Opinion

As I write these words, it is the 100th birthday of the great pope, St. John Paul II.

As we enter our seventh week under statewide “stay at home orders,” I continue to be humbled and amazed by the way our parishes and schools are responding to this ongoing pandemic with charity, creativity, and pastoral zeal.

One silver lining for me during this weird coronavirus shutdown has been the opportunity to return to some writing projects that I had left on the back-burner.

Last week, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, made a rather interesting theological observation.

Mkke Jordan´s Work etich can enrich your spiritual life.

Jordan´s work ethic can enrich your spiritual life.

What have you realized about what you want and what you really need? What have you discovered about what you have said is important and what you have found is truly important?

Editor’s note: Archbishop Gomez adapted the following from a message written in his capacity as President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Here he offers practical reflections on how to enter into these mysteries of Holy Week in these extraordinary and challenging times.

Lent is always a desert journey that we make with Jesus, who fasted and was tested in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights.

We are deeply concerned in our society with justice, we talk a lot about equality and equity.