Beloved, we are all sinners in need of God’s grace and forgiveness. Lent is a time to return to the Lord with all our hearts. It is that privileged moment of grace St. Paul envisaged, in our Second Reading (2Cor 5:20-6:2), saying, “In an acceptable time I heard you, and on the day of salvation I …
“Sacramental Reconciliation and Healing: ‘Go, show yourself to the priest.’” Beloved, God is our ultimate healer; but God uses His appointed human instruments – priests – as agents of reconciliation and to welcome reconciled sinners into the faith community. At the time of Moses, leprosy was a disease with dire consequences; worse than Ebola or COVID 19. Victims were …
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We celebrate the Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin, and share this message, “Called to a deeper Consecration to God in purity of heart.” Beloved, St. Scholastica lived in the 5th and 6th century life of the Church. She was the twin sister of St. Benedict, Abbot and founder of the Order of St. Benedict (the Benedictines); while Scholastica …
