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V
April 2016
OF OUR LADY PARISH NEWSLETTER
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Good Stewards Know Being Christian Is Awfully Hard
But They Do It Anyway
Perhaps you know someone who says being Christian is easy. If you do, please introduce me. I do not know a
single person who says being Christ-like is easy. And, because I am a priest and study Jesus’ life, I believe I can include
Jesus himself in the group that says being Christ-like is hard, incredibly hard.
Jesus’ agony in the garden was excruciating. His best friends slept while he individually contemplated the zillions
of times we rejected him by sinning. That contemplation was so hard, Jesus sweat blood. Later, those same friends
would abandon him. Peter, the future head of his Church, would three times deny he knew Jesus, even though, in the
Transfiguration, Jesus had shown himself to Peter as God. And Jesus’ crucifixion? Get real! It was hours of mind
bending, horrific pain.
(Continued on p. 8)
In This Issue
Page 2 - School News
Page 3 - 2016 Order of St. Louis Medallion Award
Recipients: Alex & Jenny Doskey
Page 4 - Cajun Fest Collage
Page 5 - It takes a Village to Make Cajun Fest So
Successful
Page 6 - First Responders Honored
VOL Youth Receive Archdiocesan Youth Leadership
Awards
Page 7 - Rosary For Life; Farewell Party for Fr. Daniel
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