A Spiritual Power Surge!

I’m at my computer distracted by the power strip outlet too close to my feet , a tangle of wires.  This power strip has basic surge protection built in as a defense against dangerous lightening or other utility produced power surges. 

With Pentecost upon us and the Holy Spirit – first received in Baptism and affirmed at Confirmation – I’m reminded of another kind of “power surge.”  The presence of the Spirit of Jesus in our daily lives is something we not only want, we beg for it to enable us to handle those prickly life issues that can wear us down.

Galatians 5:22 speaks of the energizing Fruits of the Spirit:

• When we need to forgive  another ... HOLY SPIRIT, GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR LOVE
• When we walk with sadness written on our soul… GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR JOY
• When we are filled with angst or anger…GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR PEACE
• When we stop giving people our understanding and acceptance…GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR PATIENCE
• When a smile or a helping hand can make a difference…GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR KINDNESS
• When we struggle to recognize our own blessings…GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR GOODNESS
• When we struggle with the discipline of spiritual growth…GIVE US A POWER SURGE OF YOUR TRUST

 Amen.

In our ministry of evangelization at the Black and Indian Mission Office, we certainly promote awareness of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit as essential to our life of faith – 24/7/365.  Please visit our website www.blackandindianmission.org and read  Profiles of Faith. 

Appreciate the stories of heroes and heroines of our Church, who counted on the “power surges” of the Holy Spirit to motivate them to sainthood.

Look for Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, soon to be canonized. Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first black priest ordained for the United States, and so many more witnesses.   “…meditate on these things.”  Phil. 4:8

Fr. Wayne Paysse

Executive Director

In Rememberance of Mother Mary

Dear Partners in Mission,

May is the month of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.  Traditionally, it is a time for flowered crowns, processions, the recitation of the rosary and Marian hymns. 

It is also a time for us to remember the important role Mary plays in our salvation.  She is our powerful intercessor and spiritual mother.  She is also Mother of the Church!

Like the early Christians and missionaries, we depend on her aid and assistance in our daily lives in a special way. 

As Queen of the Missions, she is forever vigilant in our mission lands and the many, many people who live on our Indian reservations, urban centers, Black Catholic Communities and especially in our Black and Indian Mission schools.

Let us ask ourselves how we can be like Mary in assisting the Black and Indian Missions across the United States.  Let us start with remembering in our prayers every day the missions and the missionaries as we recite our rosary.  Let us make small sacrifices for the missions and monetary contributions to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions or Catholic Negro American Mission Board. Please visit our Home page, www.blackandindianmission.org for more information.

May Mary be our strength, joy and peace!

God bless, Father Paysse