Dear sisters and brothers,

There were two men shipwrecked on an island. The minute they got to the island, one of them started screaming and yelling, ‘We're going to die! We're going to die! There's no food! NO water! We're going to die!"

The second man, in a quite relaxed manner, propped himself up against a palm tree. He was acting so calmly, it drove the first man crazy. He began to shout, ‘Don't you understand? We're going to die!"

The second man replied, "You don't understand. I make $100,000 a week."

The first man looked at him quite dumbfounded and asked, "What difference does that make? We're on an island with no food and no water. We're going to DIE!"

The second man, with great serenity, answered, "You just don't get it. I make $100,000 a week, and I tithe 10 percent of the $100,000 to the church. I have no worry whatsoever. My pastor will find me!"

Jokes aside, the letter “T” of CHRIST - our discipleship path that we shall discuss this weekend stands for “Tithing”. We notice that when it comes to giving some people stop at nothing.

If you’d like to learn what giving to God through your church does for you and others around you, we invite you to come to church this weekend.

Isn’t it amazing that God counts on us to continue his mission on earth and invites us to be a stand in for his Son? See you in church this weekend.

With prayerful wishes and blessings,
Fr. William Rosario
Pastor