The readings this Sunday invite us to be open to the many ways the Lord can draw us to himself, and also to the ways that he may be calling us to help him in drawing others to himself.
Let us dream together for a day when peace based on economic and environmental justice prevails in Myanmar, the day when all the refugees, internally displaced people will return home as full citizens.
Holy Family feast is the central theme of our faith Journey. It started with the Trinity. Our God lives in a family. Three persons sharing equally, not competing. Trinity is a symbol of family.
Where is the child wrapped in swaddling clothes? Where is his mother Mary and his father Joseph? Where are the shepherds who hear the ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’?
When homeschool fathers need inspiration, ask for St. Thomas More’s help, to be like him, “God’s good servant”, offering love and sacrifice for our family.
The faithful need clarity, consistency and conviction. There is a time for silence, but speaking up at this point is pertinent, important and urgent to end the confusion.
Is there any affliction now endured by mankind that was not endured by our fathers before us? What sufferings of ours even bear comparison with what we know of their sufferings?
Mary the maiden from Nazareth was raised to the pinnacle of glory today. The human family joins her in her blessings. She is celebrated by the great English poet as “our tainted nature’s solitary boast.”
Today is August 9, a dark date in the history of mankind. The date when human history changed forever. The date when man’s evil surpassed the evil of Lucifer.
