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.
Continue readingRemember what the sign of the cross is for
And Easter is a good time for us to renew our practice of this ancient prayer.
Continue readingThe encounter with Easter
Jesus calls us now too, to go out and tell others the truth of his resurrection, the truth of his love.
Continue readingOur 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.
Continue readingIn 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.
Continue readingFor Black Catholic history, holiness is God’s response to injustice
So let us honor the proud legacy of our Black Catholic ancestors by continuing their work of building Christ’s kingdom in America.
Continue readingFor 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.
Continue readingOneLife LA — 10 years on
By Archbishop José H. Gomez | New World of Faith Ten years ago, we founded OneLife LA with the hope of starting a new conversation and encouraging a new way of thinking about the right to life and the cause of human […]
Continue readingMission means preaching by example
But our Christian faith is not something we do, it is who we are. To be a Christian is to be a missionary.
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