Inexhaustible

Harassed by life, exhausted, we look about us for somewhere to be quiet, to be genuine, a place of refreshment.  We yearn to restore our spirits in God, to simply let go in him and gain new strength to go on living.  But we fail to look for him where he is waiting for us, where he is to be found: in his Son, who is his Word.  Or else we seek for God because there are a thousand things we want to ask him, and imagine that we cannot go on living unless they are answered.  We inundate him with problems, with demands for information, for clues, for an easier path, forgetting that in his Word he has given us the solution to every problem and all the details we are capable of grasping in this life.  We fail to listen where God speaks: where God's Word rang out in the world once for all, sufficient for all ages, inexhaustible.  Or else we think that God's word has been heard on earth for so long that by now it is almost used up, that it is about time for some new word, as if we had the right to demand one.  We fail to see that it is we ourselves who are used up and alientated, whereas the word resounds with the same vitality and freshness as ever; it is just as near to us as it always was.

-- Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Prayer

Our Mission

We still have a mission as a Church — to continue the mission of Jesus Christ. Jesus came to redeem us from our sins and to show us the way to a new life of holiness. We need to carry his message of salvation, conversion and forgiveness to every person. We need to find new ways to evangelize our society — new approaches rooted in humility and the search for holiness, beauty and truth.

We can only change this world if we allow God to change us first. The lives we lead will always be the most credible witness we can give to the Gospel we believe in. People should be able to see “the Catholic difference” — the difference that our Catholic faith makes in our lives.

Our world today needs saints. Not “other-worldly” saints — but saints in our cities, our families, our parishes and schools, our media, our businesses, legislatures and courts.

-- Archbishop José Gomez