We're glad you're coming back!

Over the years my family has moved further and further apart.  As a child we all tended to live pretty close together and we tried to get together as often as possible for celebrate summer or special days.  I noticed as my nieces and nephews grew up their jobs required them to move to the coasts so they dropped out of the family gatherings.  I am glad to see (mostly hear) that the 7 cousins who now live in the greater Los Angeles area are gathering a couple of times each year so their children are getting to know one another.  Ironically, now their children are moving apart as well.  Even without prompting from their religious background they realize the value of uniting to form a bond between relatives who now want to become friends.  Commitment to Parish Life is a lot like that.  As more folks come back to worship on weekends, so many of them tell me that they have missed the community.  They are glad to be back inside where they see folks face to face.  There is even a push to get back to using the cup for reception of the Blood of Christ.  As a faith community we miss you.  We are glad many of you are coming back, but it is important you know that your absence has been missed.  We are less without you worshiping with us.  I look forward, as do many others, for the time we can worship as one family again.  We love you and miss you.  Come back to us soon.