The Church Is Born

This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. This solemnity initiates the growth of our Church. The Church has gone from repenting of our sins in Lent, celebrating the Resurrection of Christ in Easter, and now we are celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost until the Solemnity of Christ the King. On the Solemnity of Pentecost, the priest wears red to commemorate the tongues of fire that descend upon the Apostles. However, after Pentecost, the priest wears green. He wears green because after the Apostles receive the Holy Spirit the Church is able to grow. We call the time after Pentecost ordinary time because the ordinary activity of the Church is growth.  However, on the next few Sundays you will see the priest wearing white due to the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. However, during the weekday Masses, the priest will be wearing green again because now that we have received the Holy Spirit our Church can begin her season of growth!
I'd like to also thank our Parish Council and especially our Community Building Committee for all their hard work in putting together our parish dinner dance last weekend. We all had a wonderful time! Lastly, you will be seeing a new face here at St. Edwards - our summer seminarian Julian Ehiem. Please warmly welcome him to our growing St. Edward's parish.  St. Edward the Confessor - pray for us!
 
               God bless,
               Fr. Scott