Hope & Healing

"But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

I am away from the parish, ministering at an “Engaged Encounter” marriage preparation retreat weekend. During this retreat, and every time I meet with a couple to start the marriage preparation process, I say that one of the reasons that faithful Catholic couples statistically have a higher success rate is because we don’t just hand them a marriage license and say, “Good luck.”

As a capstone ot the series let us pray and be united in commending our election and our nation to God through the intercession of our national patron saint, the Immaculate Conception.

We are on week 14 of 15 through our tour of “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” by the USCCB. Today we finish the last section, “Goals for Political Life: Challenges for Citizens, Candidates, and Public Officials.” Today we finish the document.