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Fr. James Marchionda, OP advises us to take our troubles to God in prayer. God will answer them. Even if we do not get an answer just as we expected, but we will know that God is with us, helping. So bring your burdens to the Lord.

Jesus tells us, "Come to me all who labor, and I will give you rest." Fr. Jim Marchionda, OP explains that Jesus does not promise to take away our burdens, but to lighten them. Our burdens might remain, but they will feel lighter with the help of Jesus.

Echoing the words of Jesus, Fr. James Marchionda, OP challenges us to love God as much as we love our own family (love God more, not your family less), and to carry the cross of Jesus even as we deal with the others crosses that life gives us.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP speaks of God's extraordinary generosity. God goes out of his way to reach us. In the same way, we should be reaching out to those who need us.

God called Abraham to uproot himself and go to a foreign land when he was 75. Thus, Fr. James Marchionda, OP lets us know that in God's eyes, we are never to old to change and to become more than we are today.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP invites us to bask in God's love, banishing fear and insecurity. God knows us intimately, and has "counted the hairs on our head."

Fr. James Marchionda, OP comments on Paul's insight about Jesus, "that while we were still sinners Christ died for us," asking if we can do the same and be on the forefront forgiveness,

Fr. James Marchionda, OP reminds us that we are not only to receive gifts from Christ, but we are meant to share these gifts as his ambassadors.

Breaking open the readings for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. James Marchionda, OP advises us to remember what God has done for you, specifically, and to and use that as a gauge for what to do for others. What God has forgiven you, you should forgive others. As God has blessed you without cost, you should bless others without cost.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, lauding the generosity of our supporters, reminds us that our generosity needs to extend to kindness with one another, to patience, and to kindness, and our willingness to give of ourselves.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, glad to be out of office and excited about the choice of his successor, Fr. Louis Morrone, OP, echoes the words of the Psalm, "Praise the Lord my Soul!"

Fr. James Marchionda, OP notes that at Pentecost, people from different lands speaking in different languages came together, and through the work of the Holy Spirit, they were united and could understand one another. In the same way, when we are doing God's work, we cannot let differences divide.