"Faith is what a child has when its father puts out his hands and says ‘Jump!’ and the child leaps into space with the assurance that its father’s hands will not let it fall." #SaintOscarRomero

"At the Last Judgement, I will not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises...Instead, I will be asked: Did you feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the imprisoned?" #MariaSkobtsova #Martyr

"We are living in a time when cruelty is applauded." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/news/bishops...

"To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us." #PopeFrancis

"A Church that does not provoke, a Gospel that does not disturb, a word from God that does not irritate, a word from God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is proclaimed: What kind of Gospel is that?” #SaintOscarRomero

In this week's message, Father Jim is inspired by #SaintOscarRomero to ask "hard questions" for #HolyWeek that call us to prayer, discernment, and a penetrating examination of conscience. Now more than ever, let's pray and walk together! #LiveTheGospel ccgronline.com

"The people are my prophet." #SaintOscarRomero #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther #PrayForAmerica

"Even if the world turns a deaf ear to this appeal, we are certain that God will hear our prayer and the cries of so many who suffer. God wants a world without war. He will free us from this evil!" #PopeLeoXIV #MakePeace #PrayForPeace

Check out Brother Patrick's "Notes from the Hermitage" for Holy Week and join us in praying for this week's intentions! #HolyWeek #PrayTogether assisiproject.com/blog

"Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war." #PopeLeoXIV #MakePeace #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"Jesus remains steadfast in meekness, while others stir up violence. He offers himself to embrace humanity, even as others raise swords and clubs. He is the light of the world, even though darkness engulfs the earth. He came to bring life, even as plans unfold to condemn him to death." #PopeLeoXIV

"Guard yourself, abstain from every evil, and persevere in goodness until the end." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel

“All of us have our part to play in living the Gospel of Suffering.” #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

"God is open to all people. God calls all people. God moves everyone to seek him and discover him." #PopeFrancis #LiveTheGospel

"Peace is not merely a balance of power; it is the work of purified hearts, of those who see others as brothers and sisters to be protected, not enemies to be defeated (3-28-26)." #PopeLeoXIV #Peace #MakePeace #PrayForPeace

"Christ invites us not to fear persecution. Believe me, brothers and sisters, anyone committed to the poor must risk the same fate as the poor." #OscarRomero #LiveTheGospel #RememberThePoor

"No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness." #PopeFrancis #LiveTheGospel #BeHumble

"We cannot remain silent in the face of the suffering of so many people." #PopeLeoXIV

“If one day it should happen to me—and it could be today—to become a victim of the terrorism that now seems to be targeting all foreigners...I would like my community, my Church, and my family to remember that my life was given to God and to this country." www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

"Be converted! Be reconciled! Love one another!" #OscarRomero #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther

"It would be beautiful if politics could learn the wisdom of the hobbits, capable of 'deflating' the muscular vision of the struggle for power so in vogue today." #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #BePeace #MakePeace #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...

"This isn’t just boorishness. It’s a specific kind of moral failure, and it has a name: incivility." #PrayForAmerica www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/25/o...

"When you look upon a poor person, you see into a mirror of the Lord and his poor mother. Likewise, in the sick you contemplate the kind of infirmities that he took upon himself for us." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #RememberThePoor

"You cannot satisfy the just war tradition’s criterion of right intention if you do not have a clear intention.” #CardinalMcElroy #BePeace #MakePeace #PrayForPeace religionnews.com/2026/03/24/c...

"Even if the world turns a deaf ear to this appeal, we are certain that God will hear our prayer and the cries of so many who suffer. God wants a world without war. He will free us from this evil!" #PopeLeoXIV #BePeace #MakePeace #PrayForPeace

"Blessed Mother, intercede for our world, in turmoil and great danger. Teach us to cherish and care for life, each and every human life, and to repudiate the folly of war, which sows death and threatens our future." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

"A robust theology of protest knows that what the state can do to you is not as scary as what silence will reduce you to." #PrayForAmerica #Pray #Fast #Resist religionnews.com/2026/03/22/a...

"I want to say to the people, to the rulers, to the rich and powerful: If you do not become poor, if you do not concern yourselves with the poverty of our people, as though they were your own family, then you are not able to save society." #OscarRomero

"Authoritarianism does not care about polls or the number of activists protesting. Authoritarian power only cares about what it can make us do." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

“Airplanes should always be carriers of #peace, never of war!” #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace

In our latest podcast, Brother Patrick reflects on the virtue of #empathy and our shared obligation to love, care, and feel for each other. #BrotherPatrick #Empathy #AssisiProjectPodcast assisiproject.com

"In this season that exalts force, let us listen to the message of #peace. How much fear and violence would already be disarmed if we simply said, with our faces and our words, ‘peace be with you.’” #CardinalZuppi #PrayForPeace

"I am afraid that soon the Bible and the Gospels will not be allowed across our borders. We will receive only the bindings because all of the pages are subversive." #RutilioGrande

"There are millions of young people who are asking us to do all that is possible and seemingly impossible to stop war, to stop all wars. It is in thinking first about them, of all children and young people, that we must say together: Never again war!" #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

“There are things you must always preserve from the early years of your life: trust in those who love you, the universal language of love, the disarming power of a smile, the courage to apologize, and the beauty of making peace.” #PopeLeoXIV www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"We must be very alert to the evil subtlety of Satan. His one desire is to keep us from having a heart and mind inclined to our Lord and God." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

"Through countless acts of courage and solidarity, the people of Minneapolis have challenged the culture of fear, hate, and brutality that has gripped the United States and too many other countries." #PrayForAmerica www.thenation.com/article/acti...

"Mother of Mercy, we appeal for mercy! Queen of Peace, we appeal for peace! Touch the hearts of those imprisoned by hatred. Convert those who cause and provoke conflict." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

Mateo is the youngest member of our fellowship! Happy 4th Birthday to our big, brave, blue-eyed, baby boy!

“We are in great need of the spirit of unity today, because the poison of division and conflict tends to corrupt hearts and social relationships and must be countered by the Gospel witness of unity, dialogue, forgiveness, and peace." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"The packaging changes in Washington. The dishonesty doesn’t. But one thing is constant: The people who will pay for the lies are not the people telling them." #PrayForPeace www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/o...

"Hate, before it is too late, must be eradicated from our hearts. To do this, there is a need for dialog, listening, negotiation, creativity, diplomatic skills, and a visionary politics capable of building a system of coexistence that is not based on the power of weapons." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

"A million prison walls can’t protect us, because the real dangers—militarism, greed, economic inequality, fascism, police brutality—lie outside, not inside, prison walls.” #PhilipBerrigan #PrayForAmerica

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which contains the tomb of Jesus is expected to remain closed until the end of the war. #PrayForPeace www.ncronline.org/news/church-...

"Our true friends are those who inflict us with unjust trial and ordeal, shame and injury, sorrow and torment, martyrdom and death. These are the ones we should love most because what they truly impose upon us is eternal life." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi

"Many of our brothers and sisters throughout the world are suffering because of violent conflicts, caused by the absurd claim that problems and differences can be resolved through war, whereas instead we must engage in an unceasing dialogue for peace (3-15-26)." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace

"Most of the world does not realize the catastrophe that is striking our civilization." #CardinalGugerotti #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

"Blessed Joseph, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen." #PopeFrancis #SaintJoseph #PrayTogether

"War, before it reaches the front lines, must be stopped in the heart." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

"Saint Francis and his followers strove to be loyal and obedient to legitimate church authorities and religious superiors, but not when there was a tension or outright conflict with what the Gospel of Jesus Christ commands." #LiveTheGospel #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/st-f...