Monday Message, April 22, 2024

KNOW

If you have not yet begun to look at the learning path, Understanding the Directory, please make sure you join the group in LEAD. Once you join, you will see the learning path on your dashboard, be joined to the group, and have access to the first section. Part Two debuts in the next week, so please do not fall behind.

Catholic University of America has asked the Diocese of Bridgeport to partner with them in the creation and review of new resources directed at young children. Anne Heekin-Canedy will join us on April 30th for our next check in to review the materials.

REFLECT

The early Church has no books – at least not initially. What they had was an experience. An encounter with the risen Christ. Peter told Andrew. Andrew told James. James told Stephen. The women told their children.

You get the picture.

The early Church spread quickly in those early days because people had an encounter that moved them, inspired them, changed them. Then they told the Jesus-story to others. They couldn’t help themselves. What are the encounters that move us? What inspires us? What stories do we tell?

My wife was at a restaurant with friends years ago and someone at the table asked who would lead the grace before the meal.

Crickets.

Someone jumped up from a nearby table, grabbed the hands of those near, and said with great enthusiasm, “I am never afraid to praise our Lord.”

That’s a witness. That’s an encounter. Twenty-five years later, we are still telling the story.

What story will you tell this week? How will your life inspire others?

LAUGH