St. Maria Goretti

We hear a lot today about security. We live in a world of identity theft, and random violence, and terrorist attacks. So it’s no wonder that we spend so much time, and energy, and money on trying to keep our things and ourselves safe. Ask yourself today how many passwords, and keys, and codes do you have to keep you, and your information, and your family safe? And does it work? Don’t we still feel pretty much at risk in the dangerous world that we live in? Security is an illusion. Our real security needs to be first and foremost in the Lord

Today Jesus is really asking us, what we are doing to protect our marriages and our families? It’s no secret that the institution of marriage and the traditional family are under attack. Today, if you’re not protecting your marriage and your family, you can end up losing what’s most important. That’s what Jesus is really talking about today. How many times do we put other things before our marriage and our family?

How many times do we take for granted the people who love us most? How many times do we fall into that selfishness of the world, that is so destructive to marriages and families? It is as though God is saying to us today, “You want to protect something important?” Then forget about money, and jewelry, and art treasures, what we really need to be protecting is our marriages and families.” Think about that on this beautiful Sunday.

Today, we continue to strive and protect our Parish family, with our “As A Family…We Build God’s Kingdom” Campaign. This is our first weekend of pledges. We’ll be doing that right after Mass this morning. At this time, we’ve invited Bill and Marilyn Sultan here this morning, to give our lay witness for our campaign. My brothers and sisters, please join me in welcoming, Bill and Marilyn Sultan…