Honoring Fr Enzo Delbrocco, 25 years as a Passionist Priest

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Honoring Fr Enzo Delbrocco, 25 years as a Passionist Priest

The memories are so vivid and going through the pictures of that day, I realize even more how merciful God is. I think of the dreams and hopes I had. Very few of them came true, but many others unexpected, underserved and bigger happened! They’ve truly been 25 years of surprises, joys and sorrows, miracles and defeats, pleasant and unpleasant moments. I am grateful for each one and would not exclude any of them, particularly the bitter ones and those that have exposed my weaknesses, because they have actually been for me source of grace and mercy, of understanding and reorientation, conversion and realignment.


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Second Week of Lent, Fr Rick shares some thoughts on the Sunday Mass Readings

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A fine line is crossed when a noble virtue morphs into its deadly excess, and we need a regular inward vigilance to avoid it. Walking in balanced virtue given us the Christ-given power to produce with our lives fruit that will last, as Jesus willed- life, life fully, life eternally. Last weeks deadly sin was anger, this week it is pride. We need to cultivate and balance the values that these sins pervert: the healthy anger that protects goodness in a strong but tender way, and the steel-like strength of will that stays humble and serves truth.

Here is the video:

https://youtu.be/HBIMOdav4nU

First Week of Lent, Fr Rick shares some thoughts on the Sunday Mass Readings

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Lent as celebrating the two blessings of creation and redemption, Lent as purple: the royal purple of inner dignity, the purple of temporary shame, contrition, or woundedness, Lent as the discipline of allowing Jesus to open the prison door of inner imprisonment, Lent as resistance of the worldly and divisive spirit of fierceness, Lent as freedom to appreciate differences in people, learn from difference and be enriched by them, so as to live in peace with God and each other.
Here is the video:

https://youtu.be/vGIPHxNuZG8