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| St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner Carol making a delivery of the home altar kit./Miembro parroquial de Santo Tomás de Aquino entregando el paquete del altar de la casa. (Photo by St. Thomas Aquinas Parish/Fotos por el Parroquia de Santo Tomás de Aquino) |
MADISON — “If you want to drain Christianity of its power, drain Sunday of its meaning and practice.”
Recently Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison has urged us to reclaim Sundays as a day for us to spend time nurturing our relationships with God, family, and friends.
As the bishop says, they are meant to be “days free of servile work, dedicated to worship, prayer, time spent with family and friends, rest, study and works of charity.” (Go Make Disciples newsletter, September 2020)
Sunday is a gift to us from God. And in the midst of the many stressors and challenges of the last year, it is clear that we need that gift more than ever.
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Madison has focused its evangelization efforts using the tagline of “Love God. Love Others. Make Disciples.”
Since launching the Make Sundays Special initiative at Advent, that tagline has been a useful way of introducing ways for households of all types to make Sundays special.
Here are some examples, included in a bilingual booklet that was mailed to all parish households.
Make Sundays special by loving God
Going to Mass is key to loving God and letting God love us.
The high point of our week as Catholics is the celebration of the Sunday Mass.