Monday Message, December 5, 2022
KNOW
This week, just after we pause to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we have the chance to gather at St. Matthew in Norwalk for a day of learning and prayer. Complete details on Kathy Gollar‘s presentation and our time together can be found here. Please register before Wednesday.
St. Margaret Mary in Shelton will be having a Confirmation retreat on Sunday, February 19 from 1130-4pm at the parish. The guest speaker is Oscar Rivera (oscartwoten.com). Contact Heather if you would like to join.
The Aquinas Fellowship Community is a program designed for someone who is interested in getting their master’s degree, free of cost, from Fairfield University. Successful applicants would work part time for the Diocese while obtaining their degree. They will receive housing and get paid $15,000 a year. There are a few spots open for the 2023/24 school year. The Diocese is looking for faith filled young adults to be a Fellow. If anyone is interested or knows someone who may be interested, please share this website below. The application can be found there as well. For more information, contact Danielle.
REFLECT
The readings for today brought that beautiful quote by St. Augustine to mind: “I gazed into my deepest wound and was dazzled by your glory.” It begins with an awareness of woundedness, leads to a readiness to contend with that which has been broken, and results in a profound encounter with the loving mercy of God. In the first reading, Isaiah shares a hope-filled promise, that “The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. . . ” But a future promise for a renewal of life implies the current reality of a place of desolation. Even now, in the Year of Our Lord 2022, we are well aware of the deserts that remain before us, the many jackals ready to devour us, and so much sorrow and mourning that has yet to flee. And yet, in the desert, Isaiah says, “A highway will be there, called the holy way. . . It is for those with a journey to make, and on it the redeemed will walk.”
LAUGH
