A financial appeal letter from Fr. Luan.

One of the most common arguments against God and religion is the argument of suffering. People say that if God really existed, and if he really were a good God, he wouldn't allow so much suffering in the world. And when we hear that argument, our initial reaction is to agree. But that is at the very least most superficial and illogical argument.

There is a temptation to wonder if Jesus can heal a man who’s deaf, and he can perform all of the other miraculous healings we know he did, then why didn’t he heal everybody. - Deacon Pashley's homily, Sunday September 8th

I would like to share with you all this beautiful prayer by the mystic Adrienne von Speyr - a prayer recommended to us priests at this year's Priest Annual Retreat by Archbishop Peter Sartain. Please pray it and let it direct your life!

We are finishing chapter six of St. John’s Gospel. It is a most critical one and it consists of four sections – the feeding of the multitude, the walking on water, the Bread of Life discourse, and the reaction to the Bread of Life discourse. At this point, we have noticed a crowd of people who had tagged along with or Lord. But here, however, things start to become tricky for them.

For the past five Sunday we have been listening to and meditating on the Bread of Life discourse by our Blessed Lord from chapter 6 of St. John Gospel. Today, I invite you to reflect on the pope's Angelus message on the Bread of Life given in Rome after the Angelus on the 18th of August (last Sunday)!