On this Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, the great missionary who crossed oceans to bring the Gospel to new worlds, the Church presents us with a stunning vision of God’s plan: a universal banquet of salvation, prepared by the Lord’s own hand and offered to all peoples.
I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned, you have revealed them to the childlike.
"Today, people suffer not only from lack of food and drink," Bishop John Mung Ngawn La Sam said. "They are thirsty for love. Everywhere in our country, war brings fear, worry, and hopelessness."
The Great Pilgrimage of Hope concluded on November 30 with a powerful charge from Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, who called the delegates to become daily “artisans of peace” across the continent.
The Scriptures today shake us from spiritual slumber, presenting a stunning vision of our destiny, a sobering diagnosis of our present, and a clear path forward in vigilant hope.
In a world of constant change and uncertainty, the Word of God today offers us an anchor for the soul—a vision of a reality that alone endures forever.
The word of God reveals that our faithful God is both our deliverer in the present trials and our certain hope in the final cataclysm. He is the one who shuts the lions’ mouths for Daniel and commands us to “stand erect and raise our heads” when the cosmos itself seems to collapse.