Week of December 10

12-10-2017AllFr. Andre Sylvestre

I greet you all with a humble heart because God has been so good to my parish. He has sent theHoly Spirit to allow you in your imagination to see the faces of the children as they gobble downtheir mid-morning meals. We know God's special love for all his family. We discover God's love forus because we experience your solidarity with the poor. These children experience real joy andreal dependence on God's graces. Thank you for your generosity and willingness to do somethingfor the poor of God's family. Your efforts will be repaid by God a hundred fold. May God bless youduring this holy season. May he fill your day with quiet preparation this Advent.

Week of December 3

12-03-2017AllFr. Andre Sylvestre

All Catholics worldwide begin the Season of Advent thisSunday. Our brothers and sisters, as do we, anticipate the coming to Christmas.But Fr. Andre calls them to remember the need to quiet their spirit and bewatchful over the next weeks. He writes that we can be impatient in everything.

We want to reach the end without delay of this watch-filled time. We areimpatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. Hecontinues to say that our missionary teams who will arrive in Robillard haveheard about the slow work of God in Haiti. The more experienced ones know iteven better and refrain from being critical of the slow work. He calls ourmissionaries, “blessed people”. He urges our new team members to reflect onMary and her patience in waiting for God to reveal His plan. And for those whosupport our Haiti Mission Ministry to review and reflect that God’s plan includesour sisters and brothers in Haiti. God’s plan includes the missionaries St. Rosesends to Robillard. The food the children eat each day at school is part of God’splan. All that St. Rose does to benefit the faithful in Robillard, he believes, is partof God’s work.

he discomfort of waiting and watching with patience. For God is the potter andwe are the clay.