ORLANDO | This week we began the holy season of Lent. I find the days ahead of Ash Wednesday to be an important time to prepare for this season. We know that Lent calls us to pray, fast, and give …
Bishop’s Letter: This Lent bring God’s peace to fractured world
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
We begin this season of Lent acknowledging the wondrous gift of God’s forgive-ness, which He bestows upon each one. We pray for the ability to be merciful and to forgive one another in our …
Rules of fasting and abstinence during Lent
ORLANDO | With Lent beginning Feb. 18, it makes sense to review the rules of abstinence and recall what brought us to the current requirements.
Sixty years ago, Feb. 17, 1966, St. Pope Paul VI promulgated the apostolic constitution Paenitemini, …
St. Michael inspires men to deeper faith
ROCKLEDGE | Three new fraternities at St. Mary Parish in Rockledge began the journey through St. Michael’s Lent, offered through Exodus 90, a program designed to lead men to grow spiritually through practices of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity.
St. Michael’s …
Bishop’s Letter: When you see people, smile God’s love to them
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Throughout the holy season of Lent during this Jubilee Year as we serve as pilgrims of hope, we are called time and time again, through the prophets, through the words of Jesus and the …
Pilgrims unite and bear the cross together
ORLANDO | More than 300 people outnumbered the joggers and dog walkers of Lake Eola, Friday evening March 15. They were pilgrims who sang, prayed and bore the Good News that Christ came to save us all.
Over the din …
Lenten Reconciliation leads to Easter Eucharist
Rising from the cross of sin to new life, our journey of reconciliation during Lent leads us to Easter Resurrection and Eucharist – God’s gift of Himself that we might be born anew.
It is a journey inward that reveals …