St. Mark Catholic Church

The Fifty Days of Easter can offer to us three fruitful challenges.   

• A challenge to engage the Word of God at home — Take up and read the Sacred Scriptures of Eastertide, perhaps particularly the Acts of the Apostles. We can learn for ourselves how, like the very first Christians, we can engage the mystery of the Risen Lord by listening to the Holy Spirit and making it our life’s work to act upon sacred inspiration to bring healing and Good News to the world so in need of hope.

• A challenge to grow in prayer in an   inter-parochial setting — Plan to participate in the four evening presentations which will comprise our Easter Mission led by a team from the Marianist Outreach Retreat Experience at 7 PM on April 19-22 alternating between our two parish sites beginning next Sunday.

• A challenge to grow our financial support within the larger Catholic Community —   We all will be asked to participate in the Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) which allows us to reach out to people in need to see the love of Christ manifest through the larger ministries and services of the Saint Louis Archdiocese — like this year’s three grants to St. Martin of Tours amounting to $ 58,300(Ensuring Parish Viability, Parish Emergency, & SVdP Food Pantry Grants).  

The fruits of this season as Jesus continues to offer us insight into our new life as His Easter people, should not go untasted.   

May we all benefit from the Fifty Days of Easter Glory!  

Fr. Bob Burkemper