Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
We each have a task, like the servants in the parable. When the Lord returns, He will call each of us to give an account of what we have done. The faithful will be rewarded; the lax will be punished. So, we must be diligent in fulfilling the task that the Lord has given to us: to proclaim the Gospel of Life.
Read MoreWe often hear that wealth, power, and pleasure are the things that we should strive for; that our happiness, our true joy, is found in them. Today’s readings tell us the very opposite. “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” Power, riches, and pleasure are transitory in nature; they will pass away with time.
Read MoreSaints Peter and Paul each suffered persecution at the hands of political authorities through imprisonment for preaching the Gospel of the Risen Jesus. The Lord’s power and message was not hindered by the circumstances that Saint Peter and Saint Paul faced. In a similar way, as Catholics entrusted the message of the Gospel of Life, we must trust that the Lord will use our circumstances to spread His message regardless of any political restrictions such as bubble zones.
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