Thanks for making your web site available and sharing the good work for pro life. We need to hear more about the end doesn’t justify the means. It is a truth that is so basic, yet so easily forgotten.

Marilyn Thompson

As I listen to the words of Saint Faustina, in the background as I prepare to write to you. I first looked at your work with The Lord for the unborn. Just this morning, a message from The Angelicans came asking me to serve the Lord in Ministry for the same cause.

We are blessed to have you here in New England and on earth in our time. A time of so many uncertainties. But there is a light, one light that was sent to earth. Our Savior, Jesus Christ. May your light remain united in Him and continue to shine brightly.

May we say ‘yes’ when He ask’s, thru the unborn and in life.

I read your blog each week from here in the UK. I want to thank you for sharing your thoughts etc with us week by week. But I would like to thank you even more for this week’s coverage of the annual March for Life in Washington DC.

From various sources, I read each year about this wonderful witness – particularly that of young people. For 20,000 young people to turn up (and more turned away for lack of space) – this is a marvellous message of true evangelisation – and a true expression of hope for the Church.

I’m afraid we have nothing like this here in the UK – by and large, we have no national rallies with the opportunity for episcopal leadership and witness. Those which do exist tend to be organised by the more traditional Catholics, who are somewhat on the margins of Church life here.

It does one a power of good to read about, to see pictures of and to be aware of the magnifient witness of our brothers and sisters across the pond. Thank you so much for restoring the confidence of so many of us.

God bless you and your flock.

In a world immersed in the Culture of Death, it is great to see rallies such as the March for Life. However, a far greater weapon is being left unused. The Traditional Latin Mass is far more powerful than any march or demonstration could hope to be. Christ as the True Sacrifice can do more to unite the people and mobilize change than any ecumenical “meal service” could. Why is your beloved diocese in Boston having to sell off all its properties to pay your lawyers and victims? The answer is easy….Because your diocese has no grace. None of the life giving, life changing, life affirming grace that comes from Christ as the Pascal Lamb. If you truly want to see your parishes live, give them life by demanding a Traditional Latin Mass out of every parish. Holy Trinity should be all the proof you need of it’s immense power to change and enliven a parish.

You are in my prayers and may God grant you the grace to see what needs to be done.

Sincerely,
Cameron Dawson

Dear Cardinal O’Malley,

It has been my privilege to have attended Daily Mass at a variety of parishes across the country since 1995. I have never witnessed a priest encourage those at Mass to pray for “our enemies and those who persecute us.”

I believe that you could help to change Catholic culture and more effectively carry out the message of Jesus by ordering parish priests to include with the offering of prayer: “let us pray for our enemies and those who persecute us.”

We tend to think that we are good Catholics because we gather at Mass and pray for ourselves and those we deem “ok” or “with us.” God wants us to share the Good News with others. Catholic means “universal,” but we are not universal; the term “parochial” which applies to our schools also describes our view of the world.

If we prayed for our enemies and persecutors, who knows what wonderful things would happen? We don’t know because we have never tried.

After 9/11 not one of you esteemed Archbishops called for forgiveness of the terrorists. Ah, you would say they didn’t deserve it. Exactly! No one deserves mercy and forgiveness, but that is the Good News. The sad truth is that each and every one of us, if given the right motivation and the right circumstances, could do any of the heinous crimes that we routinely deplore, if not for the Grace of God. There is nothing different about our DNA or body chemistry which makes us special.

Moreover, our enemies are not half-way around the world. They are in our neighborhood or even in the same pew. They need our prayers and God demands it.

I would also suggest that if you and other clergy routinely asked for and gave prayers for our enemies and those who persecute us, it would have been a “no brainer” to ask for forgiveness and to pray for the terrorists of 9/11 as well as the victims.

Respectfully, I believe it would set a wonderful example to insist that every Mass include a specific invocation for prayers for our enemies and those who persecute us.

Sincerely,
Richard A. Cole, MD

Thank you for ignoring the confused attempts to link capital punishment and Iraq to the in utero genocide called abortion.

Your homily rightly linked abortion with stem cell research and euthanasia, all absolute evils.

Hey Christian,

Seek out the deaconate … but raise your 4-12 children first. Take it from me, when you have kids the “priesthood of the laity” and the married vocation will be plenty for you.

God Bless you, Pax et bonum

krm,sfo

I enjoy each week’s entry, but particularly this week’s blog from Washington and the events surrounding the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity…

Who is your talented photographer? The photos indeed compliment the wonderful prose.

Hope you’re well.

Paz,

Bill Breen
Taunton

I do have one minor suggestion, edit the text above so that where it refers to stem cell research, it is prefixed with “embryonic” less folks declare that Catholics are against all stem cell research. Several news organizations have recently stated that Catholics are against all stem cell research.

I am a twenty-five-year-old Catholic man who intends to be married next summer. My fiancée and I are deeply committed to our Catholic faith. It is my hope that within my lifetime the Vatican will consider lifting the ban on the obligatory requirement of priestly celibacy. I stand in awe of those men who dedicate their lives entirely to God, but find the Church’s teaching on celibacy incompatible with the direction of my life. This only is the obstacle that prevents me from serving the Church in what I believe to be my fullest capacity.

Respectfully yours,

Christian

I would like to commend you for all of the great work that you have been doing for all of the Boston Archdiocese. Keep fighting for life in terms of an end to abortion. I look forward to reading your blog each week, and take great interest from it. As a teenager, I appreciate your efforts in reaching out to our generation without watering down the faith. We will end the evils of abortion one of these days. You are an inspiration to all.

Thank you and God bless you.

My program is in Spanish.
My prayers with you, your eminence.
Inthe Trinity:
Fr. Roberto Mena, S.T.

It was my first time attending the March in Washington. I was quite impressed. Also it was a pleasure seeing you again at the Vigil Mass.