A NEW REVIVAL: CHRIST OUR HOPE

The Papal visit to the United States was a grace from God for American Catholicism. Benedict XVI went straight to our core issues and addressed them with the wisdom and love of the Holy Spirit. His speeches were magnificent, and his masses brought tears of joy, hope, and love.

Post-visit events have begun to unfold. Seminary applications have skyrocketed across the country. Is it possible we will see the beginning of the “new springtime” for the Church predicted by John Paul II for the new millennium? Pray on it and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you...Locally, students and leaders at John Paul the Great University in San Diego are initiating a new revival of prayer. You can join them for 8:30 AM mass at The Good Shepherd in Mira Mesa, and prayers on the steps of city hall, on first Saturdays. They have launched a new website dedicated to the new springtime called "Christ our Hope": http://www.christourhope.net/

I encourage everyone to watch the videos of the Pope's U.S. visit speeches, or perhaps better, read them: http://www.uspapalvisit.org/ Anything is possible with “Christ Our Hope.”

"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20