As I compose this column, I am also looking over the parish calendar for January, 2015 which had to be finalized and put in the bulletin the weekend of  December 28.  As always, there are plenty of activities going on in the parish which I hope more of you will consider participating in.  First, the  calendar doesn't (and couldn't) list all the hours when people are coming to be with Jesus in prayer and reflection in our Perpetual Eucharistic Chapel.  The prayers that are going on there and the growing relationship with the Lord that is fostered there, is the strong spiritual backbone of everything else that we offer here (after, of course, the celebration of the Mass).  Then we have social gatherings like the Crock Pot Supper and Movie Night on January 9; the Dinner/Theater Playhouse on January 23; a Knights of Columbus delicious breakfast on January 18; and, of course, every Wednesday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Upper Hall, we offer Spades and other games along with some goodies to eat.  (If you want to see me in my most relaxed mood, come join us for Spades).  In addition, our Social Justice and Charitable Outreach Commission meets on Wednesday, January 28, at 9:45 a.m. in one of our classrooms and welcomes any parishioner to join us in our efforts to help those in need as well as promote, especially babies in the womb of their mothers.  The March For Life happens in Little Rock on January 18 at 2:00 p.m. by the state capitol (and once again, we have a free ride on a nice bus for anyone who wants to go).  I'm going to run out of room here, so please take the time this month and every month to read the calendar, and ask the Lord to inspire you to participate in these wonderful opportunites to get involved and get to know the Lord and others better, and in most cases, do the work of the Lord for the benefit of others.