Monday Message, April 7, 2025
KNOW
We have a virtual check-in tomorrow at 11 am. The link is here.
The bishop’s office is sending dates for fall Confirmations. Please note: There is no negotiating or changing. Work it out locally. For those who have not yet submitted their requests, time is running out.
Invitations for the Evangelization Summit on May 1, 2025, went out last week. You are responsible for inviting your pastor and RSVPing to Carmela before the end of the week. We will call all parishes that do not respond.
Catholic artist Dana Catherine will be in the diocese on the weekend of May 31 if you need someone for an event.
From the Safe Environment Office – Please use this text to send out the emails this week to all your parents. You have to click the link, copy the text, and email all your parents (blind carbon copy, please). This is covered in the memo sent a few weeks ago.
Mass counts for faith formation students are due by April 15th please. Use the task in LEAD or email Carmela.
Reminder: Don’t forget to submit your JPII Fund for Faith FormationGrant Application by April 6th! For details and instructions, please visit this page or contact Carol Incarnacao-Schirm. Download the flyer here.
REFLECT
Knowing the right answers is sometimes less important than knowing the right questions. This past weekend, our Scriptures urged us to reassess our questions. We must think about God’s thoughts.
In the first reading, Isaiah challenges the people to let go of old questions: Could God forgive us? Isaiah poses daring new questions: How much more significant will our destiny be? A new exodus is envisioned, and the miracles of the desert wanderings will reappear.
The gospel story of the adulterous woman is the perfect example of asking the right question. The story demonstrates both Jesus’ wisdom and his forgiveness. He rejects the legalistic question and asks: What is the extent of mercy?
Today, we learn that our lives are richer as we expand our horizons. One method is leaving the one-way path of correct answers and pursuing the right questions. Don’t review past failures; ask about future possibilities; don’t measure how little but rather how much; focus not on what others might do for you but what you might do for others and, hence, for God.
Correct answers matter, but they are born of the right questions.
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