A mini-retreat on the "Sacraments of Healing" http://www.diocesemontreal.org/accueil/langues/sacraments/reconciliation.htm was sponsored by the Parish Education Office of which I am the director. Following each event, especially events for adults, I always wonder about it's sucess?
How do I determine sucess? Is it determined by the number of attendees? Is it determined by the quality of the content? Is it determined by the feed-back?
The Lord himself tells the story where the Father invites and nobody shows up so he sends his servants out to invite....
In our society the more people attend an event or the more items that are sold seem to be the only measure of sucess. When a new movie is released it is the number of people who attend the movie within a few days of it's release that's what determine sucess.
But, in my world - the world of pastoral ministry - I cannot measure sucess in this manner. In fact I probably can't even determine sucess since I don't know what God has planted in the heart of people and when and how it might bloom.... I have to keep in mind that as a person I am not in charge of results - Nope, God's in charge and all that I am is an instrument - a worker in his wineyard.... May all workers in God's vineyard be filled with the passion of sharing God's Love to all who come knocking!
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