Today, the nature that surrounds us is no longer admired, but “devoured”. We must return to contemplation; so as not to be distracted by a thousand useless things, we must find silence; for the heart not to become sick, we must be still. #SeasonOfCreation
Pope Francis

In this moment we will reach out in confidence to the One this statue represented and I know he will console us.
Bishop Seitz of El Paso

will i use this an opportunity to express my confidence in my chosen presidential candidate’s ability to solve this “problem”; or see it as an invitation to find consolation in the arms of the Sacred Heart by contemplating the “Mystery” of a God Who has a purpose in allowing such evil to occur?
Today’s Scriptures
I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,
of the Gospel I preached to you,
which you indeed received and in which you also stand.
1 COR 15:1
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
“The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
the right hand of the Lord has struck with power.”
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.
PS 118:1, 16AB-17
“But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
LK 7:47B