Faith Facts - Week 3 and 4

Week 3:

Two more Saints for the Church - Celebrating Mass last week on May 13th , the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima and the 100th anniversary of the date when Our Lady of Fatima, appeared to three young children, Pope Francis canonized two of the three young shepherds, Jacinta and Francisco Marto. In announcing their canonization back in March, Pope Francis said we must all “listen attentively to the Mother of God and ask for peace in our world.”

Week 4:

Ascension Sunday - Father John O’Connor has an excellent post on his Food for Faith site on Jesus’ Ascension. He says, “Most people think of the Ascension of Jesus as being a ‘departure’ moment. Jesus was here and now he is gone… It would be easy to wrongly think that his ministry showed us how to build the city of God on earth, and now he has gone and the mission is left to us. This is the error… In fact Jesus has not left this mission to us alone. Our mission is always Jesus’ mission. HE is the missionary. We are the loved servants…. We are never alone. Jesus is with us. Read more here https://goo.gl/3iE30V