October 12-13

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ

     Have you a list of people you would like to meet and chat with when you get to Heaven?  -I certainly do.  And one of them is the young fellow who inquires of our Lord how to get to Heaven.  He has just encountered the God Who created him and Who is the source of all his good fortune but his attachment prevented him from dropping all and following Jesus.  You can almost hear the joyfulness in his question and then his mood becomes sullen because he cannot detach from his possessions.  How sad in deed but how prevalent in our own day and age.  This certainly is the reason why there are so few vocations to the Priesthood these days.

      I could not have imagined when I was ordained 47 years ago the number of good people, children and adults who have become a part of my life.  So when our Lord informs His disciples about the real “riches” they will receive because they have given up a personal family and property it is not an empty promise.  My only regret is that there is not enough time to keep in contact with all those who have blessed me on my journey.  The hope and joy of Heaven will be to enjoy them all again for eternity.   I bet anything that the young man in today’s Gospel came to the realization that only Jesus Christ could provide the joy he longed for and at some point left everything for the Lord.  Would that many other young men and women would come to the same conclusion and find their happiness in HIM.

    Remember that this is Rosary month and that next Saturday we have our rally in Central Square and of course our Spaghetti Dinner featuring the beautiful baskets is also coming up.  Let’s have a tremendous showing for both.

With Blessings,

Father Langan