School picture day is this week. One photographer told me that it really isn’t a good idea to say “cheese” when you have your picture taken. That’s because when you say “cheese” your jaw tends to clench and you won’t have a natural smile. So, I’ll just think about cheese instead.
 
Think about all the yearbooks you have been in – from the beginning of your schooling and maybe beyond (I have been in more school yearbooks as a priest than I was as a student). Now those yearbooks are lying in boxes in closets or in drawers tucked away – but one day somebody will dig out that yearbook, flip through it, and see your picture. What are the emotions that people will feel when they see your picture from all those years ago? 

Dr. Seuss once said, “Every day I should behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.” God has charged our actions to have eternal consequences. The choices we make today send ripples forth. 

These are difficult days and there is much that causes our hearts, spirits, and smiles to clench. Let the Holy Spirit into those places, to help you to let go where you are clenched – so that for days long to come people will remember you as someone with inner strength who sowed the love, faith, hope, and joy of God at a time when it was sorely needed. 

Fr. Dennis Zehren
Pastor

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