Reflect Saint Oscar Romero was known for his striking homilies that were broadcast on the radio in El Salvador. He often highlighted the plight of the poor and the marginalized, and called for systems and political structures to create space for those groups that they had oppressed for years for their own power gain. He

Reflect Jesus knows what it feels like to be abandoned, to be cast out by friends, to be left alone to pick up the pieces. He knows this all too well, having experienced this deep wound of abandonment within the Incarnation of his human and divine body. We worship a God who knows our suffering

We’ve imagined what Peter must have felt to walk upon the waves and fall into fear, despite his Savior being in front of him. The promise of our faith is that we have not been abandoned.

Sometimes we feel as if we’ll never be good enough to be fully loved by those around us–or by God—because shame creeps in and tells us only parts of us are good.