For like the Apostles in the reading from the Acts of Apostles, Bl. Michael McGivney bore courageous and loving witness to the Risen Lord, and not only that, he created a pathway for the laity to grow in holiness and to bear witness in their own lives to the truth and reality of the Resurrection,...Read More

But, dear friends, if we had to sum up in one word what it is we believe in, what would that word be? That word would be “mercy”. We believe in God’s mercy, in divine mercy.Read More

To believe in this greatest of mysteries requires us to rely on witnesses – on Mary Magdelene, on Peter and John, all of whom we met in today’s Gospel, and on St. Paul who saw the Risen Lord seated at the right hand of the Father, and on the Apostles bearing witness to the Risen...Read More

And let those of us who have been Catholic Christians our whole life long rejoice, rejoice as new members are incorporated into the Body of Christ, rejoice as we are renewed in our own baptism, rejoice as we promise anew to life as children of the light, rejoice as we share the banquet of Christ’s...Read More

So, let us rejoice as Jesus washes our feet and sets before us the Paschal Meal: rejoice in the cleansing waters of baptism and the cleansing tears of penance; rejoice in Jesus’ eucharistic gift of self in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the true presence of the One who loved us to the very...Read More

Whatever you have experienced this year, whatever may be happening in your heart, wherever you find yourself, turn to the Lord and find in Him and in His love the one thing that never changes.Read More

Less than 24 hours ago, this very Cathedral was packed with faithful from across the Archdiocese to celebrate our annual the Chrism Mass. In the midst of that joyful celebration, little could we have imagined the tragedy that would unfold four hours later, while most of us were asleep, as the cargo ship Dali unexpectedly...Read More

We are not alone. We journey together. Your presence this night in such great numbers testifies to this – our priests, deacons, religious, laity, seminarians and discerners.Read More