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Hope, Pilgrimage, and Jubilee

Over the Jubilee Year, we will explore the themes of Hope, Pilgrimage, and Jubilee, always ending with a question for you to consider over the week.

The section of Isaiah read by Jesus in today’s Gospel is also the basis of a Jubilee Year. During a jubilee, we strive to right the relationships of our world – in short to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. Those relationships are as varied as our population.

Pondering Point

What relationships do you have that need to be put on a better track? What groups are you a part of that can help?

January 24-26 - Blessing those in Communications

A prayer for all those working in the world of communications including journalists, media professionals, managers and editors of newspapers, Boards of Directors, video makers, graphic designers, copywriters, PR staff, social media managers, audio and video technicians, typographers, IT experts, etc.

May God, who sent His angel to communicate to Mary, Joseph, and the Shepherds the Good news of Jesus’ birth; who speaks through His prophets; and who never tires of reaching out to the least among us, bless you with the right words and convictions in all you communicate, in His most Holy Name: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Eucharistic Communion and Seeing Those in Need

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that receiving the Eucharist “commits us to the poor” (1397). Why is this so?

Receiving the Eucharist means that we enter into union with the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. And being in Holy Communion with Jesus himself means something profound. Let’s consider one facet of this great mystery.

The Eucharist is Jesus himself. He is the Eternal Word, living in Trinitarian communion with the Father and the Holy Spirit. But out of love for us, in order to save us from sin and death, the beloved Son of the Father chose to take upon himself a radical poverty: the weakness of the human condition of his beloved creatures.

Continue reading this article by Dr. James Pauley here.