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Our Spiritual Home
Somebody was asked once, ‘Why do you bother staying in the Church?’ The answer is, ‘I’ve no other spiritual home.’ We’ll hear the word and return, often during Lent. We stray away from God in small journeys or big ones. We might not feel like returning, but when we do, we know we’re home.
Church is home because it is where Jesus lives – not in the building only but in the people. Jesus lives with each of us, as ‘he makes his home with us’. He also lives among us in community, ‘wherever two or three are gathered in my name’.
We need to make the building and the spirit of our gatherings a homecoming. In our Church home we can hear each week of different needs and celebrations of the parish. We remember especially the sick, the dying and the ones gone before us.
Everyone helps build a home. The priest cannot do it alone. Can we ensure that every parish has a welcoming group, a group that keeps in touch with locals and plans future events?
Donal Neary SJ, The Sacred Heart Messenger, February 2023
We remember at this time...
As the College of Cardinals gathers in solemn prayer and discernment to elect a new Pope, let us unite our hearts in prayer for them. May they be guided by wisdom from above as they seek the one whom God has chosen to shepherd His Church.
We remember St. Peter, the first among the apostles to be entrusted with this sacred task. Though he was impetuous and flawed—denying Christ in His hour of need—he was also deeply faithful and ultimately became the rock upon which the Church was built. His journey reminds us that God does not always choose the perfect, but rather perfects those He chooses.
Let us not cling too tightly to our own ideas of what a Holy Father should be, but instead surrender to the mysterious and perfect will of God. May the Holy Spirit descend upon the Conclave with clarity, peace, and power, illuminating the hearts of the Cardinals and uniting them in divine purpose.
May this new successor of Peter be a true shepherd of souls—humble, courageous, and rooted in love—so that through his leadership, the Church may be renewed in faith and fervour.
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