Message from Bishop Barbarito
As we face the beginning of the hurricane season, we pray that we will be blessed with no major storms in our area. We also pray in thanksgiving for the safety we have experienced in past seasons.
I again ask that we all join together in a united prayer effort in our parishes and schools to thank God for the past several relatively calm hurricane seasons and petition for protection from devastating storms in the upcoming seasons. We are so grateful to God for the narrow escapes we had in past years and continue to pray for all those adversely affected by storms of any kind, past and present. Our united prayer effort at the parish level can take three forms: Prayers of the Faithful, a short prayer for private and communal parish use, and weekly reminders in the parish bulletin with a prayer that families can pray at home. I also recommend using the Mass to Avert Storms in the Sacramentary at appropriate times during the season. For our schools and in student life I am encouraging prayer each day led by staff and a printed prayer that students can take home to their families for prayer at home.
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