“Padre Pio prayed not only with words, but with his whole heart,” Archbishop Marco Tin Win stated. “Despite the many restrictions placed on him during his life… he remained steadfast, bearing every physical, mental, and spiritual suffering in union with Christ.”
Our Lady of Mercy, the Mother of God, invites us to contemplate the profound, unmerited gift of Divine Mercy and our own call to become instruments of that very same mercy in a wounded world.
The community of Ywegone Parish in Pathein Diocese in Myanmar rejoiced in God’s enduring presence for over 175 years and recommitted to being stewards of a faith that has sustained them through generations, ensuring its vitality for the future.
“Mary is the mother of Jesus, yet she never takes pride in her Son. She never boasted about her Son in front of others,” Fr. Camillus stated, drawing from Gospel passages.
Jesus declares, “No one who lights a lamp hides it away… but places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.” The light is Christ Himself.
The Lord is not encouraging fraud. He is giving us a profound spiritual principle: use the temporary, unreliable wealth of this world (“mammon”) for eternal purposes.