Home Page

All three witnesses: Paul, Lorenzo, and Pedro urge us never to be discouraged and never to give up our faith, but to keep our eyes fixed on the prize of eternal life, and to anchor our confession of faith in Jesus’ own testimony before Pilate.

Even if we find that such direct ministry is not possible, for whatever reason, we can always share our resources, and unite ourselves to those in need in our prayers to Jesus, who, for our sake, became poor, so we might become rich in the things of God.

Mercy High School has been graduating stellar alumnae for 65 years. Each generation has its own set of challenges to face, but today the mission of Mercy High School is more relevant & urgent than ever.

It is a pleasure to return to St. Mary’s City, this time to bless the interior of the Brick Chapel and also to bless and re-inter the remains of those who have gone before us in faith and patriotism.

May the intercession of Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian reaffirm in our hearts— priests, seminarians and lay faithful alike— the importance of forgiveness and of solidarity. May these saints help us, one and all, to forgive, not grudgingly but in rejoicing!

At the Holy Sepulchre we realized afresh how, even in this complex and war-torn land, where sometimes all appears to be lost for the Christian community, God brings light from darkness, grace from sin, life from death.

To you, Fr. Tom’s family, we join in offering you our prayerful sympathy as well as our profound thanks for your sharing Fr. Tom with us all these years.

Do we merely praise the Crucified Love of the Savior with our lips? Is it just a matter of words and feelings? The valiant woman whose canonization we celebrate anew teaches otherwise. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton exalted the Cross by her life in all its amazing iterations.

We’ve come together this morning to celebrate the life of Chip Mason and to commend him to the Lord of life and love.

There really is no way to understand Jesus’s words in today’s Gospel on the high cost of being his follower other than to contemplate how completely God has loved us. God the Father did not just give us some gift he would never miss – he gave us his only begotten Son, his beloved Son in whom he is well-pleased.

As Mary demonstrates, hope does not mean that God provides a detailed roadmap, hope does not mean that we won’t have questions, nor does it that we are spared of suffering, for her heart was pierced. Hope means finding God’s will amid our questions and searching, hope means finding peace, consolation, and joy amid misunderstanding and suffering – of which Mary had more than her share.