​For a reason we don't know, God is three persons who have an eternal relationship with each other.  Jesus shows us the Father by praying to Him and, and the Holy Spirit by sending Him at Pentecost.  
 
God the Father creates, God the Son redeems, God the Holy Spirit sanctifies.  This is God's mission: redeem His creation when we sinned and to make us holy.
 
We continue the work of God by loving as God does as disciples.  
 
To do this, God brings us into His family.  The sharing of his love begins with our baptism.  We are baptized "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."  .
 
In our life. we come to know the love of the God through the love of our parents first.  Our fathers teach us God the Father's love.  Our mother's love teaches us our Blessed Mother's love, the Queen of Heaven and Mother to all of us.  The home we have here, prepares for the dwelling of God forever.
 
Parents help their children know the love of God by how they love their children.  Said another way, children learn the love of God by the love they receive from their parents.  
 
This means that the family becomes the image of God love.  Father, Mother, and children reflect the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  God has chosen the sacrament of marriage and the family to be the reflection of his love in the world.  
 
The Love of God is at the very center of our life.  St. Paul reminds us these qualities of love in the letter to the Corinthians:

Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
 
Love never fails.   

This week, parents teach your children to love as God loves.  You know His love already. The love with which you love your children is the same love that God loves us.  God has given you a gift to know His love.  Show them God's love.
 
In Christ,
Fr. Brian 

​This weekend is Pentecost.  The day that the Holy Spirit was sent down to the Apostles.  They were in the upper room afraid,  If you remember, just a week previous the disciples returned to Jerusalem full joy praising God in the temple continually.  Now they are locked in the upper room in fear.  

When the Holy Spirit comes, they are filled with fire, or God's life.  They rush out and preach to the poeple.  Acts 2:42 said that 3000 converted that day to Jesus through the preaching of Peter.

How is God sending you out today to preach the good news of Jesus?  

We think we are inadequate to preach about Jesus.  It is because, just saying the words "preaching about Jesus" has the connotation that you have a Masters in Divinity degree and studied.  

It really means: how well do you know and love Jesus?  The greatest saints didn't have near the education that we have today, yet they knew Jesus personally, and they loved him.  Jesus in the Gospel says "Whoever loves me will keep me word."  It is part of the same gospel as a few weeks ago that also says God will make his dwelling with us.

In our Baptism and our Confirmation we are given the Holy Spirit and the gifts to live our faith.  It begins by knowing Jesus personally.  If you are trying to figure out how to do that, here is a few things you can do"

1. Pick a Gospel (not John first) and pray over all the words of Jesus as if he was talking to you.
2. Take 2 munutes in the morning and sit quietly and pray "Jesus thank you for this day, help me to know you today."

This will begin a relationship that will open your life to greater possilbilites than you had ever thought. We limit ourselves, God brings us to new ways.

Remember you are already clothed with the fire of the Holy Spirit.  God has sent you to love others.  The Holy Spirit will constantly remind us what Jesus did for us.  Take some time to know him greater and realize that you have been sent by God with Jesus by your side.  This will help you speak about him to others because of your love for him.

Have a blessed week.

In Christ,
Fr. Brian