A word from Pope Francis ~ “The Lord asks us from his cross to rediscover the life that awaits us, to look towards those who look to us, to strengthen, recognize and foster the grace that lives within us.” Welcome to the great celebration of Easter 2021!  Even though it … [Read more...]

A word from Pope Francis ~ “Life is a journey.  When we stop, things don’t go right.” As we observe the Fifth Sunday of Lent this weekend, we enter into the third and final part of the season.  To help us see the bigger picture, I’d like to spend some time … [Read more...]

A word from Pope Francis ~ “We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.”  It doesn’t seem possible that we are already observing the Fourth Sunday of Lent today.  We are now … [Read more...]

A word from Pope Francis ~ “Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.” On this first Sunday of March, we celebrate the Third Sunday of … [Read more...]

A word from Saint Pope John Paul II ~ “During Lent, we prepare to relive the Paschal Mystery, which sheds the light of hope upon the whole of our existence, even its most complex and painful aspects.” Today we mark the Second Sunday of Lent. Our Gospel reading this weekend … [Read more...]

A word from Pope Francis ~  “Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us.” Even though it came during the COVID-19 pandemic, this past Wednesday, the entire Church throughout the world entered into the holy season … [Read more...]