Pastor's Corner, May 11, 2014

Dear Parishioners and Friends, 

Congratulations to all mothers on Mother’s Day!

When I was in Rome for the canonization of Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Saint John XXIII, I thought a lot about how these two popes captivated so many people with their inspired preaching and teaching.

Saint John Paul II was a great advocate of women. In 1995 he wrote a Letter to Women in which he said, “Thank you, women who are mothers! You have sheltered human beings within yourselves in a unique experience of joy and travail. This experience makes you become God’s own smile upon the newborn child, the one who guides your child’s first steps, who helps it to grow, and who is the anchor as the child makes its way along the journey of life.”

It is indeed a great privilege to be a mother, whether physically or spiritually. All of us have been touch by “God’s own smile” through the love of our physical mother, who gave us birth, helped us to mature and loved us unconditionally. We have also had several spiritual mothers, such as relatives, friends and particularly religious sisters, who have exercised their feminine genius in fostering the growth of the spiritual life in us.

We thank God for all of our mothers and we ask His divine blessing upon them.

In Christ,

Msgr. Baker