St. Joan of Arc

                                    TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/2010
                                                                                EAT, PRAY, LOVE

Dear Parishioners and Friends,

     EAT, PRAY, LOVE: I know it’s a popular book and now a popular movie. But, I have to tell you, it’s hardly original. It’s exactly what we do every Sunday right here at St. Joan of Arc. In fact, it’s exactly what goes on during every Mass in every Catholic Church throughout the world. It’s called Eucharist! We gather each week for a (sacred) meal in which we are fed by God, in which we feast on God’s love for us (in the Body and Blood of Christ). We pray to God for one another, for the hurting of the world, for those in every kind of need. We pray in
thanksgiving for the many blessings God gives us. And by way of this meal and our prayers, we become better, stronger lovers! It is through this meal and our prayers that we learn to love God, one another and ourselves. At this meal we learn how to love as Jesus did: the poor, the outcast, the forgotten, the stranger, the enemy. So, go ahead, no reservations needed, just come to Church and Eat, Pray and Love!


Peace!

Fr. Rich