My Dear Friends in Christ,<\/p>\n
\u201cJesus is risen from the death. This is our true faith. This is the faith of the whole Church. We are proud to profess it.\u201d On the afternoon of Jesus\u2019 resurrection, He walked about seven miles with two of His disciples and \u201cinterpreted for them every passage of Scripture which referred to Him.\u201d He did this even though His last three years of teaching the apostles seemed ineffective, for they had abandoned Him when He was executed. As Jesus taught His two disciples, their hearts were burning and being purified. That evening of His resurrection, Jesus continued His ministry of teaching by opening the apostles\u2019 minds to the understanding of the Scriptures. Jesus\u2019 teaching of the Scriptures eventually bore fruit at Pentecost. The Church continues this pattern to the present day. As God\u2019s Word is proclaimed, we recognize the risen Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit. Abide in God\u2019s Word. Witness for the risen Jesus. Receive new Pentecost.<\/p>\n
How happy are we! We are beginning to honor our blessed Virgin Mary during this month of May. We offer our Mother reverence, flowers, special honor and with Mary \u201cMagnificat.\u201d When we Honor Mother Mary, Jesus will surely be very pleased. Honoring Mary is the way to proclaim that Mary deserved to share the Resurrection of Christ in the first place. Please offer to Mary all flowers: the flower of praise, the flower of thanksgiving, the flower of gratitude, the flower of prayer from our hearts, souls and minds. Above all, pray with Mary as the disciples gathered together with Her, awaiting the Holy Spirit. Be like Mary. Listen to the Word of God, contemplate and incarnate it deeply in our hearts. Also, be with Mary and the whole Church, re-evangelize the Good News of the Resurrection. Mary is the Queen of the Apostles. She will help us to become a community of apostolic mission; we might dare to \u00a0approach others, seek sinners\/fallen people and welcome those who are abandoned or the poor of the poor. We can make Jesus alive in our society with Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
My friends, I would like to invite you all this week to meditate on these words: \u201cDid not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?\u201d We are still experiencing the same way when we celebrate the Eucharist: Why did not we open our eyes to recognize Jesus? Why are we not in haste to proclaim \u201cJesus is risen from the death?\u201d<\/p>\n
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Peace be with you always!<\/p>\n
With love,
\nFr. Thuong Hoai Nguyen, Pastor<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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