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From the Pastor

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

6/20/2021

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                                                                          From the Desk of Fr. Trinidad Cuevas

Summer time
Ah summer is finally here full of sun, lots of heat, vacation time and plenty of free time to relax. Personally, this will            be my first summer in New Mexico. They tell me to be prepared because it will be excruciatingly hot. I should drink            lots of water and stay indoors with a nice air conditioner, all necessary tactics to survive the summer. 
The irony is that the same tactics that apply for a successful safe summer, also applies to the spiritual life. The                        truth is that during the summer we Catholics naturally tend to relax our spiritual life by keeping our guard down              in prayer. Also, our eyes tent to become more keen on certain attractions of the flesh, and sadly, we even tend                        to skip mass ones or twice especially if we are on vacation. The point is that we have a danger of becoming                            more vulnerable. 
This is the moment the evil one, (known as the devil) is waiting for, to surprise us when we least expect it and                          make us fall. Over the years I have seen this happen time after time, marriages getting disrupted, kids                                    getting into trouble, issues with money, sudden health surprises, you name it. I’m not saying that this does not                      happen at other times of the year. What I am saying is that when such events happen at other points of the year,                    say during lent or advent or Easter, it is easier to stay focus on prayer precisely  because we are more immersed                  the liturgical time that surrounds us. In the summer we don’t celebrate many liturgical aspects of Christ’s life,                    which makes it all the more necessary to place into practice all the spiritual graces we have received during the year. 
This summer I encourage everyone not to relax your spiritual life, in fact, we should double up on our prayers                           so that we can be ready, just in case the evil one attacks. 
With God with us, who can be against us. We will have the best summer ever. 
God bless you 
 
Fr. Trinidad 
Pax et bonum 



 
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St. Albert the Great Newman Parish
2615 S. Solano Dr
Las Cruces, NM 88005
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