Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We struggle at times. We make plans they don’t work out. People let us down and we are hurt and disillusioned. In this week’s Gospel Jesus says to us “Do not let your hearts be troubled” Thomas who had journeyed with him who had seen the miracles and the signs is not satisfied and asks for more direction and gets the response “I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me” It always gives me great hope and strength that one of the apostles had his moments. Think a little, Jesus was showing us God’s care for us like our mother’s when we were younger that scratch, that fall, that moment when we went crying to them and the thing that stopped the crying, the trauma was not a band aid, but usually a kiss or a word of comfort and then it was back to the game. As we honor mothers we are reminded that God shows us that same care and in our moments says “do not let your hearts be troubled” Let us give thanks to our God for all he has done for us, and pray that our mothers will be rewarded for the care and attention they gave to us in our lives. Let the journey continue, Fr Karl