It is a special privilege for me to be with you right at the time when the parish is poised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. As we look back over the past fifty years, we can let our hearts fill with gladness and gratitude for the Lord’s abundant goodness. We are also called to look forward in hope and trust to discern and participate in his plan for our future as he had declared though the prophet Jeremiah:
Yes, I know what plans I have in mind for you, Yahweh declares, plans for peace, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. When you call to me and come and pray to me, I shall listen to you. – JER 29: 11-12.
Please join me in praying for the Holy Spirit to guide all we do to build God’s kingdom here on earth.