Today, we celebrate Christ’s Ascension to heaven and in the opening prayer we ask that the Father “gladden us with holy joys and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving, for the Ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation.”
Read MoreOn this great solemnity, we celebrate Our Lady’s first and most important title as the “Holy Mother of God”. The Blessed Virgin was able to know and do God’s will primarily by reflecting on events that happened and were happening.
Read MoreIn his letter, St. Peter addressed the belief that Christ’s return in glory has been delayed, reasoning that what looks like “slowness” is instead God’s generous patience giving us time to repent, lest we “perish”.
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