Deeper Encounters With God

This Advent Season we join Mary to receive an invitation from the Lord.  Mary said "yes" to be united with Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit...  and we said "yes"  to prepare our hearts to receive healing by the same power of the Holy Spirit.  Father Edwin Leahy, the Headmaster of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, and five priests from the local parishes blessed our school community with the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Sacraments are deeper encounters with God.  It is a sacred time to begin new with our Lord Jesus, ourselves and with others.  Although it is a very humbling experience to say "I am sorry", these are very powerful words for forgiveness.  It is a valuable experience to learn from our mistakes of yesterday, so that we may be wiser today.

In our hearts we pray, "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed."  Amen.