Suffering, Memory, and Hope
By Fr. Mark NearyThe Valley Catholic – April 14, 2020 During this time of the new Coronavirus—a global illness to which you and I may lose family and friends, I have found comfort in a saying of St. John Chrysostom: They whom we love and loseare no longer where...
Bishop Cantú’s Easter Message
By Bishop Oscar Cantú The Valley Catholic – April 9, 2020Today, we are seeing extensive suffering. And in these stories of suffering, we are witnessing faith and hope and love that sustain sacrifices. From those who were confined to their sleeping quarters aboard...
Easter and Fullness of Time
A pastor’s message during the sheltering mandateThe Valley Catholic – April 9, 2020 There’s an interesting contrast between the gifts exchanged at Christmas and those for children at Easter. Christmas gifts are conspicuously displayed under a tree. At Easter, the...
Holy Week and Tapestry of Life
A pastor’s message during the sheltering mandateThe Valley Catholic – April 7, 2020 “Teach us to count our daysthat we may gain a wise heart” – Psalm 90:12 Recently someone sent me a poem associated with #PrayforyourPastor: Your Pastor has never pastored a church...
Bringing Holy Week Home in a Time of Pandemic
By Msgr. Francis V. CiliaThe Valley Catholic – April 7, 2020 We are preparing to celebrate Holy Week under extraordinary circumstances, in a time of pandemic, a week in which our celebrations will preclude personal participation in the mysteries of salvation and...
Choosing the Hope of Faith
By Fr. Mark ArnzenPastor St. Lucy ParishThe Valley Catholic – April 7, 2020 The new reality of ministry has hit us all like an avalanche. I was on the last day of my annual spiritual retreat when the news filtered in – we would no longer be celebrating public Mass in...
Bishop Cantú’s Holy Week Prayer during Coronavirus Pandemic
By Bishop Oscar Cantú Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, April 5, 2020The Valley Catholic – April 11, 2020 We gather this evening in prayer. Our gathering is virtual – each of you in your homes, and Fr. Hao and I here at this Cathedral. We gather virtually...
Hope in God Who Is with Us
Monsignor Francis V. Cilia The Valley Catholic – March 30, 2020 In the First Letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul writes that in the end “these three remain: faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.” We know that love is of God and that God...
The Modern Christs
By Deacon Andrzej Sobczyk The Valley Catholic – March 30, 2020 We are living in unprecedented times. Most of us do not remember a year when life was affected in such profound ways. We are forced to stay home, grocery store shelves are half empty, streets and...