Dear Friends in our Lord Jesus Christ,

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I don’t know if you had the opportunity to listen to the Bishops meeting last week o EWTN. They were discussing the Health and Services Mandate that begins very soon and the ramifications of that edict on our right to express our religion in the public forum. It is sobering when you here a Bishop stand up and say, we have to consider what will happen, if we loose – what will we have to sacrifice- our hospitals, our schools, our institutions for the physically and mentally disabled, our housing for the neglected elderly and sick, our institutions who care for the homeless and the poor and most of all, our right to express our opinion in the public forum.

A former official in the State Department described how the administration is changing the language of our right to religious freedom to our right to religious worship which narrows our freedom in the public forum and reserves it within our houses of prayer.

It is alarming to think with what personal sacrifice Americans have defended the right to religious freedom throughout Europe, Asia and in the Middle East that now we must defend the integrity of our own Constitution.

What can we do? The Bishops have organized a Fortnight (14 days) for Religious Freedom  from June 22 – July4. Find out what you can do on our parish website: MDPPARISH.COM.

In the meantime, let us look at the parable revealed to us today When Mark says, ‘the Kingdom of God’ he refers to the ‘reign of God,’ the day when all mankind accepts the Will of God and fulfills it perfectly on earth as it is in heaven.

There are three lessons we can learn here:

The parable tells us of the helplessness of man. The farmer does not make the seed grow. Human beings cannot create. They can develop, nurture, discover, even rearrange, but they cannot create. Man is not God.

Only in arrogance do people believe they can create. Humans will always and everywhere be subject to the natural law of creation. For behind all things is God. He is the Master of Life.

Secondly, the parable tells us something about the Kingdom. Jesus uses the mustard seed and its natural growth to describe the coming of the Kingdom; the germination of a seed, for instance into a mature tree is often unnoticeable. The Kingdom of God is the same. Over time one who has the eyes of faith, sees the hand of God working. No matter how much we try to stop it, despite our pride and busyness, the Kingdom of God continues to come.

Thirdly, the parable summons us to be prepared. Death is a perfect teacher. When we witness a person dying we see all the cares of the world being left behind and only the really important things in life stay close. You hear it again and again. The three most important things in life: God, Family and God – nothing else. This is how we get ready, we put these things in perspective and everything else will fall into place.

If we determine to live with an undefeated patience, with hope rather than despair, and are always prepared to see the light of eternal life, we will, by the grace of God, be ready for the coming of God’s Kingdom.

We are in a time of clarity in our country and in our Church. What we believe matters. We believe in our God given right to express what we believe in the public forum and to offer in trust, our gratitude to Almighty God for what He gives us.

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My dear friends, these graduation ceremonies are not the celebration of one student, or one class, or even of one school. It is as a parish that we gather this evening to give thanks to God for whom nothing is impossible.  

Our students have come to this point not just through the sacrifices of their families, though great sacrifices they are; and not just through the education of a superior faculty and staff, though educated they have become.

They arrive at this point in their lives with the encouragement of this entire parish, who with great pride, graduates them into a new stage in their lives. For this, our parish celebrates the Sacrifice of the Mass in the Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, our patron, whose festival day we remember.

But let us now consider the Gospel revealed  today:

“When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side,” Jesus takes the initiative to cross over the sea, always a metaphor for confusion and doubt. Jesus deliberately crosses over to minister to us, ‘on the other side.’

The first great lesson to remember tonight, my dear students: that Jesus takes the lead in finding us, no matter where we are hiding.

Then what happens: Jairus, a synagogue official, ‘came forward.’ Why does Mark have Jairus come forward, because even a synagogue official can thirst for Truth and Hunger for God.

The second great lesson to remember tonight, my dear students: that all of us, no matter who we are or how great or less we become, we thirst for Truth and hunger for God.

And how does Jairus find Truth and become satiated with God? ‘Seeing Jesus he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him. Wow! Jairus was very low that day I’m afraid that all he had left was to fall on his knees and plead earnestly.

The third great lesson to remember tonight, my dear students: that all of us need to come to a moment of clarity, that without God we are nothing nor is any good thing possible without Him. Fall on your knees every night and give thanks and glory where it rightly belongs, to God.  

As we learn these lessons, Jesus approaches the synagogue official and says, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.”

Parents, Friends, Parishioners, this is where you come in, because you never left. “Just have faith.” These lights are entrusted to us to be kept burning brightly because they are, like us, children of the light! Saint Anthony of Padua said once, “Teach with words, love with deeds.” If we are going to teach them these lessons in life, we will need to learn them and to act upon them. We cannot just teach the faith; we must learn it and love because of it.

And so my dear graduates, in words of the incomparable William Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 7) “Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.  ~William Shakespeare

The last Eighth Grade Graduation of the  School at Mother of Divine Providence within the Mass in memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, June 13, 2012

By worshipping the Holy Trinity, we realize the full truth about ourselves, that human beings are more than flesh; they are a union of body and soul. Because we have been raised up to this divine life, our dignity is that of co-heirs with Christ, temples of the Holy Spirit and children of the Father.

The Holy Spirit binds us together in holiness that is the very life of God and so we are always and everywhere caught up in a relationship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

This is God’s most personal and intimate secret that we are worth His eternal love.

Today the Church celebrates its birthday here in this parish, by the coming of the Holy Spirit.

The Apostles experienced loss in those hectic days after the crucifixion; they experienced the fear of change, and the confusion of not knowing what the future would hold for them.

