Grace and love to you in the Lord Jesus our Risen God and Savior.

I pray that this note will reach you and find you well with your family and loved ones. As Pilgrims of Hope walking this wonderful Season of Resurrection during this Jubilee Year, we are given hope that life with Christ will always triumph no matter how difficult the journey is and how heavy the cross. Our journey will end in the Resurrection and the crown that Jesus prepares for us. The Church has great hope and is called to be hope to others.

As we mourn the departure of our Holy Father Pope Francis, who has opened this Year of Hope, we ask our Loving God to grant him eternal rest and reward him for his great service to the Church. We pray that God the Holy Spirit will enlighten and guide our spiritual leaders on their Conclave to elect the 267th Fisherman who will lead the Church during this Year of Hope and beyond in wisdom and love after the heart of Jesus, who is the Head of his Mystical Body, the Church. As He guided and protected His Church for the last 2025 years, he will continue to guide it in this process and journey.

With God we have hope to overcome any difficulties and with Him we are able to raise high. Persecution against us should be a cause for us to hold on stronger to our faith and to stand firm with the Truth that God entrusts into our hands. The Church has existed the last 2 millenniums mainly because of people who were and always willing to sacrifice their life so that the Church may grow and flourish and be a guiding light to others. Jesus said that Heaven and earth will fade away, but his words will not fade away. The Church was yesterday and is today and will be forever because it is the Body of Christ and he promised that he will never leave us until the end of the world. Let us pray for all persecuted Christians and let us pray that we may understand the gift of our faith and the awesome call of serving God and His Altar.

I congratulate all the children who are receiving Jesus in the Holy Eucharist for the first time. I bless and thank all the mothers of our parish for their commitment to our community and as we remember our loved ones with memorial day we ask our merciful God to grant them rest in Heaven.

I assure you of my prayers and I beg you to pray for me.

Wishing you God’s choicest blessings, I remain,

Devotedly yours,