Bishop Nicholas A. Gallagher Council 8482 9623 Zaka Road, Houston, TX 77064 713-937-1376 www.kofc8482.org March 2019 Council Officers KNIGHTBEATKNIGHTBEAT Chaplain Rev. John Keller 281-469-2686 st rd Meetings 1 and 3 Wednesday at 7:00 pm—Zaka Road Hall—9623 Zaka Road
[email protected] Grand Knight Dave Lewis (DeAnn) Lenten Message by SK Deacon Bill Barnes 713-628-8558 You may have noticed the new message on the bill-
[email protected] boards at church. It is a quotation from the gospels where Deputy Grand Knight Merv Albert (Mary Jane) Jesus asks “Who do you say that I am?” That is the theme 713-899-1513 we as a parish are reflecting on this year.
[email protected] This is an excellent question that Jesus asks and one Chancellor that deserves our contemplation. Each of us needs to ask Brian Gray (Julie) ourselves, who do I say that Jesus is? 832-767-9465
[email protected] We can all come up with answers that are versions of Jesus is our Lord and Financial Secretary Savior, Jesus is our God, Jesus is the Word made flesh. But it is not our answer Larry Hogan (Barbara) in words that matters as much as how to we answer that question with our lives. 281-772-8958 There is an old saying, show me your friends and I will show you who you
[email protected] are. Our actions, even more than our words speak to the reality of our be- Treasurer Hugh McCrea (Theresa) lief. Are we living a life that is founded on and guided by Jesus Christ? Are we 281-370-0023 loving God above all and loving our neighbor as ourself? One way to judge if
[email protected] we are, is are we filled with the joy and peace that comes with a genuine rela- Recorder tionship with the Lord? Chuck Stancil (Terri) Given what is going on within the Catholic Church right now, it is im- 281-433-3461 portant for us to recall that one of the responses to Jesus’ question is that Jesus is
[email protected] Warden the head of the church, that mystical body that each one of us, through our bap- Eugene “Smitty” Schmidt (Paula) tism, are very much a part of.