During this month of May, let us try to rediscover the power of the rosary.
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No longer servants, but friends
We can be friends with the living God! All we need to do is accept his request. Jesus is inviting us to be his follower and friend. He is inviting us to share in his holiness, in his divine nature. He is calling us to be like him here on earth so that we will see our Father’s face in heaven.
Continue readingContinual reform
There is growing awareness that we are living in a time of reform and renewal in the Catholic Church.
Continue readingBorn for greater things: From the ‘crisis of man’ toward a new Christian humanism
By Archbishop José H. Gomez (The following is adapted from Archbishop José H. Gomez’s “Hispanic Innovators of the Faith” lecture at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6.) My friends, I am honored to deliver this […]
Continue readingListen to Mary, and ‘Do whatever he tells you’
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “Start by doing what is necessary; then what’s possible; and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.” — St. Francis of Assisi. “In the beginning” are the very first words of both Genesis and John’s Gospel. […]
Continue readingThis is no ordinary family
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor Today’s Gospel passage is the only one that deals with Jesus just as he is about to begin his teenage years. It reveals a typical family with typical problems. It appears at first that […]
Continue readingAdvent opens our eyes to the mystery of incarnation
We, as the followers of Jesus Christ, are welcomed into a reflection of the hope and dream of salvation. The past dream remembered and proclaimed at Christmas is the dream realized and celebrated by us.
Continue readingGod and only God
As we move forward in our spiritual journey, sometimes God takes away things that we rely on. It is hard in these moments. But everything in God’s creation happens for a reason, and God’s plan is always a plan of love for us.
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