Catholic leaders looking towards healing after jurors issued their verdict convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
“Glimmers of Grace” is an effort to provide some simple, practical guidance to climbing the spiritual ladder back to God.
Archbishop Gomez also said in a Jan. 20 statement that he was praying for Biden, the country’s second Catholic president, as he enters office so that God grants “him wisdom and courage to lead this great nation and … to meet the tests of these times.”
The author’s goal is educating readers about such challenges. By doing so, he hopes that those in medicine, ministry and society will improve the way they relate to those experiencing them.
“Veronica’s Veil” offers a loosely systematized program for healing and renewal.
Sin always breaks our personal communion with God. Healing this rupture requires reconciliation with both God and Christ’s body, the Church.
As retired Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, and Father Les Kwiatkowski plunged into the water and blessed person after person, it was clear that belief in the healing power remains as strong as ever.
Francesco Cesareo, chair of the National Review Board, told Catholic News Service June 3 that laypeople want transparency and openness from the bishops and the sooner the prelates put aside their guardedness about welcoming laity as partners, the sooner the U.S. church will heal.
