The Moynihan Letters

"Deepen your knowledge of Jesus. This ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands energies in charity, brings light into decisive choices. Let Christ be for you the Way, the Truth, and the Life." —St. Pope John Paul II Saturday, May 9, 2020 Dear friends, We have [...]

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Friends, Christ is Risen! Wishing the best to all of you, in this period after Easter. Hoping you are well in this strange time, with the Coronavirus still spreading invisibly, with many countries and businesses on lock down and consequent dramatic declines in economic activity — many, many people face severe financial [...]

"Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and on those in the tombs bestowing life!" — From the Easter liturgy of St. John Chrysostom used by the Orthodox and by the Eastern Rite Catholics "Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship, the holy Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One! [...]

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He flees like a shadow and does not remain.” —Job 14:2 “A voice called out: ‘Cry.' And I said: 'What shall I cry?' 'All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field.' The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath [...]

"Grant to us, O Lord, we pray to you, the effect of the devoted supplication, and which has become propitious for us, remove the plague and famine: so that the hearts of mortals know that these scourges burst with your indignation, while they cease for your mercy "                                 – Ambrosian Rite 'Prayer over the people' [...]