Happy St
Patrick’s Day!
We’re honored to have
Bishop John Dolan presiding at the 9:30 AM Mass today. Welcome Bishop! Thank
you to all of you who have been planning and volunteering at the various events
this weekend to celebrate our patron saint, St. Patrick!
As I was reflecting on the
life of St. Patrick, and how early in life he was captured and taken as a slave
to Ireland, it struck me he was a victim of what we call today human
trafficking. The numbers of people in modern-day slavery are in the millions,
and most of them, like Patrick, are being exploited for labor. Let us pray to
St Patrick for their liberation.
If you want to know more
about this reality in San Diego, and become involved, you can look up the
organization, Children of the Immaculate Heart. It is the one Catholic organization
that serves women survivors of human trafficking.
That evil that God allowed
in Patrick’s life led him to a conversion: "And there [in captivity] the
Lord opened my mind to be aware of my lack of faith so that, even then, it
would be possible for me to remember my transgressions and return with all my
heart to the Lord, my God."
God rescued him from
slavery, and he was able to return to his land, but after being ordained
priest, and bishop, he was sent back to Ireland, no longer as a slave, but to
preach the Gospel. He was exposed to many dangers, but traveled all over
Ireland, and eventually his efforts proved very successful in the how the Irish
people embraced the faith.
God Bless, Fr. Carlos, OSA
Sunday, March 17, 2019 — Second Sunday of Lent
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