Gathered in the Upper Room, the Apostles waited anxiously for the Lord to ignite their hearts and give them the direction and the urgency to complete His Divine Providence.

But as our parish gathers to worship God today, we can feel Pentecost as the living memory of the Church on fire with the Spirit of Truth.

Since Easter, we have connected with the memory of the Apostles who enliven our hearts and minds to the reality of what is means that God is alive and dwells among us.

At this Mass, we welcome all God’s children, young and older; we want to share our special connection to Christ and what we have learned about how the Holy Spirit guides and inspires us in the mysterious ways of God.

Our parish has stood on this holy ground for forty-eight years as a testament to the power of God, of our willingness to love Him by loving our neighbor.

Our love has faltered, but His love has never changed. He joins us here in our spiritual home to invigorate  Christian Life in King of Prussia.

The Scriptures reveal how the Apostles accepted and used the gifts received from the Holy Spirit to witness and proclaim Jesus’ great love.

Since our founding thousands of us have been brought to Christ and have served the Church in various and ways.  Mother of Divine Providence Parish saves souls:! This is what we do, our purpose, our goal!  We pray for souls, our brothers and sisters. We nourish them in the faith. We educate them, and in the end, we translate them into heaven, our true home.

Today, let us celebrate the faith that is and will be supported here, the love that is and will be engendered here and the relationships that began here and will continue into the long future ahead of us.

This Pentecost Day, our birthday! Give thanks to God who brought us together then and now as part of the Mother of Divine Providence family.

In this way, it is the Spirit of God Who descends on us today that makes this parish ever ancient, ever new!

Carry the Light of this Easter Candle before the world with confidence and hope, that whatever we say or do will breathe new life in others and together, in the end we will all sing together the great Hymn of resurrection: Jesus is alive, He has been raised up and walks before us, alleluia!

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As our parish prepares herself for the Year of Faith, proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, we can focus with the Universal Church on the ‘new evangelization’ espoused by Blessed John Paul II and taken up by the Order of Bishops for our sanctification and the deepening of our faith.

The parish becomes the focal point in our efforts to understand firstly that the root of our faith lies in the faith of our Archbishop, and secondly, that our Archbishop sends us forth in the name of Jesus to help him in the mission given to him by the grace of God and the Apostolic See.

The Holy Spirit walks with us on our journey to heaven, a journey we do not take alone, for Catholics believe in community, we are indeed defined by community, the deep sense of communion which gives definition to our Church and to our family life.

Blessed John Paul II did so much to identify the role of the Successor of Peter, the Apostle, as the Vicar of Christ, as the Apostle and Bishop who teaches, governs and sanctifies the Universal Church. This same reality applies to our local Apostle, the Archbishop who is the High Priest, the Shepherd and the Apostle for us as servant and with us as father.

Saint Basil the Great, in the book On the Holy Spirit, taken from the Office for January 2, writes this: “A spiritual man is one who no longer lives by the flesh but is led by the Spirit of God, one called a son of God.” This can be seen as the overall context of our parish life; the reason why parishes are formed, so we can be ‘spiritual’ men and women and support one another’s life in the Spirit.

“We are all members of one another, but with different gifts according the grace God gives us. So the eye cannot say to the hand, I do not need you, not the head say to the feet, I have no need of you. All the members together make up the body of Christ in unity of the Spirit.” “God has arranged the various parts of the body according to his own will (Bishops and parishioners) but there exists among them all a spiritual fellowship which makes it natural for them to share one another’s feelings and to be concerned for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer with it, if one member is honored, all rejoice together.”

Also, in this great Year of Faith, the Church celebrates Fifty years since the Opening of the Second Vatican Council.

As our parish prepares herself for the Year of Faith, proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, we can focus with the Universal Church on the ‘new evangelization’ espoused by Blessed John Paul II and taken up by the Order of Bishops for our sanctification and the deepening of our faith.
The parish becomes the focal point in our efforts to understand firstly that the root of our faith lies in the faith of our Archbishop, and secondly, that our Archbishop sends us forth in the name of Jesus to help him in the mission given to him by the grace of God and the Apostolic See.
The Holy Spirit walks with us on our journey to heaven, a journey we do not take alone, for Catholics believe in community, we are indeed defined by community, the deep sense of communion which gives definition to our Church and to our family life.
Blessed John Paul II did so much to identify the role of the Successor of Peter, the Apostle, as the Vicar of Christ, as the Apostle and Bishop who teaches, governs and sanctifies the Universal Church. This same reality applies to our local Apostle, the Archbishop who is the High Priest, the Shepherd and the Apostle for us as servant and with us as father.
Saint Basil the Great, in the book On the Holy Spirit, taken from the Office for January 2, writes this: “A spiritual man is one who no longer lives by the flesh but is led by the Spirit of God, one called a son of God.” This can be seen as the overall context of our parish life; the reason why parishes are formed, so we can be ‘spiritual’ men and women and support one another’s life in the Spirit.
“We are all members of one another, but with different gifts according the grace God gives us. So the eye cannot say to the hand, I do not need you, not the head say to the feet, I have no need of you. All the members together make up the body of Christ in unity of the Spirit.” “God has arranged the various parts of the body according to his own will (Bishops and parishioners) but there exists among them all a spiritual fellowship which makes it natural for them to share one another’s feelings and to be concerned for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer with it, if one member is honored, all rejoice together.”
Also, in this great Year of Faith, the Church celebrates Fifty years since the Opening of the Second Vatican Council.