CHRIST IS RISEN!! ALLELUIA!! God invites us to not look at ourselves and sins because HE has conquered our death, so that we may live!
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PLEASE READ THE LETTER BELOW FROM OUR PASTOR!!
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today I went out to pick up some things for the Easter Celebration and I was passing through the streets of Kensington. As I was on my way, I was so impressed when I saw on four different occasions in less than three blocks, how people were injecting themselves. But what impressed me the most was seeing how they helped each other to inject themselves into different parts of the body. It has been a long time since I contemplated the depth of human suffering, but seeing them in that reality of addiction moved me a lot. Many times one is moved when one sees human suffering, in fact that has happened to me many times. As you know I am from Colombia, a country that has many good things, but also a lot of suffering due to the civil war and drugs. I have seen the suffering firsthand, but today was different. I was so moved that I almost cried when I saw my helplessness in the face of such suffering and contemplating what they did and seeing how they are immersed in such slavery. I thought to myself, how come I’m not there, and they are? The only answer was, the choice that God has made with me, one day God chose me, rescued me, gave me the grace of the Christian life and now gave me a ministry. God is the only one who can help them. He has been the only one who has truly seen the human suffering. During this Easter time, the parish will be carrying out a mission of Evangelization in the streets of Kensington, in Blessed Sarnelli house, which has opened the doors to us for this great grace. At first, I saw it as something good to do, but seeing that suffering, I realized that it is something necessary. Saint Paul says “Woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.” Who announces the gospel to these people? There are many who help and feed them, but who announces to them the Risen Jesus Christ who can take them out of the slavery of death and sin?! We are called to announce this new life that has been given to us in Christ. I encourage all of you to participate with all your effort, or at least pray for this mission so that the Lord touches their hearts, or at least one! That with one who is healed by Christ, we will save a generation. I encourage everyone and I hope you can join us.
Happy Easter!! Christ is Risen!
Fr. Freddy Londoño
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Saint Michael’s parish has been a fundamental part of Fishtown/Northern Liberties since 1831. We continue creating a Community of Love, Faith and Charity, where the gospel of Christ is proclaimed to everyone following His command: “Go and make disciples of all nations,” relying on his Grace to become one in Him.
Letter from Fr. Freddy
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I wish you all a happy new year and many blessings from the Lord.
I am very happy and I give thanks to God to be with you and to be able to serve you. We are entering a new time, not so much because it is the beginning of the year, but because the Lord is putting a very great mission before us. Everything the Lord has allowed us to do has been for his glory, and there is still a lot to do. As we see, this neighborhood is changing a lot and new people are moving here. This is very good, however, many of these people do not know God or do not want to know about God, which is even more painful. Therefore, they must know that the Love of God will help them in their sufferings. Everyone passes through struggles and difficulties and in some way, they seek to alleviate them but in temporary things. In the end, the problem is still there. We desire that everyone encounters Jesus Christ or at least sees a Christian who announces Christ to them. Jesus Christ is the only one who can help them in any situation they find themselves in because ultimately the problem is in the soul of people. Today’s society wants to hide this soul by making people think that they do not have it, that they are not eternal, that they are not created for love but to live only on this earth without any hope. Therefore, the participation of everyone in this community is important. God sends you to go and announce the Love of God without fear to those around you.
My hope is that St. Michael’s Parish will be an icon for Fishtown and the surrounding areas of Philadelphia. This website is to gradually reach others who do not know our community and can benefit from it.
Finally, know that God loves you a lot and has chosen you who are reading this message, to announce his love.
In Christ,
Fr. Freddy
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