My Dear Friends: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) We all come to Mass because we have this question. We all long and hunger for the transcendent, for something greater than ourselves. We want what the young man in the gospel wants: we want immortality, and thankfully, the young man has …
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The Archdiocese of Miami Respect Life Ministry provides direct services through our three Pregnancy Help Center locations. As a ministry of the Church, the Pregnancy Help Centers provide confidential and nonjudgemental life-affirming services to abortion-vulnerable families regardless of the client’s race, ethnicity, religion, marital or legal status. Whether or someone you know is pregnant, or …
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It’s common but often unspoken – to grieve the loss of a child by abortion. It may seem that nothing can fill the emptiness of one’s heart. Be assured that there is forgiveness, hope and healing. Many women and men have participated in diocesan Project Rachel Ministries and been transformed by God’s merciful love. Project Rachel …
Mis queridos amigos, En el Antiguo Testamento, hacia el final del Libro de Deuteronomio, Moisés está llegando al final de su vida y está preparando al pueblo de Israel para entrar en la Tierra Prometida. Está suplicando al pueblo que ha guiado durante 40 años a través del desierto que sigan los preceptos del Señor …
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My Dear Friends: In the Old Testament towards the end of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses is coming to the end of his life and is preparing the people of Israel to enter the Promised Land. He is pleading with the people he has led for 40 years through the desert to follow the precepts …
Mis queridos amigos, Esta próxima semana celebramos la fiesta de nuestra patrona, Santa Teresita del Niño Jesus, la Pequeña Flor. Sigo descubriendo tanta sabiduría cada vez que abro su “Historia de un alma”, tanta brillantez espiritual en una mujer tan joven, y con tanta visión de cómo convertirse en una santa. Hace unos días, estaba …
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My Dear Friends: This coming week we celebrate the feast of our patroness, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. There is so much wisdom that I keep discovering every time I open up her “Story of a Soul,” so much spiritual brilliance in such a young woman, and so much insight into how to …
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Mis queridos amigos, “‘Si alguno quiere ser el primero, que sea el último de todos y el servidor de todos.’” Tomó a un niño, lo puso en medio de ellos y, rodeándolo con sus brazos, les dijo: “El que recibe a un niño como éste en mi nombre, a mí me recibe; y el que …
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My Dear Friends: “`If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.’” Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, `Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives …
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