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April 9, 2020
Dear Family Members of St Joseph Church in Libertyville,
Greetings this Easter season and may the joy of Christ who conquered death and rose to bring the warmest light of resurrection shine in your home and hearts. It is not news to anyone that the current viral epidemic has left most of our lives painfully changed. We are looking for answers and solutions but the best we have from all our hardworking professionals is not sufficient. As believers and children of God, it is our ultimate conviction that nothing happens unless God says yes or no.
God speaks to us through prophet Jeremiah that “ Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will search for me, and when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me and I will let you find me” (29:12-14). There so many other texts that calls upon the faith community to reach out to our God who can do something when everything else fails us. Our God is not one of the solutions but is the Solution.
As we take all precautions to stay healthy and faithful to our God, we invite you to join our faith community to pray to novena through St Joseph as we invoke divine intervention in our world. The parish community will be starting the novena on Easter Monday which will be prayed every day for nine days at Noon. We invite you to plan your schedules and take a break to join together in praying the novena. Each day, the novena we be led by one the parish families and we invite you to join them to pray together.
I wish to leave you with the word of Saint Padre Pio that “ Do not turn in on yourself as so often happens, unfortunately. In the midst of trials which may afflict you, just place your confidence in our Supreme Good in the knowledge that He takes more care of us than a mother takes of her child”.
Peace and Happy Easter,
Rev Martin Luboyera
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