Our mission is to build a civilization of love and life which upholds the dignity
and inviolability of all innocent human life, seeks objective moral Truth,
embraces the value of redemptive suffering, and yearns for the fullness of life
in eternal communion with God the Creator.
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Ask ‘Who Am I?’ during Holy Week
Holy Week is a time to think deeply about the suffering of Jesus. “Let us say to ourselves: This is for my sake. Even if I had been the only person in the world, he would have done it for me.”
“The cross is the instrument of salvation: it demonstrates the immensity of the mercy of God.”
“Jesus, guide us from the cross to the resurrection, and teach us that evil shall not have the last word, but love, mercy and forgiveness will.”
Pope Francis encourages us to enter the Gospel stories of the Lord’s passion and death and ask, “Who am I before my Lord?”
“Am I like Judas,” who betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver? Am I “like the disciples who understand nothing, who fell asleep while the Lord was suffering?” Or “am like Pilate? Do I wash my hands and dodge my responsibility, allowing people to be condemned or condemning them myself?” Or “am I like those fearless women, and like the mother of Jesus, who were there and who suffered in silence?”
“Where is my heart?” Which person in the story of the Lord’s passion “am I like?”
