Santa Lucia Parish - Diocese of Novaliches @slp_dionova

It will not be the arms race and strategies of deterrence that will bring peace and security. We need not ask how to pursue wars, but how to stop them. What is needed is creative and farsighted policies capable of moving beyond the categories of opposition.

Today too, there are any number of forms of ideological colonization that become open to the “cancel culture” that neglects their duties toward the most weak and vulnerable: the poor, migrants, the elderly, the sick, the unborn… They are the forgotten ones in well-off societies.

Whenever our failures lead to an encounter with the Lord, life and hope are reborn and we are able to be reconciled: with ourselves, with our brothers and sisters, and with God. #ApostolicJourney #Canada

Let us allow ourselves to meet Jesus. Let us allow his Word to show us the way to healing and reconciliation. Let us break the Eucharistic Bread together, so that we can see ourselves once again as beloved children of the Father, called to be brothers and sisters all.

Lord Jesus, our strength and consolation, stay with us when hope fades and the night of disappointment falls. For if You walk at our side, failure gives way to the hope of new life. #ApostolicJourney #Canada

The Church in #Canada has been hurt by the evil perpetrated by some of its sons and daughters. I would like once more to ask forgiveness of all the victims of abuse. The pain and the shame we feel must become an occasion for conversion: never again! #ApostolicJourney

The Gospel is preached effectively when life itself speaks and reveals the freedom that sets others free, the compassion that asks for nothing in return, the mercy that silently speaks of Christ. #ApostolicJourney #Canada

My thoughts and prayers in these days have focused often on Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. We venerate her for her devotion to prayer and work, and her ability to endure many trials patiently and meekly. #IndigenousPeoples

In a world so often individualistic, how precious is your profoundly genuine sense of family & community toward the #IndegenousPeoples! How important it is to cultivate the bond between the young & the old, and to preserve a healthy & harmonious relationship with all of creation!

Dear #YoungPeople, in a world in which scandals, war, injustice, environmental destruction, indifference towards those in need, disillusionment on the part of those who should be giving an example, are not lacking, you are the answer because the future is in your hands.

I’ve come to #Canada as a pilgrim to walk with you & for the #IndigenousPeoples so that progress may be made in the search for truth, in the processes of healing & reconciliation, & so that seeds of hope be sown for indigenous & non-indigenous people who want to live fraternally.

Dear brothers & sisters of the #IndigenousPeoples, I now return home bearing in my heart the treasure of all those who have left a mark on me, your faces, smiles and words, stories & places will always remain with me. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. #ApostolicJourney

Let us continue to pray for the suffering and battered Ukrainian people, asking God to free them from the scourge of war. The only reasonable thing to do would be to stop and negotiate. May wisdom inspire concrete steps toward peace.

I thank all those who made this penitential pilgrimage possible, beginning with the Civil Authorities, the Chiefs of the Indigenous Peoples, and the Canadian Bishops. I sincerely thank all those who accompanied me with their prayer.

Accumulating material goods is not enough to live well, for Jesus says that life does not consist in what one possesses (Lk 12:15). It depends, instead, on good relationships – with God, with others, and even with those who have less. #GospelOfTheDay

On the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, I extend a heartfelt greeting to my fellow-Jesuits. Continue to walk zealously and joyfully in serving the Lord. Be courageous!

EVENING PRAYER | JULY 25, 2022 #slp #slpmedia #slpdionova

MORNING PRAYER | JULY 26, 2022 #slp #slpmedia #slpdionova

SAINT OF THE DAY | SAINT JOACHIM AND ANNE #slp #slpmedia #slpdionova

DAILY GOSPEL “Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.” #slp #slpmedia #slpdionova