Veritas Vos Liberabit Fr. Scott Murray

Woman, why are you weeping?

The devil wants us to live in fear because fear paralyzes. God tells us over and over in Scripture, "Be not afraid!" It takes courage to live a truly Christian life, but the Lord provides to those who trust in His grace.

John the Baptist is the voice and the dawn preparing the way for the Lord.

What is your fixed point? How do you find direction? Christ must be our orientem, our fixed point.

This Sunday we celebrate the solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven. Technically, the feast is on the fortieth day of Easter, which was this past Thursday, but the celebration is moved to Sunday to facilitate a greater participation of the faithful in the celebration. Before He ascended into heaven, Jesus commanded His apostles and disciples to pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Ten days later the Holy Spirit descended on them at the feast of Pentecost.

Some thoughts on our day from St Catherine.