Lent Begins

Every year God gives us the opportunity to recall the great mysteries of our redemption by reliving them in the liturgical celebrations of the Church. Within the cycle of a year… “[the Church] unfolds the whole mystery of Christ,” and by “recalling thus the mysteries of redemption, the Church opens…

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World Day for Consecrated Life

Today we celebrate the XXIV World Day of Religious Life. This celebration was instituted by Saint John Paul II in the year 1997. We call to mind a few excerpts from his message on the first World Day of Religious Life, when he explains this celebration and the reason for…

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