Dear Parishioners,
A reminder of two things --
1)
Ascension Family night is tomorrow! Sign up for potluck at this link. Schedule: 5:30pm Evening Prayer in the church, 6pm dinner in Hall, 6:45pm talk for adults, and children's activities likely in Religious Ed building due to weather forecast; 7:45pm close.
2)
The Holy Spirit Novena (link here) begins tomorrow. This is a series of nine days of prayer to be open and docile to the Holy Spirit, just as the apostles waited in prayer for nine days between Jesus' Ascension and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. If you are wondering why we celebrate the Ascension on Sunday instead of today, see
this article; the author (and I!) believes it would be best for bishops to move the celebration back to today, its rightful day (40 days after Easter).
God bless,
Fr. Tim