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At the conclusion of Mass, we are sent forth to share the Gospel and to bring the Eucharist into the world.

Our senses are essential for apprehending and experiencing the reality of grace.

The Irish spiritual writer John O’Donohue wrote movingly of thin places, those times or locations where our mind and heart seem to cross an invisible barrier, and we stand for a few moments in the presence of something ethereal, something transcendent.

If the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference, we may be having an outbreak of indifference in the realm of institutional religion. There may be a silver lining, however. Many people are spiritually hungry.

During the last months of the year, Catholics reflect about the reality of death. The church’s liturgy brings us All Souls’ Day. Among Hispanic Catholics, the feast is widely known as “el Día de los Muertos” (the Day of the Dead).

The Church is to “read the signs of the times.” Pope Francis has made it clear for six years that the promotion of an integral ecology is what is most needed now.

Understanding and putting into practice Catholic social teaching is vital to address the challenges of creation stewardship without falling into the environmental activism today that often mimics religious apocalypticism. 

The Holy Spirit never disappoints. It brings the right person at the right time, and I never have to walk alone.