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2325 Highland Road
Hermitage, PA 16148
(724) 981-5566
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From the Pastor’s Desk
Last modified on 2012-01-22 23:08:00 GMT.
January 22, 2012
Dear Parishioners:
This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In our
personal prayer and liturgies, let us ask the Lord to help us unite in faith. St. Paul writes that we are one in the Lord, one in faith, one in our baptism. Yet, through the centuries, the scandalous splintering of Christianity has deterred the Lord’s call for us to be one. Doctrine? Worship style? We are probably more united than divided. Yet our differences are so obvious that they are highlighted over and above what we hold in common. One of the main issues is the centrality of the Eucharist. For us, this gift of the Lord is the way we remember Him, live in Him, worship Him, and live His teachings. Is it possible for us to help others appreciate why the Eucharist is so precious to us? How might we make the Eucharist more of a unifying force rather than a source of division? One way to celebrate this week of Christian unity is to meditate on our own personal appreciation for this great gift of faith. Another would be to reach out to someone and invite them, if not to Mass, perhaps to pray with you, or, at the very least, to talk about what matters to each of you in the practice of faith.
– fr. jeff