The Boston Mission Trip Silent Auction and Bake Sale will be held after every Mass on the weekend of Saturday, February 4th through Sunday, February 5th. The Silent Auction will remain open until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 6, 2023

Returning to Scripture, Galatians 5:22-23 says: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.” There it is. One clear difference between joy and happiness. Joy is a fruit of the Spirit. Happiness is not. You can make yourself feel happy. Eat a favorite meal, complete a long-term project, take a nap on a warm summer day in a hammock. Do things like that and you will feel happy.

The New Year provides so much hope and opportunity for us: from getting in shape and changing old, bad habits into newer and better ones; it is a time for us to raise-the-bar of how we are going to live our lives anew, of being better, doing better and seeking better things for us and our families— in finding true joy.