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Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP asks us to think about why we go to mass: just to be fed, or to enter more deeply into communion with God and all of God's people?

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP says that sometimes, like the disciples of Jesus on the road to Emmaus, we don't recognize that Jesus is walking with us as we lament our troubles—but we can recognize his presence in our lives if we come to the Eucharist with our whole heart.

On this Holy Saturday, when Jesus lies dead in the tomb, Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP invites us to wait in desolation, as did Mary all those years ago. Let us welcome the mystery of the pain of humanity awaiting resurrection.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP asks us to adopt the mind and heart of Jesus, who, when confronted with a woman "caught in the very act of adultery," did not condemn her, but in mercy offered her a new life. May we, in God's mercy, also offer a new life to those who need it most.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP, celebrating Jesus raising Lazarus back to life, challenges all of us to look around our world in an act of social friendship and raise up others who we find threatened by the death of hunger, racism, and violence.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP relates Jesus' challenge to us to not think ourselves as above others, but to really listen to others—especially those whom we think are less religious than we are, or are marginalized. They might be the bearers of God's message for us.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP reminds us that our following the law has to be greater than that of the Pharisees, not based in following rules but in caring for the poor.

For the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas,Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP challenges us to navigate the storms of ideas we face in the modern world with the faith and steadfastness of Aquinas.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP reminds us that when doing God's, we need to have the patience of a farmer, who must wait for the crops to grow.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP asks each of us to think about what it would take so that we could say, along with Simeon, that we could die in peace because our mission in the world was accomplished?

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, reminds us that all of our lives need to be dedicated entirely to the good of humanity.

Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP reminds us that Jesus is coming back for each of us at our own timeline, so we should be ready to meet him by constantly living a life of sanctity.