Dear Parishioners,

Today we rejoice in the canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati. Reading their biographies in today’s bulletin, I think you will see how can relate so well to the young people of our time. May they ever intercede for us and may their lives inspire us to be better disciples of the Lord. Since St. Carlo is the co-patron of our parish school, his image will be displayed in our churches.
 
Also being displayed at Our Lady of Sorrows Church is a tablet commemorating the Solemn Dedication (Consecration) the church that took place in March 2010 by Bishop John M. Smith. Nearly all churches that are solemnly dedicated have such a plaque. St. Anthony Church has such a plaque on the rear wall. The plaque for Our Lady of Sorrows Church is too long in coming.  It is placed on the wall opposite the Alcove of the Lady to the left of the window. May it serve as a visible reminder of the sacredness of the Lord’s House and help to foster our reverence whenever we enter. While the church building is physical structure, it should find a spiritual counterpart in our hearts.  St. Caesarius of Arles expresses this idea:
 
Whenever we come to church, we must prepare our hearts to be as beautiful as we expect the church to be.  Do you wish to find this church immaculately clean? Then do not soil your soul with the filth of sins.  Do you wish this church to be full of light? God too wishes that your soul not be in darkness, but that the light of good works shine in us, so that he who dwells in the heavens will be glorified.  Just as you enter this church building, so God wishes to enter into your soul, for he promised:  ‘I shall live in them, and I shall walk the corridors of their hearts.’ 

Chè pawasyen,

Jodia, nou ap rejwi ak Legliz inivèsèl la ki kanonize Carlo Acutis ak Pier Giorgio Frassati. Si nou li biyografi ki tou kout nan bilten jodia, mwen panse nou ap wè kijan yo pre jenn epòk nou an. Kòm Sen Carlo se co-patwon lekòl pawasyal nou an, imaj li prale afiche nan legliz nou yo. Se pou yo toujou entèsede pou nou. Se pou lavi yo enspire nou dekwa pou nou ka bon disip Granmèt la.
 
 Plak komemorasyon konsekrasyon solanèl legliz la Mgr John M. Smith te fè an Mas 2010 la ap ekspoze tou nan legliz Notre-dame-des Douleurs a. Preske tout legliz ki konsakre solanèlman genyen yon plak komemoratif. Mwen soulinye pou nou ke legliz Sen Antwann lan genyen yon plak sou mi dèyè a. Plak legliz ND des Douleurs a pran twòp tan pou li rive. Li plase sou mi ki opoze alkòv Manman Mari ki sen an (transept ouest), agoch fenèt la. Se pou li sèvi kòm rapèl visib karaktè sakre kay Granmèt la e pou li kontribiye pou nou nouri santiman reverans chak fwa nou antre pou yon vizit senp oubyen pou selebre sakreman yo.  Si legliz se yon estrikti fizik, li dwe jwenn yon pandan espirityèl nan kè nou. Sen Césaire Arles eksprime ide sa a : 
 
Chak fwa nou vini legliz, nou dwe prepare kè nou pou nou bèl menm jan nap tann pou legliz la bèl la. Eske ou swete pou legliz la pwòp anpil ? Enben pa sal nanm ou ak salte peche yo. Eske ou swete pou legliz la byen klere ? Bondye tou pa ta renmen nanm ou nan fènwa, men se pou limyè bon zèv yo briye nan nou, dekwa pou sila ki abite nan syèl yo kapab glorifye. Menm jan ou antre nan legliz sa a, Bondye swete antre nan nanm ou, paske li te pwomèt : « Mwen prale abite nan yo e mwen prale mache nan koulwa kè yo. »

Avèk afeksyon
Msgr. Gervasio

Religion cannot be separated from life, either in theory or in daily reality.
∼St. Jose Maria Escriva