The Solemnity of Corpus Christi proclaims a central truth of the Catholic Faith that the Holy Eucharist is truly the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. The Holy Eucharist is His Real Presence. The Holy Eucharist is not a thing; the Holy Eucharist is a Person—Jesus Christ Himself, the Savior of Humanity.

Devotion to Our Blessed Mother always leads us to her Son really present in the Holy Eucharist. She teaches us how to adore Him and how to receive Him in the Sacrament of the Altar. It is His Eucharistic Presence that binds us together in his Body the Church.

Come on the road and witness the great Eucharistic miracle of the real and true Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Reaffirm your faith in Him and receive the graces He will pour out for us during this amazing time.

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is coming, truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament, as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes through the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Will you come out to welcome Him?

We are so blessed in the Diocese of Pittsburgh to have the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passing within our territory and through some of our parishes from June 12 through the 19.

The Eucharistic Lord Jesus accompanied by 14 young Catholic adults will be passing through the Diocese of Pittsburgh June 12 to June 19, in just a few short weeks.

The Church has different dimensions based on the relationships existing in her. Theologians and popes have spoken of three primary dimensions of the Church based on three pivotal chosen persons: Our Lady, St. Peter, and St. John.

Our Lady came to Guadalupe when a culture of death reigned, when few people knew and believed in her Son as true God and true man. She came to be present to the people, to be close to them and to aid them. She remains there and does the same for people who come to her shrine. 

We should bring to Our Savior everything that needs to be healed within us. We should come before Him in the Blessed Sacrament, reserved in the tabernacle or exposed on our altars, and tell Him all that is in us that needs healing.

On the Cross, as Jesus completed His Sacrifice of mercy and love, the centurion came with his spear and pierced His side and His heart from which flowed blood and water.

In speaking of His Body as the Temple that will be raised up, Our Lord shows the incredible impact His Resurrection on our salvation in seeing the glory and the identity of three different bodies: our own body, the Body of Christ the Church, and His Eucharistic Body.

Trusting in God’s merciful plan always provides blessings to those who are faithful. Even when we cannot see what God’s plan is or how it could possibly work out, we are called to trust, and God will provide.

We see that Jesus’ Sacrifice on the Cross is the ultimate offering for sin by which evil is defeated and we are raised to new life, His own resurrected life. Without this Sacrifice, there would be no Resurrection. Without this Sacrifice, there would be no salvation for us.

At the very core of Lent is the Paschal Mystery – the Passion Death and Resurrection of Jesus. All we do during Lent is to help us enter more deeply into this Mystery. It is all about dying to our self and living in Christ. 

On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, a band of men and women in our diocese will consecrate themselves to Jesus and Mary and put themselves at the disposal of this Divine Son and His Blessed Mother, for the renewal of the Church and the evangelization of the world.

Every time we come to Mass, the Lord in the Flesh is presented in the temple! During this time of Eucharistic Revival, our eyes, our ears and our hearts must be opened to His entrance, to His Eucharistic Presence at Mass!

My dear brothers and sisters, pray and fast for the end of abortion, for unborn children, for the support of expectant mothers, and for the strengthening and the revitalization of family life.

The Savior enters into fallen creation, sent by God the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit, through this woman who was untouched by sin and who is perfectly docile to and united to God’s Will.

At this time of year when we look upon nativity scenes in our parish churches or at home, let us remember the tremendous love that St. Francis had for the Divine Infant of Bethlehem as he assembled the first Nativity scene.

To be Guadalupanos means to be sent on mission by Our Lady, just as St. Juan Diego was. She sent him to proclaim the truth of her Son, His Gospel, and His Church.