A friend of mine would often remark that he liked the season of Lent. He would add, however, that the only thing wrong with Lent was that it was 39 days too long.

El tiempo de cuaresma ha arribado, anticipándose este año a la primavera, e invitándonos a la reflexión para la conversión; invitándonos a hacer penitencias, obras de caridad, ayuno y abstinencias para la purificación y transformación permanente de nuestros corazones, y para llevar a Cristo a las periferias.

How is your family? Your wife, the kids — how are they doing?” I get these questions often from youth ministry leaders, priests or ministry colleagues. In the first two months of the calendar year, my answer was half-jokingly, “They’re ready for it to be April.”

I am so sorry that our Methodist brothers and sisters are going through a period of discord over doctrine that is precipitating a split. I am truly suffering for what you are going through, but this also presents an opportunity to discuss unity.

The presence of the Coronavirus in our country, coupled with the fact of its increasing spread, has caused concern among many, including our parishioners. As medical experts learn more about the virus and how it is spread, how long it remains on skin or surfaces, its resistance to the climate, etc., it is for us to use common sense in attempting to stay healthy.