Father Maassen&#039;s Message 08/11/24

Dear Missionary Disciples,

As we start the school year our Parish School has a focus of building a Faith Foundation. In construction it is obvious, you need a good foundation for a house.

Perhaps it works like that for people as well. Actually, Jesus uses that analogy in the
Gospel; building your house on rock or on sand. What is the foundation of our lives? By that I mean, what holds us up, what grounds us?

What is our life based on? It is our Catholic faith, our belief in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Do we believe we are loved and lovable? Does the foundation need some work? Is it leaking? Has it started to crack? Sacraments, prayer, and reading about our Catholic faith and spiritual readings can help us waterproof and shore up the cracks. Or, maybe we need to put in a new foundation based on the above.

Peace,
Fr. Maassen