"When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees you in secret will repay you." Ash Wednesday begins our Lenten journey. It is an invitation to deepen our relationship with God.

"Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" "Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." Jesus teaches that holiness is the way to divine perfection.

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill." In today's Gospel, Jesus challenges us with a call to holiness.

"Your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father." We do good works of compassion not for our own glory, but for the glory of God.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Jesus is challenging us to have a heart like God's so that we, too, may not only embrace the poor but become poor ourselves.

"Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom, a light has shone." In the midst of our daily struggles and uncertainties, the Word of God brings us clarity and a renewed sense of purpose.

"I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth." We are called to proclaim Jesus Christ to the world!

"Lord, every nation on earth will adore you. . ." At the Epiphany, God is revealed to all nations and peoples through Jesus Christ.

"And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart..." Son of God and Son of Mary, Jesus brings peace on earth to people of good will.  

"And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son..." Good news! The birth of Jesus brings much needed light into our world.