My Dear Parishioners of All Saints,
     Blessings from our God be with you all.  Please know that all the saints in heaven are praying for us until we are all in heaven with God.  We give thanks to God for the unconditional love of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the holy martyrs and saints.  May we live daily with them praising God.
     I was glad that all the priests of the diocese with our bishop were together last week for the first time since the pandemic started.  Yes, we were socializing, learning, and especially worshiping at Holy Mass.  We needed our time together to encourage and to support each other in our difficult and challenging ministries.  The pandemic distanced us from one another and created much stress for all priests, many of whom were sick with covid and are still suffering from it.  The saddest part of our time together was during our last Mass.  We remembered our seven brother priests who passed to eternal life in 2020.  Personally, I knew them all because I have been in the diocese with them for over 36 years.  We prayed for each one of them by name with the words “eternal life grant onto him, oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.” 
     My dear parishioners, please live daily for God and for the salvation of one another.  In this month of November, we’re to remember all those who have died among our families, friends, and from our church family at All Saints, especially in every Mass.  You might want to attend an extra Mass, such as a daily Mass for a deceased person you loved.  If you wish, you may write their names in the Book of Remembrance, available in the foyer.  You can also have Masses said for them.  All Souls Mass envelopes are available in the pews.  All the names in the Book of Remembrance and in these envelopes will be prayed for at every Mass in November.  100 percent of your donations in these envelopes will go to our building fund for the necessary maintenance of our buildings. 
     Finally, due to All Saints Day falling on a Monday this year, it’s not obligated; however, we will have an optional bi-lingual Mass at 6:30pm.  The Vietnamese choir will sing; the readings will be in Vietnamese, everything else will be in English.  Remember that God reads the hearts and not the lips.  All Saints, pray for us, your parishioners---Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
     Blessings from our Lord be with you all. Please know that I love you and Mother Mary loves you and your loved ones too.  Please never give up on your family but always pray for them.  This is your best way of loving them, by giving them the gift of heavenly love and blessings from God.  My goal in life is for me, my family, friends, and all of us to make it to heaven.  Heaven is our eternal home with the perfect joy, happiness, peace with oneself and with one another, including with God and all the holy angels.  Although I have not been to heaven, I always believe that heaven is there for me.  I believe that God made me and you for heaven, to be with Him eternally.  I hope that you love heaven too, so that you and I will be there after our earthly life is ended.  Of course, I love my life since the day I was conceived to this day and of course when tomorrow comes, I will love it too.  I do want to live here with you, my family and with everyone as long as I possibly can according to God's time.  That's why I try to take good care of myself.  I try to eat healthy, do plenty of physical work, sleep well every night, and pray daily for the salvation of our souls, mine included.  I live to do God's will for me.  I desire nothing more than to be blessed by God with the life in heaven.  Daily, I admit that I was conceived, born, and live, a sinner; however, I trust God's divine love for me is greater than  all my sins.  I believe that His mercy endures forever.  His eternal love will destroy all sins and death in  you and me.  I know that Jesus' prayer for me will be true, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
     Finally, please know that I am at the diocesan clergy conference, and I have been praying for you all; for you are my treasures from God.  Love you all, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
     Jesus summoned the twelve and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt.  But it shall not be so among you.  Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.  For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."   My brothers and sisters in Christ, God created each and everyone of us so that we may know how much God truly loves us.  He loves us so much that He wants all of us to live now and eternally in heaven with each other and with Him.  For these reasons, He humbled Himself and became like us in all things but sin, so that He could save us from our sins and eternal death, from the consequences of the sins we personally committed, such as the sins of laziness, sins of greed, sins of hate, sins of failing to worship God, etc...... or deadly sins of breaking the 10 commandments.  However, no sin is too big for God to forgive; for He came from heaven to serve and to save us all.  To be saved by God, we all must accept His sacrificial love for us by living daily with God, for God, and for the salvation of one another.  What are we doing today, especially as parents and grandparents?  Are we living to help our families and friends be saved?  Jesus reminded us that it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for those who are rich, living for worldly things, to enter the kingdom of heaven.  May we not live to eat, to drink and for worldly goods, but may we live daily to love and to be loved by others because of our attributes, virtues, and holiness.  We ought to live joyfully, happily, thankfully and lovingly every day.  It is possible, for God is with us.
