CHRIST THE DIVINE SHEPHERD PARISH  

Happy Mothers' Day! Among, if not the greatest, natural gifts God gave humanity is the gift of a mother's love. To all of the women worshiping with us this Sunday who are a mother in one way or another, thank you! I would encourage all of us to think of those women who have been moms in some way to us and pray to the Lord for them at Mass this Sunday.

Of course, we all share a Mother in heaven, Our Lady. We celebrate May with devotion to the Blessed Mother in a particular way. We had a May crowning on Monday, May 5, with our school students, which was beautiful. As we celebrate Mary this month—which is often the most beautiful month of the year—we ask her intercession for all of our needs: the needs of our families, our parish, our nation, and our world. This could be done through a family rosary, an evening litany with your families, among other things. It could be aided by setting up a May altar in your homes with an image or statue of Mary (if this is not familiar to you, a simple Google search for "May altar" will help). Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us!

This being Good Shepherd Sunday, it is the patronal feast of our parish. So we offer all of the Masses for the people of our parish this Sunday. We are blessed with a Divine Shepherd. Pray for the human shepherds of the Church, that we might have hearts like His!

Please fill out the survey by clicking the link on our website. It will help us to make good decisions moving forward, facilities-wise. I am very grateful for the dedication of our facilities team. We have a lot more work to do, and your attentive filling out of this survey will help!

Seminarian Nick Wytiaz has been Called to Orders by the bishop, and Nick has invited us to his ordination to the Diaconate on June 7! Please check out the invite in the bulletin and join us. I plan to rent a school bus so those who are unable to—or don't want to—drive can still come.

Many thanks to all those who, in the aftermath of the storm, cleaned up our many felled trees and enabled Masses to continue! I especially thank Tim Jacob and Eileen Almeter from our staff, and Bill Supancic and his Supancic Landscaping crew, who were all there right away getting our St. Bernadette Campus (which was more heavily impacted) cleaned up quickly.

Come Holy Spirit, Come through Mary,
Father Michael Roche