Be Not Afraid (2020-21 Theme!)

Our Lady of Grace Parish's pastoral efforts for 2020-2021 (using the academic year: September 2020 to June 2021) were guided by the theme “Be Not Afraid.” The theme comes from the Scriptures. Jesus says it again and again to His disciples. Saint John Paul II used these words when he was elected pope. If you remember back then, half of Europe and Asia (as well as parts of Latin America) were dominated by oppressive atheistic communism and the threat of nuclear war was hovering over the world. Jesus’ words remind us that there is always HOPE. Nothing the world can throw at us, no matter how fearsome or frightening, no matter how intimidating or frustrating, can separate us from the power of God’s love revealed in the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. It is in this love that we TRUST. Fear has no power over His love and so we hear again the words of Jesus: “Be Not Afraid.”