The quote above seems curiously appropriate in this time when we suffer unfamiliar viruses and a culture insistent that God and faith are out-dated.

Truly, Christianity is threatened today, our faith, our moral compasses, even our liberties to worship together! How many have left because the passion simply doesn't seem to be present in our churches or because we have a convenient excuse with the global call to social distancing, or perhaps because the teachings seem too rigid?

Where is the zeal to fight for what we know to be the source of all love, all goodness, all life? Where is the zeal for "thy kingdom come, thy will be done!"

Movies like the recent "Fatima" (2020) remind us of the importance of the call to prayer repeated by so many saints. We are encouraged to participate in morning and evening prayer as a church every day!

So let's prepare for a SUPER October of devotion to Our Lady and the Rosary! What a great help as our nation prepares for an election and a fabulous preparation for the coming advent!

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