Our Lady of Hope Blog

My Dear Friends,

Today, our country celebrates Father’s Day. Of course, just like Mother’s Day, we honor our mothers and fathers every day of the year, not just one day. And we also know inherently what makes a man a good father and what makes a woman a good mother.

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My Dear Friends,

This Sunday marks a return to green vestments. I always find it refreshing to wear green after nine Sundays of white (actually 8 Sundays white and one Sunday red). Green is a color of new hope and new life that comes every year with the season of spring.

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My Dear Friends,

Today, we celebrate the great solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. After the Trinity, the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is a central dogmatic statement of our faith. The official term used in Catholic theology is “transubstantiation”.

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