Dear Mission Family,
During this month of March we are occupied with many
thoughts and prayers for Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI and are joining our
prayers with the global church as the Cardinals prepare to elect a new
Pope.
We are also in the midst of the 2013 Lenten Season when
Christ invites us to make a spiritual journey with him these forty days using
the three spiritual pillars of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. I am sure many of you have traditionally
given up for the Lenten Season candy, extra dessert, and popcorn. May I suggest and encourage all of us regardless
of our Lenten sacrifice to have greater recourse towards prayer and works of
charity within our families, workplace, and the marketplace
Please keep our Native American/Alaskan Natives and
African American communities in your prayers.
Let us affirm our brothers and sisters who have enriched the Church with
their gift of their cultures.
Finally may I also invite each of us to concentrate on a
virtue, i.e., love, patience, and mercy that we wish to more freely engage in
our daily lives. No doubt we will grow
in the life of holiness and possess greater peace now and for eternity.
Happy Lenten Trails!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Reverend W. Carroll Paysse
Executive Director
