Our knowledge of Christ must not be intellectual nor be based on mere faith and conviction in our heart but demonstrably sincere love for people without exception, just as Christ did to give us an example to emulate.
Go to: https://www.usccb.org/events/2021/poverty-awareness-month-begins During Poverty Awareness Month, join the U.S. Bishops, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and the Catholic community in the United States in taking up Pope Francis' challenge to live in solidarity with the poor! In addition to the calendar, longer daily reflections are also available. All of these resources are also en Español. You can sign up to have the daily reflections emailed to you during Poverty Awareness Month!
On the feast of the Holy Innocents, it is profound that we pray for parish families and families worldwide who have painfully suffered miscarriages and lost the babies they were looking forward to receiving into this beautiful world.
The feast of the holy family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, which we celebrate today, teaches us to hold on to the gifts of God to us: our families and faith. God gives us our families, but he also gives us faith and the faith community to adequately enrich us to take care of the family because of our faith values.
The feast of the holy family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, which we celebrate today, teaches us to hold on to the gifts of God to us: our families and faith. God gives us our families, but he also gives us faith and the faith community to adequately enrich us to take care of the family because of our faith values.
It is almost surreal to think that a day after Christmas, the liturgy celebrates the feast of St. Stephen as the first Christian martyr. Yet, this year's Christmas not only confirms this long-standing celebration that portrays the relationship of Christmas to the mission of Christ and our lives as disciples, but it also raises our hope and endurance for life exigencies.
Christmas does not only celebrate, but also invites us to accept a reality; the truth is that "GOD SO LOVED YOU AND ME THAT HE SHARES THE GIFT OF HIS SON WITH US."
Christmas does not only celebrate, but also invites us to accept a reality; the truth is that "GOD SO LOVED YOU AND ME THAT HE SHARES THE GIFT OF HIS SON WITH US."
It is the day before Christmas Eve. And as we get ready to welcome Jesus into our personal and collective life-world, we can reflect on the first reading and take the responsibility therein to become the messengers of God for our time.
Mary's spontaneous hymn of praise to God, which is known as The Magnificat, is repeated to us today. The song, which followed Elizabeth's confirmation of the angel's word, was chanted without rehearsal or planning, from her believing and loving heart towards God; it offers a model of Christian life of prayer intended to glorify God.
Friends: Today's gospel relates the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. When Mary learned about her cousin Elizabeth's conception of John, she was driven by joy at the news and made a quick visit to her.
God doesn't follow our time. The promise He made to David came to pass after David's dynasty was long destroyed without any trace. God doesn’t quit his promises.
God doesn't follow our time. The promise He made to David came to pass after David's dynasty was long destroyed without any trace. God doesn’t quit his promises.
Last week, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis issued his latest apostolic letter, Patris corde ("With a Father's Heart"), during which he declared a special "Year of St. Joseph," starting December 8, 2020, through 2021.
Genealogy was more a Jewish phenomenon; one couldn't be Jewish without tracing his or her ancestry to the patriarchs. In his account, Matthew's Jewish pride comes to bear in tracing Jesus' Jewish ancestry from Abraham to Joseph. Unlike Matthew, Luke’s narrative starts from Joseph to Adam. By linking Jesus to Joseph, who was a foster father, and Adam, Luke establishes Jesus’ universal ancestry across the generations of humanity.
Jesus said to John's disciples who came to see him on his behalf, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear... the poor have the good news proclaimed to them." But what do these words mean to Christians today?
Jesus said to John's disciples who came to see him on his behalf, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear... the poor have the good news proclaimed to them." But what do these words mean to Christians today?