Council 13360 - District Deputy Dan Gibbons Newsletter Article - Feb 2018
- Fri, Feb 23, 2018 3:30 AM
Posted For: Council #13360
A friend of mine, when describing the busyness and unpredictability of her family uses the phrase "Life is just messy". I'd like to extend that even further and state "The world is messy". Everywhere we look, it seems society is spiraling out of control. However we know who is in control, and God allows evil and wickedness to happen to achieve a greater good.
Through history we can see where evil was confronted by ordinary men and the world was changed. Two thousand years ago 12 men responded to the call, and turned the world upside down. And now it is our turn. We, as knights are called to do our part in changing the world. How do we do this? By living virtuous lives. Being men of courage and honor. Loving our wives and children to show them their lives matter, that their decisions and actions matter. Reaching out to those around us with love; the downtrodden, our relatives, our friends, and even our enemies. They all were created by God and we need to bring his love to them.
We need to look at service as a good thing. Especially if it is the mundane thing like setting up tables and chairs for the church, cleaning up the scattered paper left in the pews after Mass, or allowing the car next to you to pull in front as you leave the parking lot. This is humbling work, but that is what makes it great. To be humble doesn't mean to be weak. It means to truly know your self as a child of Christ - there is nothing greater than that.
I have been able to make almost all the council meetings since becoming the District Deputy and can honestly say that I am changed after each meeting. I see good men striving to do the right thing. Taking time out of their day to sit down with other men of faith and share their lives. God is at work in all of us!
Together we can change the world. We need to give each man in our parishes, young and old, the opportunity to be a Knight of Columbus. Keep up the great work, and let's pray for each other.
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi
--
Dan Gibbons
District Deputy