1st Sunday of Lent, 3/9/25

Lent in the Holy Land 

Stations of the Cross

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan

and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days,

to be tempted by the devil.

(Sign/Voice)

"When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear;
so do one’s faults when one speaks"
(8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 3/2/25)

• Pope Leo XIII on Marriage, Family, & Society (Catholic Stand, 3/1/25)

• Just War Principles in Ukraine (First Things, 2/28/25)
• Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan and Archbishop Borys Gudziak (Catholic365, 12/4/24)

• Mexican state decriminalizes abortion; Catholics who support it excommunicated, bishop says (Catholic News Agency, 2/27/25)p

• An Open Letter to JD Vance about IVF (Catholic World Report, 2/27/25)
• Vance Needs Remedial Catechesis on Abortifacients & Marriage/Family (Catholic365, 7/17/24)
• Remind President Trump of the Perils of IVF (Human Life Action, 2/19/25)

• A silent genocide is unfolding in Congo, church sources warn (OSV News, 2/26/25)
• Nigeria's Mass attendance is one of highest in the world - so is its persecution (Catholic Review, 2/17/24)

• Adults with Disabilities Deserve to Work (The Free Press, 2/26/25)

• Let’s Apply Elon’s Bullet Point List to Homemakers So We Can Finally Appreciate Their True Worth (Intellectual Takeout, 2/26/25)

• Vatican condemns publication of ‘credibly accused’ clergy lists — again (Pillar, 2/25/25)

• Preparing for the Pope’s Passing  (Crisis Magazine, 2/25/25)
• My thoughts as Pope Francis nears his death—or doesn’t (Catholic Culture, 2/22/25)

• After 4 Years Of Searching And 0 Bodies Found, Canada Cuts Funds On Search For Unmarked Mass Graves (DailyWire, 2/25/25)

• Helping Out Those in Doubt (Homiletic & Pastoral Review, 2/21/25)

• The 21 (2/14/25)

• Received in a 2/11/25 (Our Lady of Lourdes/World Day of the Sick) email from HALO:

• Children of God for Life's "Updated Charts as of February 1, 2025"

• BREAKING: Award-winning Christian lawyer excluded from Irish courts (YouTube, 9/20/24)

Dear President Trump

We MUST have fearless witness to the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of marriage/family/human sexuality from ALL of our bishops, priests, deacons, parishes, schools, and institutions.