Blog - June 2023

June 25, 2023: "It is not easy to live our faith in our society. We face a lot of pressures to compromise our conscience, pressures to accept things that are contrary to the Gospel, contrary to the dignity of the human person."

June 25, 2023: "The prophet Jeremiah was sent by God to speak the truth to the people of his day. But he was forced to suffer, he was persecuted, humiliated, and lied about, as we heard. But Jeremiah understands that God is at his side. We can say that God “has his back,” even when he is suffering. So the prophet understands that the persecution he is going through is a trial, a test of his faithfulness."

June 18, 2023: "This is the beautiful truth of our lives: Jesus loves us such much that he is willing to live for us, to die for us, and to rise and walk with us. Now Jesus calls each one of us to follow him, and to walk with him on the journey of our life, and to serve him wherever we are, wherever he leads us."

June 16, 2023: "The Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was pierced by a Roman soldier, as our Lord hung on the Cross, is the most perfect sign of God’s love for each and every one of us. Out of his pierced heart flows the living waters that make us clean, the Precious Blood that redeems us from our sins, and sets us free."

June 10, 2023: "The deacon’s mission is the service of love. So brothers, be servants of love. Serve the Lord and serve God’s people; serve with sacrifice and without fear; serve without expecting gratitude or anything else in return. This is how Jesus served. And this is how you are called to serve."

June 3, 2023: "God gives us priests to accompany and guide us on our path of following Jesus. As we know, our priests are with us at every stage in our lives, bringing us the love of God and helping us to grow in holiness and in our service to God’s kingdom."