The Most Important Thing Is

You May Be Asking Yourselves, 'who Is This Man Standing Before Us?' I Would Like To Reply To That Question With Something Absolutely Certain About My Own Life: The Man Standing Before You Is A Man Who Has Been Forgiven. A Man Who Was, And Is, Saved From His Many Sins.

I Have Decided To Proclaim For The Whole Church... A Day Of Fasting And Prayer For Peace In Syria, The Middle East, And Throughout The World, And I Also Invite Each Person, Including Our Fellow Christians, Followers Of Other Religions And All Men Of Good Will, To Participate, In Whatever Way They Can, In This Initiative.

The Earth Is Our Environment To Protect And The Garden To Tend To.

The Pace Of Consumption, Waste And Environmental Change Has So Stretched The Planet's Capacity That Our Contemporary Lifestyle, Unsustainable As It Is, Can Only Precipitate Catastrophes, Such As Those Which Even Now Periodically Occur In Different Areas Of The World ... We Need To Reflect On Our Accountability Before Those Who Will Have To Endure The Dire Consequences.

Lord, Help Us To Recognize You In The Sick, Poor And Suffering.