     Finally, there will be no daily Masses next week, except Friday as all the priest of the diocese are required to attend the clergy conference with our bishop.  We will be praying for you all, Fr Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
     The celebration of Fr. Kapaun's funeral was so beautiful that it's still in me and I am sure it would be in you too.  Like I shared with you at Mass last weekend, my brother priests and I were all in tears, joyful and loving tears for Kr. Kapaun.  His life, love, and service to God and to others was so beautiful that we all must imitate him, to keep his legacy alive and to make us all more like him, saintly people to one another.  Please make every effort to attend Mass at the Cathedral, the mother church of our diocese or to make a visit, to pray before the tomb of Fr. Kapaun in our Cathedral.  He is our diocesan saintly priest, and he would love to help and intercede for all of us.  Another way to honor him is to read his story.   Many books have been written about him, his ministry and his service.  Fr. Emil Kapaun, we love you and please pray for us all.
     Please join me in thanking God for the gift of All Saints Catholic School children, teachers, volunteers, and parish staff.  Everyone has been amazing, and I love to be with them, especially at Holy Mass.   Our students love to pray in their classrooms as well as in church.  The are growing in their Catholic faith because of your faithful stewardship to our parish.  Please know that it takes your daily prayer and financial sacrifices to educate our children.  By next week, they will finish their first quarter of education.  May our Lord keep them safe, healthy, young at heart, while having tons of fun everyday learning and being with their friends and above all, loving Jesus more than ever before.  Let us always appreciate our dedicated teachers, volunteers, and staff for their ministry of forming and educating our children.  Please don't be afraid to write and to share with them your appreciation and love.  God bless them all on earth, and in heaven,--Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
     Are you ready for October?  Yes, October is one of the most beautiful months of the year.  In this month, we will see the changes in nature due to the cooler temperatures.  Please enjoy God's creation and see His work in it too.  Spiritually, throughout this month, everyone is to give our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mother, Mother of Jesus and our spiritual Mother.  As you know, Mary will pray for all of us until we are all in heaven with her.  For this reason, I have been encouraging everyone to pray daily, especially one hail Mary for each person in your family.  To my surprise, I have heard from many people, including people of Marion and McPherson County, that they have been practicing what I suggested they do for their loved ones--one hail Mary a day for each person in their families.  I was so happy when I heard that,  I trust that with one hail Mary every day, God will save everyone's soul from eternal death.  Please remember that when you pray for someone, it's not about expecting a change in that person, but rather to put your love for them into your heart.  To love someone dearly is to accept them the way they are and to pray for them, especially when he/she is in trouble.  Please don't judge them or throw a rock at them, you will only make them madder and more disappointed in you,  So put your faith in Mary, and trust that she will do countless favors for you without expecting any payment from you.  God made Mary so that we all can be loved by her, like Jesus was loved by her.  Now she is in heaven with Jesus to intercede for us all  until we are all in heaven with God.  We are super, super, and super blessed, thanks be to God for Blessed Mother Mary.
     How beautiful it was for us to be with Fr. Kapaun's remains and to celebrate his life, love, and service to God and to others this week.  We are so blessed to have Fr. Kapaun as our diocesan priest and saintly man.  I wish everyone who knew Fr. Kapaun or heard of him will be like him, to be people who love God and truly love others.  He didn't live to hate anyone, including his enemy, the communist.  He lived to love and to serve unconditionally.  No one in America should hate another person or discriminate against them because of their nationality, including those not fully developed, the unborn.  From conception to natural death, everyone deserves to be loved by their parents, families, presidents, doctors, nurses, friends, neighbors, etc....  Fr. Kapaun has shown us the way, may we all imitate his holiness and love.
     Truly Fr. Kapaun's funeral was a lifetime experience for me.  I am glad to be born and to be here in Wichita to know and to love Fr. Kapaun.  I am sure that he loves me a hundred times more that I can ever love him.  I have been praying for his sainthood for years.  I pray that my Catholic faith will continue to grow within me so that I can become like Fr. Kapaun, little by little, in his service to God and neighbor.  I pray that when my earthly journey is ended, I will join Fr. Kapaun in heaven.  I am an imitator of Fr. Kapaun, I hope you are too.  May God help us all, especially all priests, to be like Fr. Kapaun in word and in deed with Jesus's eternal love for all of us.  Fr. Kapaun, pray for us --Fr. Hien