Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter 05/29/22

My Dear Parishioners,
     None of us have been to heaven; there has been only one person, Jesus, who came from heaven to love us and to save us.  Jesus, who loves us eternally and who would love for all of us to continue living forever in heaven with Him.  How blessed are we to be loved by God, who created us and who has been giving us love all the time.  Today, the church celebrated the Ascension of the Lord to heaven to remind us that He went to heaven to prepare a place for us.  He prayed that those who loved Him and those who loved God would be with Him for eternal life.  God is love and if a person lives to love another as him/herself, they will be blessed with eternal life.  Jesus’ disciples were joyful seeing Jesus taken to heaven, may we look forward to our eternal life in heaven.
     Please join me in thanking God for all the ordained priests of our diocese, especially
Fr. Dwight Birket who will have been a priest 50 years on May 27th.  Father was once a pastor of our parish.  On the same day, I will be ordained 22 years.  I have made arrangements with Father so that he can be in our parish on Sunday, August 7th to celebrate our 9am Mass, followed by a cake reception so that everyone can personally meet him and congratulate him.  Thanks be to God for all the vocations in our diocese, especially the many young men will be ordained deacons and priests this weekend.
     Happy Memorial Weekend to everyone.  This Monday, all Catholic cemeteries will have a special Mass for the deceased.  This Monday there will be 10am Mass at Calvary, unless it rains, then it will be held in our church.  God bless us all and I love you too,
 Fr. Hien