I.  Day of Fasting and Prayer for the legal protection of unborn children. Since January 22, 1973, with the Supreme Court decision, Roe versus Wade, making abortion legal in the United States, there have been millions of lives lost by the sin of abortion. In the Mass for Peace and Justice, we pray that all governments, especially…

I.  Encountering Jesus in the Stranger: “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ, who identifies with the welcomed and rejected strangers of every age (Matthew 25:35-43).  The Lord entrusts to the Church’s motherly love every person forced to leave their homeland in search of a better…

The Work of Christmas When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princes are home, With the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release…

Peace on Earth! I.  Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is celebrated on January 1st. One of the most outstanding characteristics of Mary is her willingness to know and do God’s will. She reflected and meditated on events that happened. In our busy lives today, we often overlook reflection, meditation, prayer. Our Mass…

I.  The Mystery of the Incarnation: God sending His only begotten Son to us as a baby, born of Mary; God taking on our humanity so that we can share His divinity. Jesus born 2000+ years ago in Bethlehem, Jesus will come in glory at the end of time, Jesus with us now as Emmanuel,…

I.  Advent Communal Reconciliation Service:  St. Paul was one of those people whose life was transformed. “In him who is my strength, I have the strength for everything” (Philippians 4:13). The good news of the gospel is that none of us needs to stay where we are. The blackest sin can be forgiven. The most twisted…

I.  Light the Second Candle of Advent! Not all prophets wear camel skins and eat locusts! There are prophets among us right now who proclaim in their ministries, in their compassion, in their kindness, in their courageous commitment to what is right, that Jesus the Messiah has come. At baptism each of us is anointed…