In his farewell, Jesus proclaims that his legacy will persist through his followers and their ability to share the good news.
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Like motherhood, our faith is about faces, not facts
You can profess facts, but you can only trust a face. You can only entrust yourself to a person.
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We have the Holy Spirit, even if we can’t receive the sacraments
The Holy Spirit sustains all of us who love one another.
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Prayer unites us, even if we are socially distant
The Acts of the Apostles reveals the importance of prayer for sustaining a community in crisis.
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How do we know if we are hearing the voice of God?
“The Lord speaks in the sacred Scriptures,” some might say. “There, you hear the voice of the shepherd.” This is good, but it is just not good enough.
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Our love is fierce but not always faithful. That’s why we need Christ.
Love is a resolve we must renew each day. We ought to remember this when we promise we will live differently, more deeply, once life returns to normal.
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How can Christ unite us in suffering?
Peter affirms that all people can receive the Holy Spirit
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Who inspires you to serve like Jesus?
It is basic to Christian faith that believers serve one another as an expression of their belief in God.
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Like the disciples, we are not meant to live behind locked doors.
Staying behind closed doors may make us feel safe, but it keeps us from the people, the events and experiences that we need in order to grow into the selves we were meant to become.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis delivers stirring message of hope to humanity in its ‘darkest hour’ at Easter Vigil
At the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday evening, Pope Francis delivered an inspiring homily in which he likened the experience of the women in Jerusalem to that of people around the world today as they endure the Covid-19 epidemic.