In the first installment of our Friday Lenten series, Mother Mary Concepta, S.V., Superior General of the Sisters of Life, offers a profound reflection on fasting—perhaps one of the most challenging Lenten practices.
Far from mere deprivation, she reveals how fasting is a path to true freedom, deepening our relationship with God and unlocking the grace of a fruitful Lent.
The Pope led prayers for the shooting victims in English.
By:
Our Sunday Visitor
| 08/31/2025
Parishioners gathered in the school auditorium days after a gunman killed two, wounded 18 during Mass.
By:
Our Sunday Visitor
| 08/31/2025
Bishop Espaillat asks us to examine the questions we are asking, and suggests we ask, "what is humility?" It isn't defeatism - it is a recognition of ourselves as God's creation. Pride looks inward. Humility looks upward. Bishop Espaillat asks that we stop looking in, and start looking up.