Sacrifice

True love is “of God” and is therefore a divine gift. As such, it reflects the nature of God, being holy, selfless and oriented to the good of the other.

This year, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. Many will think that we will not be able to celebrate with our partners, but there are interesting parallels between true love as a couple and Lent.

The joyous preparations that typically mark the approach of the feast of the Nativity have taken on a different hue in the city of Bethlehem.

Doing something good has positive effects for us and becomes the love we give to others.

“When we suffer the death of a beloved person, can we also live in a small way the commandment: ‘Do this in memory of me’? Give all, give your blood, your flesh, in releasing this person you love and long to hold onto, letting only God hold your beloved.”

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Administrative Committee released a pastoral message March 9, 2021, marking one year since the coronavirus pandemic began.

We have many blessings the most profound being the opportunity being given to us to help others.

Christians must take the same path Christ did “without looking for shortcuts,” the pope said June 28.