Virtues

In an age when it seems everyone wants to have more, be more, say more, achieve more, we’re introduced in this Sunday’s Gospel to an idea that some might consider …

“Yes, we have our families. Yes, we have our local communities. But we’re also part of the national community of these United States.”

Whenever we turn our attention to Joseph, we are led, by him and through him, to discover the God whom he heeded and the divine mission he served.

As the late player-manager Leo Durocher once said, “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.”

In families we are constantly called to rearrange our lives around the ones who need the most help.

“Joseph shows us that presence and guardianship are inseparable dimensions,” the pope said.

“In his final act on Earth, Michael absorbed the blast, sparing the life of that Polish warrior, who we are grateful to have in the room with us today, Second …

The Lenten season provides us with no shortage of holy men and women to discover and model our lives after.

This last Sunday before Lent offers us a lesson in what is expected of us as disciples, and Jesus maps out the road we need to travel.

Fulton Sheen is a model for those striving for holiness.