ANNUNCIATION

Have you ever felt like you really have something down? Maybe a sport, a task at your work, or getting the laundry folded regularly! You have finally mastered it. And then, when you thought everything was (finally) going as you planned and worked for, something comes up. You get hurt, your work changes, a child gets sick and everything is thrown off once again. Today we will encounter this in a man who has been seeking to follow the commandments since he was a young boy. He thinks he has it all together in order to have eternal life. But when Jesus invites him to something deeper, something more, he is crushed, as he will have to “start over” in some ways. Are you willing to take the next step to growing closer to Jesus?

Nếu ta biết bỏ tất cả những gì cản trở để đến với Chúa ta sẽ đạt được chính Chúa. Được Chúa là được tất cả. Vì Chúa là hạnh phúc viên mãn. Được Chúa rồi ta sẽ không còn khao khát gì khác nữa.

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.