An Advent Message:
Our loving God, through the prophet Isaiah, tells us that we are precious in God’s eyes, and honored, and God loves us. This Thanksgiving, we have been grateful for all God’s blessings, even though our celebration of the day has looked different than in the past. We are grateful for healthcare workers, who continue to care for so many. We are grateful for food service workers, who help to feed us all. We are grateful for so many essential workers, who continue to “show up” and do their jobs at the service of so many.
At Precious Blood Parish, we are grateful for the prayers and support of so many of you. We all continue to pray for an end to the pandemic. We are grateful for the promise of vaccines, and for the efforts of so many to develop and distribute these vaccines. We are grateful for the gift of patience, even though so many of us cannot find the patience when we need it. We are grateful that we can be the opportunity for so many to encounter Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord, sacramentally and in each other.
May God’s blessing be on you and your family this Advent season and know that God is with all in your family, even if all of your family is not with you. Through this Advent, we await the coming of the Christ child, confident that in so many ways He lives among us still.