This Week's Note from Fr. Dick

August 1, 2010

I cannot tell you how great my vacation was since I am writing this before I leave. So I just hope that I had a wonderful time and that my team won the golf tournament. (I can hope, can’t I?) I hope that you are having a great time this summer. While the weather seems to keep changing, we seem to be enjoying some good summer days. As you read this, we begin the month of August. Can you imagine that school will begin in about a month? Where does the time go?

People who ask that question, (Where does the time go?), are people who usually are having a good time. They have few worries or problems. They are not struggling to survive. They are not sick or in pain. If you are in this category of people, it is good to remind yourself to be thankful to a good and gracious God who has blessed you.

People who have to grind through every day because of the difficulties of their lives, wonder why time goes by so slowly. They are not able to sail through the day. Every moment lies heavily on their shoulders and their days are long. We need to remember them in our prayers and ask God to lift their burdens. There are people in our lives and in our world who suffer greatly and are supported by family and by their Faith in God. Others struggle each day because there is no family or Faith. May God be merciful and grant these people the help they need and a heart comforted with Love.

Fr. Dick