Editor & Spiritual Director
My brothers and sisters, let us always participate prayerfully and actively in the celebration of the Eucharist because true and authentic participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, identifies us with Jesus’s Heart, sustains our strength along the pilgrimage of this life, makes us long for eternal life, and unites us even now to the Church in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the saints.
So my brothers and sisters in Christ, let us love God more dearly and exemplify our love for Him in our love for our neighbor.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us understand and appreciate the importance and power of prayer as taught us in today’s gospel reading by always communicating with God with respect and devotion; with a spirit of perseverance, with humility, and with total resignation to God’s will.