God really loves us. It’s a statement used so often as to perhaps sound trite, but it is deeply true. Abraham learns this lesson through his negotiation in today’s first reading, seemingly haggling for God’s mercy.

If we are not first nourished — our ears first, then our bodies — in fervent attendance at Mass, we quickly begin to run on fumes, like a car in desperate need of gas. Fill up at the feet of the Lord so that you can share what he entrusts to you.

If you channel-surf just about any Sunday morning before heading out for Mass, you are likely to come across any number of televised religious services.

As we invoke God’s grace to accompany Pope Leo XIV in his Petrine ministry, let us also pray through the intercession of Sts. Peter and Paul, that each of us might rely on that grace to be faithful in the discipleship to which Christ himself calls each of us.

When was the last time you wrote a letter? I don’t mean an e-mail, or a text from your phone, or a social media posting, but a letter, hand-written on paper, signed, sealed, stamped, and sent off by mail.