In this time of Easter

I hope that you and your loved ones and families had a blessed Easter. I shared Easter here with my family and it was a beautiful time.

Holy Week and the Supreme Court

We are preparing to enter into the most sacred days in the Church’s calendar — Holy Week, the week of our salvation.

Stopping the Christian ‘genocide’

The story of Christianity is written in the blood of martyrs.

It is always striking to me that on the day after the joyous feast of Christmas, the Church’s liturgy remembers the first martyr, the deacon St. Stephen. And nearly every week throughout the year, our liturgy remembers the witness of someone who has shed his blood or her blood for following Jesus.

Where God’s desire meets our own

I was inspired to see so many of you at our Religious Education Congress this weekend.

Reflections on Pope Francis in Juárez

Last week, I had the privilege to cross over the border into Mexico and concelebrate Mass with our Holy Father Pope Francis in Ciudad Juárez.

Seeking the face of God in the Scriptures

Prayer is seeking the face of God.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church recalls the story of how St. John Vianney once found a peasant praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament. The saint asked him what he was doing, and the man replied: “I look at him and he looks at me.”

UN TIEMPO PARA ORAR

La Cuaresma llegará pronto este año. Estamos ya a tan sólo una semana del Miércoles de Ceniza, que será el 10 de febrero.

Archbishop Gomez: social justice needs a pro-life foundation

Efforts to combat social injustice cannot forget that the right to life is foundational, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said at a Hispanic pro-life gathering last week.

Time to pray

Lent comes early this year. Ash Wednesday is less than a week away, Feb. 10.