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If we really do want to keep Advent as it is meant to be kept, we certainly can by making good use of all the Church offers.

The saints in heaven and the holy souls in purgatory pray for us here on earth and they are anxious for each of us to join them in eternal happiness.

To pray the rosary is to unite ourselves to Our Blessed Mother in a spiritual way, just as Our Lord Himself was united to Her in both a physical and spiritual way during the course of His earthly life.

We should never take our faith for granted, just because our routine returned to normal.

After 108 years, the boundaries of both dioceses have been officially altered by the Holy See.

This month brings about the Feast of St. Barnabas and the priestly ordination of two men for the diocese.

We can ask ourselves if the Blessed Mother is important to me as a Catholic and, if so, how important is she.

Our prayers and financial assistance continue to give them great consolation and hope to our brother and sister Christians in the Holy Land.

We simply need to live better the virtue of hope and Lent’s holy discipline helps us do so with a firmer faith and a more willing charity.

Make just one resolution which we can keep if we choose and that is to pray that the Lord Jesus helps us to be more like Him.

Let us take on the mind and heart of our Church in a more intentional, direct and intense way.

Celebrate the two beautiful feasts of our Church year in November.

To respect and protect human life, we must first give love and respect to the Author of all human life.

The Church celebrates liturgically many beautiful feasts in September.

This month of August offers us some very beautiful feasts which we celebrate annually and I would like to review just three of these feasts.

There are a few things that do not and should not change in our daily lives simply because the summer season has arrived.

The specialness of this month has nothing to do with material things, but everything to do with a special custom and devotion of Our Blessed Mother.

Continue your good works and our lives of sacrifices and penances past the glorious season of Lent.

The Church encourages us to do what Jesus Himself did in anticipation of His public ministry which would lead Him to His saving passion, death and resurrection.

Promoting and strengthening true marriage must continue to be our priority in this Diocese.