How many times have you asked the Blessed Mother for her intercession and her help? I can’t even begin to count how many times I have interceded or prayed the rosary for her assistance. As we begin this month of May, we begin the special month that is dedicated to our Lady. A few weeks ago, as the war in Ukraine escalated, the Holy Father consecrated Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Blessed Mother has many titles and ways that we honor her. She has brought peace, physical healing for the sick, warned of wars if the world did not repent from their ways, and appeared to the faithful in many countries always at a time when the world needed to hear her special message. Her message is always the same: we need to pray (especially the Rosary), and we need to give our hearts to her Son and change our ways. She is truly the intercessor we need. I urge you to take some time this month to set aside some time for prayer and to honor our Lady. For she will always be our help and our guide.
At a special Mass this Sunday afternoon, we have our first group of children from our parish who will make their 1st Holy Communion. Please keep these children in your prayers. Also, it’s not too early to keep our Confirmation students in prayer as they will receive the Sacrament at the Cathedral in a few weeks.
On the vocations front, we will be having two of our seminarians ordained this spring for our Diocese. One will be ordained as a transitional deacon. Another will be ordained to the priesthood. Please keep these men in your prayers in the coming weeks. I will have more information about them in our upcoming bulletins.