Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe

As disciples of Christ, we are to await His coming with calm, persevering faith and with loving service of our neighbor.

Our Christian belief in resurrection, however, is more than a question of eternity quieting time. Resurrection is Christ claiming the ages as his own, redeeming them from oblivion, drawing them into his story, his own person.

Giving of ourselves is an essential aspect of the Christian life. To truly welcome others into our lives is to give of ourselves. This will also lead us to be more generous with the material blessing we have received from our loving God.

In Baptism we have been called to live as Disciples of the Lord Jesus. This is a profound call to live lives of prayer, hospitality, ongoing formation in the faith and loving service of our neighbor.

When we pray, we bring with us our whole being, with its joys and sorrows, hopes and fears. We also pray in gratitude for the gifts God has given us and we show gratitude to God by using those gifts in the service of others.

When we truly know how God has healed us through Christ, we respond with humble gratitude for the salvation we have received through God's mercy.

When our lives our comfortable, we easily can be inattentive to the needs of others. The scriptures challenge us to avoid being complacent, but to be attentive and generous when others are in needs.

Our contribution to the parish also assists the needs of the church throughout the world.

We often have worldly wisdom, but far more important is to be astute about the things of God. Do we do the things that will help us grow in our relationship with God?

When we are estranged from God through sin, God longs for us to return, waits for us with mercy and rejoices when we have repented and returned to Him.