Dear Friends in Christ, Being accountable to other people is not something most of us enjoy, but there is zero possibility of living a life of authentic Christian discipleship apart from such accountability — both of our beliefs and of our behavior. One essential component of being a faithful Catholic is attending Mass each Sunday,…

Dear Friends in Christ, The city of Rome is famous for its seven hills, all of which are on the east side of the Tiber River. Not counted among those seven hills are two more that are on the west side of the Tiber: the Vatican Hill and the Janiculum Hill. The Pontifical North American…

Dear Friends in Christ, As He was ascending to the glory of the Father, Jesus said, “Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Mt 28:20). And He also taught us: “Amen, amen, I say to you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood,…

Dear Friends in Christ, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the one, only, living and true God, and He gradually revealed himself to Abraham and his descendants in order to make of them a chosen people. Through Moses, God gave to the children of Israel the high privilege and sacred duty of announcing…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Jewish feast of Passover commemorates the deliverance of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, and from that day of liberation, Moses led the people to the holy mountain where he had seen the living God in the bush which burned without being consumed. There on Mount Horeb Moses…