What the Pope Sees in Africa Restoring hope to youth, combating AIDS, promoting peace, fostering economic and social aid, and defending the dignity of the African women are among the priorities.
The Right Armor in Battle Challenge: As Easter approaches, humbly recognize your sinfulness and seek God’s healing grace in the sacrament of Confession.
The Royal Official’s Request for a Miracle Challenge: Help your family to have a deeper faith. Bring up a spiritual topic at family dinner and try to encourage a more faith-filled perspective.
The Need for Soul Searching Challenge: Attend Mass today with special fervor, seeking Jesus in the Eucharist, and if possible also receive him in Holy Communion.
Humility in Prayer Challenge: Always make an act of humility at the beginning of your prayer.
The Greatest Commandment Challenge: Before beginning each activity of the day, stop and ask yourself how you can live it with love.
A Heroic Example Challenge: Chat with Saint Joseph at some moment during the day, asking him to teach you how to be serene in times of trial.
Holy Gospel: March 22 "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." (John 3: 14-21)
Holy Gospel: April 1, 2011 "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." (Mark 12:28-34)
Holy Gospel: March 19 "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Luke 2: 41-51a)
Blessed Is He Who Does Not Fall Away... Many times in our lives, God throws us a curve ball. How are we to respond so that we hit a home run, rather than strike out?
God’s Way, Not Our Way When you don't understand the stumbling block that is in your path, when you don't know where to turn, remember God is there and touches your life in ways you don't recognize at first but later on it all makes sense.
Thirst What makes you thirsty? What does one of Jesus "Seven Last Words" have to do with you and your everyday life?
Holy Gospel: March 18 "Woever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5: 17-19)