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Beloved Parishioners,

My reflection is centered on prayer and how baptism makes us special people consecrated to God. Have you ever considered that your baptism was not just a ceremony, but a consecration—a setting apart for something sacred? Today I wish to draw our hearts to this powerful truth, namely: that we are a people consecrated to prayer. And this consecration began the day we were plunged into the waters of Baptism.

Beloved Parishioners,

May the joy and peace of the risen Lord inundate our hearts and lighten up our ways! Since Easter we have been confronted with all kinds of war cries from different parts of the world that at times some of us tend to lose hope in the message of Easter that the risen Christ has come to revive our hope that Jesus is alive.

Beloved Parishioners,

We have every reason to be joyful today because the tomb that contained the body of Jesus courtesy of the goodwill and generosity of that rich man, Joseph of Arimathea, is empty! The stone was rolled away, the grave clothes were neatly folded and left behind, and the tomb stood empty — not because someone had taken Jesus’ body, but because He is risen! Death has lost its sting!

Beloved Parishioners,

The Paschal Mystery reveals how Christ’s suffering and resurrection reconcile humanity to God. By His death, He destroys sin and death; by His resurrection, He restores life and offers eternal hope (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 654). Historically, the Paschal Mystery connects Old Testament events with their fulfillment in Christ.

Beloved Parishioners,

As we know almsgiving stands as one of the three pillars of Lenten observance, alongside prayer and fasting, and is seen as an invitation to grow in solidarity with the poor and the marginalized in recognition that Christ himself identified with the poor.

Beloved Parishioners,

“Now let us all with one accord, In fellowship with ages past, Keep vigil with our heavenly Lord In His temptation and His fast.”

These opening lines of the ancient Lenten hymn Ex more docti mystico, traditionally attributed to Gregory the Great, immediately situate our Lenten journey within the communion of the Church across the centuries.

Beloved Parishioners,

As we begin the great season of Lent let us draw attention to temptation which is part of our daily battle in spiritual journey.

Beloved Parishioners,

On the 8th of May 2025, when the newly elected Pope Leo XIV marched out of the Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica wearing an ermine rochet upon the jubilant Habemus Papam call by Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, he triggered a signal of regeneration that raised attention.

Beloved Parishioners,

Today my reflection focuses on the second year of TILMA of the seven-year pastoral plan of Bishop John Dolan of our diocese. Last year he instituted a seven-year pastoral plan that will end in 2031 to mark the five hundred years of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego.

Beloved Parishioners,

This piece concludes the reflection I started last week on the traditional Latin Mass. Pope Benedict XVI hoped that allowing the two forms of the Roman Rite to coexist would heal wounds and foster mutual enrichment. The older rite would restore a sense of transcendence and reverence; the newer would provide accessibility and pastoral reach.