Dear Parishioners,

Another year of First Holy Communions is over. Our second grade students did a fine job learning their lessons and we are so proud of them. They also made colorful banners and attended a retreat where they were eager to decorate their own beautiful Chalices. They got all dressed up and excitedly arrived at Mass with their families. They patiently listened to Fr. Mike speak to them about peace, respect and being one of God’s children. Then they received the Eucharist for the first time. What a moment! What a celebration! And now they get it…that when they come to Mass each week, they are coming to share a meal and be a part of something that will feed them spiritually for the rest of their lives. They are coming to receive Jesus Christ.

As in today’s Gospel, thousands of people came to hear Jesus, to be healed by Jesus and they received so much more. They shared a meal with Him. But wasn’t it more than just having enough food for everyone. Wasn’t it about being together and sharing together. It’s about having enough spiritually not only physically.

“We already have inside us what it takes to lift the human spirit, however when God is with us, there is no limit to filling the human heart.”