It is an exciting moment to be a believer and a follower of Jesus, a time when the Spirit is once again planting holiness in America.
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‘God’s love is the reason for your priesthood’
Now he has chosen you. And he addresses these words to you. Tenderly he tells you: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.”
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Jesus has ‘marching orders’ for new L.A. priests
For our brothers who are preparing to be priests, these are “marching orders.”
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‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the importance of human dignity
It is an important restatement of the Catholic vision for the human person, and it comes at a time when there is widespread confusion about where human dignity and rights come from, and even what it means to be human.
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In Lourdes, getting to Jesus through Mary
We go to Jesus through Mary because Jesus came to us through Mary.
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Remember what the sign of the cross is for
And Easter is a good time for us to renew our practice of this ancient prayer.
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The encounter with Easter
Jesus calls us now too, to go out and tell others the truth of his resurrection, the truth of his love.
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Our God is called love, and that’s how we can serve others
And our God so loved the world that he sent his only Son to share in our humanity, and in the reality of our everyday lives.
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In a difficult world, we can still proclaim Jesus
Our faith is a friendship with this Jesus who now, risen from the dead, lives with us and walks with us on our journey. This Jesus who is the way, and the truth, and the life.
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For this early Lent, be converted and ‘go further’
This is what our life is meant for. We are here to be changed, to be transformed, to be converted.
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