You can watch Fr. Donald Haggerty’s homily from this morning’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral here.
The doctrine of purgatory is a doctrine about God. It’s a reminder to us about the majesty and infinity of God. We need to pass through purification before seeing God.
There’s a beauty to this as we hear in the first reading today.
Holy Hours, Masses, and a hometown festival in Peoria and St. Louis lead up to the Sept. 24 beatification.
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A medida que se acerca su beatificación, la vida del arzobispo nos ofrece lecciones de fe, obediencia y amor por los pobres.
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In his homily from this morning’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Fr. Enrique Salvo points to one word in today’s Gospel to guide us in becoming instruments of God’s love in the world.