In speaking of His Body as the Temple that will be raised up, Our Lord shows the incredible impact His Resurrection on our salvation in seeing the glory and the identity of three different bodies: our own body, the Body of Christ the Church, and His Eucharistic Body.

Trusting in God’s merciful plan always provides blessings to those who are faithful. Even when we cannot see what God’s plan is or how it could possibly work out, we are called to trust, and God will provide.

We see that Jesus’ Sacrifice on the Cross is the ultimate offering for sin by which evil is defeated and we are raised to new life, His own resurrected life. Without this Sacrifice, there would be no Resurrection. Without this Sacrifice, there would be no salvation for us.

At the very core of Lent is the Paschal Mystery – the Passion Death and Resurrection of Jesus. All we do during Lent is to help us enter more deeply into this Mystery. It is all about dying to our self and living in Christ. 

On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, a band of men and women in our diocese will consecrate themselves to Jesus and Mary and put themselves at the disposal of this Divine Son and His Blessed Mother, for the renewal of the Church and the evangelization of the world.

Every time we come to Mass, the Lord in the Flesh is presented in the temple! During this time of Eucharistic Revival, our eyes, our ears and our hearts must be opened to His entrance, to His Eucharistic Presence at Mass!

My dear brothers and sisters, pray and fast for the end of abortion, for unborn children, for the support of expectant mothers, and for the strengthening and the revitalization of family life.

The Savior enters into fallen creation, sent by God the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit, through this woman who was untouched by sin and who is perfectly docile to and united to God’s Will.

At this time of year when we look upon nativity scenes in our parish churches or at home, let us remember the tremendous love that St. Francis had for the Divine Infant of Bethlehem as he assembled the first Nativity scene.

To be Guadalupanos means to be sent on mission by Our Lady, just as St. Juan Diego was. She sent him to proclaim the truth of her Son, His Gospel, and His Church.

The Almighty and All-Holy One came to dwell in the sinless one, the Immaculate Virgin Mary. She is not simply a vehicle for Him to come. Rather, Our Lady is a woman who freely accepts the mission given to her by the Archangel Gabriel.

Advent is a perfect time to reach out to the poor, the lonely, the anxious and depressed, those who mourn, the sick, the shut-ins, the imprisoned, and those who suffer in any way. It is a time to pray for peace throughout the world and to support in charity those who are suffering because of war.

At Mass we have the opportunity to be united with the sacrifice of thanksgiving offered by Jesus to the Father. By this sacrifice celebrated as the Paschal Banquet of the Lamb, we are liberated from sin and saved from eternal death.

When we approach Him in prayer, in a certain manner, we are united with the entire Mystical Body of Christ the Church. With those who lived years before us, we have a real union, a relationship of grace. The many people who came to venerate the relic of St. Jude knew that by faith.

Our pilgrimage on earth is the preparation of coming to be in communion with God and one another in eternal bliss. It is to behold God face to face forever. That is what our life is all about.

In these days of darkness and evil, we must implore the Mother whose Heart is so filled with compassion for those who suffer. With confidence, we turn to her and ask her to place her mantle over the land where she and her Son lived.

Our Lady’s Shrine at Lourdes is an amazing place. It seems that for pilgrims who come to Lourdes, every step of their pilgrim way provides an occasion of grace, an occasion to grow closer to Jesus through His Most Holy Mother.

The Rosary is very dear to Our Lady, because by its recitation we are brought by her intercession deeper and deeper into the mystery of Christ her Son.

The Ulma family were considered martyrs who were killed because of their deep-seated Christian convictions about coming to the aid of those in danger. They were deeply devout Catholics who lived their Faith to the full, even to the point of laying down their lives for others.

October, Respect Life Month, is just around the corner. It is a month when we remember the tremendous gift of life that we receive from the hands of God our Creator and Father.