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All around us are the fonts of mercy – the confessional, the altar, ministries of mercy.

So just as these widows reflect the light of Christ, so too may we, as individuals and as a church community, reflect ever more brightly, the glory of God shining on the face of Christ, to the glory of God’s Name and for the salvation of souls.

Just as my Mom taught me the value of correction, so too does Mother Church teach us the value and importance of correction – the correction to which each of us, myself included, must submit ourselves, but also the fraternal correction which should be practiced in the Church’s life.

We pray that Mom is reunited with Dad and Frankie and her parents and loved ones, but most of all that she beholds her Vindicator face to face in the halls of heaven.

The work of formation is ongoing and demanding, yet it is always an adventure of grace.

Indeed, the pastor’s first duty is to enable his people, individually and collectively, to listen to and encounter Jesus Christ so as to experience the power of his love, and the beauty of his goodness and truth, and to be molded by him into disciples, indeed a community of disciples who are “a light brightly visible” – shining amid the fog, a guiding light amid the confusion, illuminating the way forward.

My prayer is that you will encounter many Nathanael’s in the year ahead – moms and dads and children without guile, who will truly be open to the wisdom, both divine and human, you will offer them in the amazingly beautiful and effective ministry we call Catholic education.

Mary Our Queen, pray for us! Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us! Blessed Stanley Rother, pray for us!

World Youth Day is an extraordinary event. You are encountering Christ, not alone, but alone with millions of young people.