“Brothers and sisters, I invite you to join me in praying for those affected by armed conflicts in various parts of the world,” Pope Leo XIV stated. “I think in particular of Myanmar, and I urge the international community not to forget the Burmese people and to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance.”
We are all stewards, not owners, of the gifts God has given us: our time, our talents, our treasure, and the Gospel itself.
From our first breath to our last, and for all eternity, we are oriented toward another. Our life is a relationship.
Discipleship is not a passive following; it is a deliberate choice to carry our cross, a conscious embracing of the sacrifices required.
The Kingdom of God as a magnificent banquet to which all are invited, and our Christian life as the living, breathing response to that invitation.
Love is given freely, not for reward, but in imitation of our generous God.
The Church, in her maternal wisdom, does not leave us to grieve as those who have no hope. Instead, she draws back the curtain of eternity and bathes our sorrow in the radiant light of God’s promises.
Today, we do not merely remember the saints; we celebrate our shared vocation to join them, for the path to holiness is nothing less than the path to our true and eternal home.
Today, the Word of God reveals that the ultimate fulfillment of the law is not found in rigid observance, but in a love that is willing to suffer and to heal.
His Eminence Charles Cardinal Bo shared a personal childhood memory of offering his weekly allowance to the church donation box while praying to one day become a priest. “Looking back, I have received far more blessings than I had ever asked for,” the Cardinal reflected.
