19th Sunday In Ordinary Time (Feast of St. Dominic)

Readings: 1 Kings 19:9,  Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:22-33

 “Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid.” Peter in response to our Lords call, stepped from the boat and walked upon the water. Could you do that? Would you do that? I have no idea what our Lord will ask of you, I don’t know if it will be easy or hard, I don’t know if you have the skills and abilities to do it, but I do know, I do believe, I do have absolute faith that if God asks you to do something, with his help you will be able to do it.

Peter soon got scared by the winds and started to slip below the water, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that started to happen to you when you start to do something new for the Lord. Few if any of us have the faith to move mountains by asking them to move. Few if any of us would feel we had the faith to step out on a lake and walk across it. And none of us could achieve even the smallest thing for God, if God wasn’t involved.

I want you to listen to God. Pray to Him and ask Him what He is asking you to do. Listen, listen and keep listening. He might not tell you immediately, you might not hear Him immediately.  Once you start to hear, don’t panic. Once you start to think I should be doing something about this or that, I should be helping here or there. That’s when you start to pray for the strength, for the faith, for the gifts to do what’s being asked. That’s when you start to talk to your friends, the people in the pews next to you,  We are called to be a people of hope, a people of action, a people of God, a people who are called by God to serve. In three years’, time when you next hear these readings what will God have asked you to do and what will you being doing with God.

                       WISHING YOU ALL HAPPY FEAST OF ST. DOMINIC

 BIG THANK YOU:

I wish to thank all who have worked hard on making the Feast of St. Dominic & BBQ event a huge success, Thanks to everyone those who directly/indirectly helped.  Hats off to our Parish council members. Special thanks to Rose Pecina and Larissa Gonsalves who exhibited their unwavering commitment and passion in what they were doing.

THANK YOU! DEAR PEOPLE OF GOD. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR PARISH COMMUNITY AND OUR BLESSED MOTHER MAMA MARY AND OUR PATRON SAINT, ST. DOMINIC KEEP INTERCEEDING FOR US! MAY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNION AND COMMUNITY INSPIRE US TO A GREATER TRUST IN HIS PRESENCE!

                   THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!