ANNUNCIATION

Children are usually still quite young the first time they have occasion to shout, “That’s not fair!” At some point in our lives, we’ve probably all felt the bitterness of unfairness. Today’s readings agree that life isn’t always fair—yet, unexpectedly, invite us to rejoice! We rejoice because God’s mercy is totally unfair: God lavishes us with forgiveness and love even when we deserve less.

Đối với tôi, sống là Đức Ki-tô.

“You missed the point,” we might be tempted to shout at the servant in today’s Gospel. His master had just forgiven a huge debt when he cried for mercy, and yet, when given the opportunity to show mercy himself, he instead acted violently and with retribution toward a fellow servant. Certainly, he had missed the point of his master’s merciful actions toward him, and suffered the consequences as a result. He missed the point. He is not alone, however. We all “miss the point” sometimes—we miss the point of God’s enduring covenant of love, and miss the mark in our call to live as though we are the Lord’s, for this is who we are.

Just a reminder, here are the changes that were announced last weekend and will be implemented this weekend: (CLICK)

Overall, there seems to have been a very positive reception to our outdoor Masses last weekend. We did, however, receive some feedback and requests from our different communities, so we will be implementing them as part of our ongoing Pilot Program. Here are the changes...