Of one thing we can be certain: every person we see - no matter the race, religion, political beliefs, body type, or appearance - is family.

Often the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us. Selfless acts of service and consecration refine our spirits remove the scales from our spiritual eyes and open the windows of heaven. By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer we often find the answer to our own.

You are to do the choosing here and now during this exciting and wonderful time on earth. Moral agency, the freedom to choose, is certainly one of God's greatest gifts next to life itself. We have the honorable right to choose; therefore, we need to choose the right. This is not always easy.

To those who have separated themselves from the Church, I say, my dear friends, there is yet a place for you here.

Let us prepare for that blessed day when He will come again. Let us be as wise as those ancients who watched for His coming.

If we fail to give our time with those we love, one day we will live to regret it.

No matter how many times you have slipped or fallen, rise up... You are stronger than you realize.