Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew: “Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.” Righteousness means right relationships – good rapport with your wife, your neighbor, your parents, your children, your co-workers, and with God. Right relationships take work, daily efforts of honesty and patience, forgiveness and perseverance – doing little things with love from morning until night. With the help of the Holy Spirit, and the virtues of faith and courage, we can restore and build right relationships.

https://youtu.be/9v0exRVtEYg NEW: Make Sunday feel like Sunday again In this new video, Bishop Olmsted reflects on how, for some, Sunday has become just another day among others, the second part of the weekend. Most especially during this pandemic, reverence for the Lord’s Day has diminished or been given less prominence. Does this sound like [...]

In His Passion and death, Jesus chose to enter into the very depths of human suffering in order to redeem it and to be one with every person who suffers, conquering death and opening the way to fullness of life. In doing so, Christ restored dignity and gave meaning to the suffering and death of every human being.

On March 19 we celebrate the first of two feast days in the Church’s calendar that honor St. Joseph, recognizing him as the Guardian of our Redeemer and Patron of the Catholic Church. In December 2020, Pope Francis declared that a whole year be dedicated to St. Joseph, and he invited us to contemplate the life of this great saint by turning to him in prayer and reflecting on his good example as husband and father to the Holy Family.

Starting on Ash Wednesday and ending on Holy Thursday, the Church asks us to commit to the three pillars of Lent: prayer, penance and almsgiving. All three require little efforts but significant ones.

There are times in our lives when we encounter darkness. It may feel as though it surrounds us and is impossible to overcome.

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As we enter 2021 in a turbulent time, let us look beyond the storm of COVID-19, politics and division. Let us look to the light and move in confidence and hope remembering Jesus’ words