All through the weeks preceding the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday, the Church puts before our eyes the meaning of true wisdom and the vanity of the things of the world. This preparation is a precious gift and like a timed alarm signaling the coming of the holy...
“No one is shut out from this joy,” Pope St Leo the Great reminds us in the 2nd lesson of the Office of Readings. “Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life… finding no man free from sin, [He] came to free us all.” This is the ultimate gift, the reason for...
Come, follow me. “Hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” [i] In the last weeks of this year, we have heard the story of the conversion of Zacchaeus and other tax collectors again and again. The message is clear: Repent and return. Jesus is...
November 11, 2022 | Part 1 of 3 I do not think any event in this world could make me feel so much. I have cried heartily and implored God to comfort you. I know He will. This has not been done in anger. Some joyful circumstances will soon prove that God is watching...
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). For patients of Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, we have most adult vaccinations available to meet you vaccination needs. If we do not have a needed vaccine available, we can direct you to an appropriate...
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.”[i] These words of Mary’s Magnificat, chosen for the Gospel reading for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, highlight the mystery of...
June is the month in which we celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. It is an invitation to drink deeply of the mystery of Divine love made accessible to us through the Son, by his taking on our very humanity. It is a celebration of Divine love. Closely...
“Truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit,” [i] spoke Jesus to Nicodemus. St. John the Evangelist recounts the events of that conversation for us to learn of the power of baptism into Jesus, so that by the power of...
Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with you, spoke the angel. Our Lady gives her consent, and the Word is made flesh in her. She is preserved from the stain of sin because Jesus was to take His human nature from her. She is the “first fruit” of His redemptive act. ...
Calling on all the shrines of Our Lady of Fatima around the world, Father Andrzej Draws, rector of the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima in Krisovychi (western Ukraine), encouraged prayer on March 13, 2022 for the conversion of Russia.[i] In solidarity...