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This Last Friday we celebrated the baccalaureate Mass where we recognized and honored all of our graduates. It was a celebration filled with joy where we offered our prayers to God that their futures would be blessed with wisdom and grace. Our young people are the future. It is important that we invoke God’s blessings upon them.

All these years I have really enjoyed my ministry and I am so thankful to God for finding so many great people who have supported my vocation and helped me to continue leading the Church of God. Today, I have nothing else but gratitude to all of you for your love,

Jesus is always present and waiting to provide us with a meal. This is no ordinary meal, however. Instead, it is a meal which gives us eternal life.

During this Easter season, we have been celebrating not only the resurrection of Jesus Christ but also great liturgies associated with Easter such as First Holy Communions and Confirmations. When people come into full communion with the Church it brings a significant amount of happiness to our parish. It reflects the power of the Holy Spirit present among us making us more lively, active and hopeful.

This weekend is called Divine Mercy Sunday. This cel-ebration is ordinarily held on the Sunday following the Resurrection of Jesus. This devotion comes to us from a nun by the name of Maria Faustina Kowalska

There has been a significant amount of activity taking place in our community over the course of these past weeks. First, the Parish Mission on the Mercy of God helped lead 100-150 people each day to learn more about the compassion of the Lord. In addition to this spiritual work, we also witnessed temporal work with the sale of the Cashmere property. Our journey toward building our new Church building steadily continues on.

To be able to experience the mercy of God is a great blessing. To know we are forgiven brings us great peace. Our challenge is to share that mercy with others. We become channels of His mercy and share forgiveness with our brothers and sisters – allowing them to experience the peace that we have.

The time has come for our Parish Mission.  As a family of faith we are called to gather together to pray, to study, and to learn about our mercful Father. Lent gives us a great opportunity for this kind of quiet reflection in the presence of God with hearts and minds that are focused. Jesus assures us our merciful Father is always waiting for us, much like a merciful father welcomes his prodigal sons and daughters.

On the First Sunday of Lent, these individuals are sent to the cathedral for the “Rite of Election.” At this celebration the bishop elects them, catechumens and candidates, to receive their sacraments on the Easter Vigil. This year we have four catechumens for whom I ask you to pray.

We are privileged as Catholics to have this holy season of Lent where whereby we walk along the journey of Jesus to Calvary. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving become the central acts of our lives during this time.

Through prayer, fasting, and the giving of alms, we share in the passion of the Lord. Self-imposed sacrifice gives the opportunity to deepen our faith and lead us to a greater sense of peace.

I want to extend my profound gratitude to all those who participated in the cocktail, dinner, and dance celebration. It was a wonderful opportunity for fellowship whereby everyone truly seemed to enjoy the party.

The snow is a constant reminder of how clean we have to be inside, even whiter than the snow according to the psalmist. The dirt and ugliness of the world is covered by the beauty of snow and everything looks perfect. As it continues snowing, let us enjoy it and see it as a reminder of what the Lord expect from us, to have souls whiter than snow.

The Church gives us seasons like Advent and Lent to call us to be reconciled with God and one another. The car which suddenly crashed into me was a powerful reminder to me that we must strive to be prepared at all times throughout the year. Let us ask the Lord that as we continue living through this Ordinary Time, we might be able to be in good standing before God and each other.

As was announced in early December, the property for our new church located at the junction of Highywas 97 from Blewett Pass and Highway 2 was purchased with the blessing of the Diocese.

For all of us as Catholics, the Eucharist must have a central place in our lives of faith. The miracle of the Eucharist involves offering ordinary gifts of bread and wine to God who receives them, transforms them through the hands of the priest, and gives them back to us as the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. What a powerful gift and an awesome mystery!

Updated Dec 30, 2018

May the Lord of Life soften hearts and help us to build a culture which respects the sanctity and dignity of all human life. Let us pray for the end of abortion, and for the respect of life at any stage.

This weekend we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Let us pray that in the likeness of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph we might be able to live our lives as a family. The Holy Family teaches us that this is the way to happiness.

On behalf of Deacon Bill Dronen, Rylan Deeley and Esther Perez, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019. Sincerely, Rev. Miguel González