St. Paul on the lake Catholic CHurch

St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church is dedicated to forming joyful missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.

September 25, 2022             

     Life is abounding! In my bulletin article last week I spoke of all the new-born babies in church for the first time, parents coming with their young children, and the hundreds of families in our parish who are at Mass each week. I mentioned how beautiful it is for us to be together to worship Jesus and give thanks for the gift of life; to celebrate Mass as a family of faith. For without our faith and the sacraments we would be rudderless in the world: no spiritual guide; no relationship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, no relationship with Mary, Joseph, and all the saints. Without our lived faith in the Catholic Church, whose voice would we hear? How would we learn values, the virtues and to know what is morally right and wrong? We need our Catholic Church, the Magisterium, its beliefs and the gift of the sacraments given to us by Jesus Christ to form us into His disciples.
 
     Jesus gave us the sacraments so we can have the ability to navigate the difficulties of life. The sacraments, Scripture and a life of prayer is crucial, as St. John teaches us, to discern what is coming from the Holy Spirit and what is coming from the evil spirit.