Pastor's Reflections

As we celebrate Pentecost weekend which leads us into our feast day this Monday – Mary Mother of the Church - we are offered a nice reflection.  Pentecost is the giving of the Holy Spirit to the apostles and indeed, to all of us so that we will be the Church; the life in the Church; the instruments of God in the Church working in the world.  The Holy Spirit inspires, strengthens and informs our minds and conscience to know, love and serve God.  The Holy Spirit pushes and pulls us into the work and will of God and makes us alive in God and God alive in us.

You can see how this would be important for the apostles and the early church as the church took shape, but it continues to be important for us as we still shape the church and its strength in the world today.  As we celebrate our 50^th anniversary this year and as we celebrate our feast day of Mary Mother of the Church, I have always said that the name of our church should shape the charism of its parishioners.   We should see our place in needing to affect the life of the Church in the Diocese of Lafayette.  We can’t be hidden on Doucet Road, but as Doucet Road is in the center of Lafayette, let that be our cue – to be at the center of God’s work in the lives of families, neighbors, workplace and in our community.  

Hear the call of the Holy Spirit.  Receive the Holy Spirit.  Use the Holy Spirit to be what God needs you to be in St. Mary Mother of the Church.    On this Pentecost weekend and our Feast Day on Monday, let us each ask how God wants us and our families to be involved and may we take His answer to heart.

I hope to see all of you at our Feast Day Mass on Monday at 6pm (reception following).

Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.

Fr. Cedric M Sonnier
 Pastor