Although I plan to one day discuss the theology behind the title of today's entry, the events of this past week require me to focus on a much more concrete application.
For those unfamiliar with the recent happenings here at Visitation please see my announcement during the Masses last weekend by going to http://visitationrcchurch.org/documents/2016/10/VRC%20Closing%20Announcement.pdf.
I want to thank all who have indicated their support, both in prayers and in donations, towards a better resolution of this issue. Visitation parish, the diocese of Trenton and the township of Brick are working together in the hopes that a solution can be reached that would allow the parish to remedy the building deficiencies at the Visitation Relief Center in a way that can be supported by the parish's limited resources. Please join me in prayer in discerning God's will and that this closure - this death - will be only temporary and open the way to a rebirth - a resurrection - of the VRC and its vital role in serving the community and its mission of loving God by loving others through service.
I want to thank all who have indicated their support, both in prayers and in donations, towards a better resolution of this issue. Visitation parish, the diocese of Trenton and the township of Brick are working together in the hopes that a solution can be reached that would allow the parish to remedy the building deficiencies at the Visitation Relief Center in a way that can be supported by the parish's limited resources. Please join me in prayer in discerning God's will and that this closure - this death - will be only temporary and open the way to a rebirth - a resurrection - of the VRC and its vital role in serving the community and its mission of loving God by loving others through service.
Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.