not represented, the Confirmation date(s) will be assigned. Email the Institute to respond.

Please RSVP for our quarterly in-person meeting featuring Dr. Joseph White. For complete details and to sign up, see this page. It will make for a great day, we promise.

We have a Parish Leader Check-In tomorrow. The link is here.

Preparing children for their first Holy Communion? See this page for great resources.

There is a lecture this week, sponsored by the Forum for Catholic Discipleship. See this page for more.

If you have catechists who wish to learn more about Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, or want to sign up for formation, see this page.

Got Scouts in the parish? See this page.

REFLECT

Where are my stones?

What are their names?

Would I know them if I met them face to face?

And if the empty tomb I stood in front of was me would I call it death?

Or would I call it resurrection?

My heart beats out the answer much clearer than I live it.

O, happy emptiness! It’s what I need a lot of to be full.

Rolling stones is what it’s all about but Resurrection is another name.

Be patient with each other’s stones (Ephesians 4:1-3).

Jesus was gentle with Thomas’ stone (John 20:24-29).

Peter had to roll away some stones in his life too (John 13:6-11).

The call continues.

We are called to help others experience Resurrection, to help them break out of their tombs.

Of course, that means we’ll have to break forth from our own tombs first.

We’d look kind of silly preaching from the inside of our tombs, wouldn’t we?

– MW

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