It is difficult to accept the Divine logic that “when I am weak, then I am strong.”

The angel Gabriel's message to Mary is the fulfillment of the prophecy in Zechariah – God is always coming to dwell among us so that we may all be His people!

None of us comes to Jesus on our own. So many people strengthen our faith when we are discouraged.

We stand, every day, at the threshold of preparing the way of the Lord. May this season of holiness prompt us to step up, step out, and ready the way.

We are called to join Jesus, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and all who have proclaimed the Kingdom of God before us to reach out in this season especially to those who are suffering in any way.

Today, the Church recalls a marvelous deed God had done in the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

In these Advent days, when life can be stressful and chaotic, when the turmoil of war and division can seem to be the loudest voice in the room, remember our call is to listen to Jesus’ Word and act on it.

Jesus asks us to bring the little that we have left and give it to him. And Jesus changes the little into abundance.

During my life’s journey, I have had the blessing of caring for thousands of little children and with them, I have learned what our Lord Jesus Christ says about peace, unity, and sanctity; it seems to me, Jesus is saying, it is the “little children” who do the guiding.

When we hear the story of the centurion who asks Jesus to heal his servant, we often focus on the faith that amazed Jesus. But there is another aspect to the story.

Advent teaches us that the Christian life forms us to live in hope, abiding in prayerful alertness.

It is with great joy and excitement that we welcome you to the new OP South News newsletter. As followers and preachers of Jesus Christ, we are called to be His hands and feet in the world, sharing His love and message of salvation to all.

Humility is the good habit of acknowledging that we are fundamentally dependent on God for everything we have and are, including our very being.

Let us rejoice and be glad in the Praise of God this Holy Easter. Through the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, we have been made new in the waters of Baptism and become co-heirs to life-eternal.

He saw and believed are the words that we have of the other disciple in today’s Gospel reading, that shed light in this moment when he believed everything that he had heard about the Messiah.

Vio y creyó, son las palabras que tenemos sobre el otro discípulo en el evangelio de hoy, que nos iluminan sobre el momento cuando él creyó todo lo que había escuchado sobre el Mesías.

As disciples of Jesus Christ, we have faith that creation itself is ordered by mercy; its galaxies, our planet, and the wonder of every living creature, great and small, fall under the sway of the Creator’s providential care. And while this gives us hope, we also know that even though we humans are the “crown of creation,” we are susceptible to sin, in its many forms.

The past, the present, and the future are wrapped up in this feast of the first Eucharist and in all celebrations of the Eucharist since then.  Moses, Paul, and the Lord are inviting us to be present.  We RSVP with our lives.