Pilgrims of Hope

Over the weekend, the Second Sunday of Advent, I published a new Pastoral Letter to be read in all the churches and chapels of the Diocese. It’s called “Hope.” In it I talk about the forthcoming Jubilee Year, 2025, and the theme that the Holy Father has given to it “Pilgrims of Hope.”  I then go on to discuss one of the ‘Six Holy Habits:’ paying a visit to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and how more than anything this Habit can renew us in Hope. I speak about my own childhood experience of visiting church and also about what St. John Henry Newman says about Jesus in the Tabernacle. The Pope mentions this latter in his recent Encyclical Letter. You can read the letter here – or click here for the video presentation (c. 10 minutes).

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