ANNUNCIATION

In the Gospel readings over the past few weeks we have witnessed the unfolding of Jesus’ discourse on the Eucharist. Today we reach the climax of his teaching and get to meditate on his words about the Bread from heaven that he longs to feed us with. These are words of deep riches that unveil to us how desperately God desires intimacy with each one of us.

Không hẳn bao lần bạn rước Mình Thánh Chúa là bấy nhiêu lần bạn vui mừng đón nhận sự sống mới và trở nên con người mới, vì lắm khi bạn không nhận ra Chúa trong tấm bánh đơn sơ nên không thờ kính Ngài và biến đổi đời sống của bạn cho phù hợp với lời bạn cam kết trước Thánh Thể. Bạn thay đổi thế nào nhờ lời Chúa hôm nay?

Have you ever asked yourself why God doesn’t just perform miracles all the time to reveal his presence so that everyone will believe in him? It’s a valid question, but one of those questions that we might ignore or push to the back of our mind because we don’t think there’s a good answer. But these questions have answers in Catholic theology, and we are called to pray about these questions, because God will illuminate the answers to them.

If you’ve been tracking our progress toward meeting our goal of $57,833 for this year’s Archdiocesan Together in Mission drive, you’ll see that we have been steadily moving closer to that number. Thank you to those of you who are receiving monthly invoices from the Archdiocese and who are making payments toward fulfilling their pledges. If you need to “catch up”, we encourage you to do so. Please remember that if we fall short of our required assessment by the end of the drive, the parish will be billed for the difference. If we all do our part by paying our pledged amount, it will reduce the need to use funds that we would be able to allocate to needed projects here at Annunciation.