IN TODAY'S GOSPEL PROCLAMATION, MATTHEW 16:13-20; JESUS ASKS US, "WHO DO YOU SAY I AM" ?????...........

Human beings cannot live a fulfilling life in isolation, detachment, or separation, from real relationships with other persons.  If indeed as the poet waxes, "No man is an island", then we are meant to be involved in interpersonal relationships.  Yet as humans, we can have an abundance of boundless interpersonal, human relationships, and very close romantic or personal friendships, and still be lacking fulfillment, if we are not well grounded in our essentially first and highest priority relationship, as persons of Faith and People of God; our relationship with Jesus The Christ.  In today's Sunday Gospel Proclamation, from Mt. 16:13-20; Jesus questions His Apostles about who they and others, say He is.  Jesus is said to be the reappearance to all the greats of that age, Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, et al, and then he asks His Disciples personally, who do they tell others, He is.  Today Jesus poses that same question, "Who Do You Say That I Am", to us.  As a baptized Disciple, and loyal Follower, of The Christ, how do you define, and describe, who Jesus is to you and the relationship of Living Faith you share with Him, as the Lord our God ?  The relationship each of us shares with Jesus Christ, is not a private possession, but an interpersonal and communal experience of discernment, discovery, and determination, to grow the relationship we share with the Divine GodHead, by serving the common good of the Community of Believers, to which we belong.  Is who you say Jesus is, reflected in your participation in the life of the Church, and the responsibility for ministry in OLOL Parish, or whatever parish you are a member of, wherever you are ?  I am striving as Pastor of OLOL in Sacramento / Del Paso Heights / Rio Linda / Elverta / Robla / , to expand the horizons of parishioner presence and participation in all facets of the Community's livelihood, and to eradicate - apathy, burnout, and complacency; and to refresh, renew, recruit, more of our parish members to give God greater Glory, by seving the Common Good.  Reminding Us All, "Many Hands Make Little Work"............In Christ Jesus, Who is Lord Of All Creation, And King Of Our Salvation,   Fr. Troy