Jesus is emphatic. Twice he tells us today, "Anyone who eats this bread will live forever." And Carlo was equally clear. "The Eucharist is my highway to heaven", he would say. He believed, "You go straight to heaven if you participate...
Well in the last few days I have been in some very fine regalia: the scarlet robes of a Cardinal, receiving the scarlet biretta from Pope Francis, the splendid vestments and new mitre for the Solemn celebration of Mass at the tomb of St Peter.
The people of God, and all people of good will, have many concerns that they want to bring to their prayer, as does Pope Francis; yet some of our prayer may be devoted to his particular intention selected for this month, which is: 'Let us pray...
This month, so many of us continue our fervent prayer for all of humanity, as the world continues to suffer from the pandemic, yet we keep in our prayer another concern that will affect us all, now and in the generations that follow us. Pope...
By Fr David Stewart SJ
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This most extraordinary year of pain and suffering continues into the late summer. The pandemic is affecting, almost certainly, every single human on the face of the earth. It makes you think of the powerful...