My dear Parishioners and Visitors,
‘May our Lord be gracious to us and bless us‘ (Ps 67)
We are now in a very beautiful time of the year: Christmas and New Year. It is a special time not only for our own human family, but also for the church family. I sincerely pray that all of us are abundantly blessed, not only with our own human family, but also with our spiritual family of St. Ann‘s.
The New Year is upon us. I would like to encourage you to do whatever you can to build up a stronger, better family life by your own prayers, good works and sacrifices, also faithfully coming to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass daily and weekly as shepherds did 2,000 years ago (Lk 2:15-16). Finally, I thank you for your faith commitment and your generous contribution to the well-being of St. Ann‘s, a special thank you to the choir, the Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Eucharist, the altar servers, the ushers, the decorators for the sanctuary and crib, who worked so hard for our Christmas Celebration.
Have a blessed Christmas Season and a good New Year.
Fr. Peter H. Nguyen