Pastor’s Note 5/3/26

Dear Parishioners:

A lot of life is summed up in the question: who and where should I follow? At countless turns, we are led to ask about the right way to proceed forward and the guide that can get us there. Every moment in life is, by definition, a moment we have not yet faced, and therefore we look for guidance, models, insights. We know that someone must have walked a similar path and can offer us a way. Some guides propose an easy way out but one that ultimately leads into disarray. Other options don’t quite get us all the way. As Jesus speaks about himself as the way and the truth and the life, he's indicating that we can and ought to take him as our definitive guide through the journey of life. This way and path of Jesus, of being his follower, is ultimately the most excellent way because it leads us to the heart of God the Father. Amid various paths and guides, we must ask if Jesus is truly the one guiding us along his way. Every life is meant for eternal union with our heavenly Father—Jesus, as we follow him here and now, is precisely that Way.

God’s Peace,

Fr. John