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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

During the "lazy days of summer," it is good to challenge ourselves not to be so busy and anxious that we miss the opportunities to experience God and His blessings.  Ordinary time during the summer months is a wonderful time to experience, in the very ordinary things of life, the extraordinary presence and action of Jesus Christ.

The Church helps us in this task through Matthew's Gospel.  We are hearing a series of parables of Jesus in which he references the kingdom of heaven.  The parables of the wheat and the weeds, the mustard seed and the yeast, are ways in which Jesus takes the ordinary things of life to show a fuller image of the kingdom that we all long to be a part of.  I would challenge you to spend some extra time reflecting upon these parables in the coming week.  Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and allow these words of Jesus to inspire you.  In our second reading, St. Paul credits the Holy Spirit with helping us to pray when we are unable to pray.  All things can be done in the Spirit!

May you all have a blessed week!

In Christ the Lord,

Fr. David Mulholland

V. Rev. David Mulholland

Pastor