Sr. Mary To Nga Nguyen

“To suffer in peace, it is enough to will all that Jesus wills.” – St. Thérèse of Lisieux The Church celebrates several feasts of the Holy Cross each year, one of which is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. On this feast, we commemorate the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice brought us hope and the promise of eternal life. His suffering was the perfect offering to the Heavenly Father, teaching us to accept our own trials with a noble and holy attitude....

“I have loved you with an everlasting love.” (Jeremiah 31:3) It’s that time of the year where classrooms begin to decorate walls and bulletin boards with the theme of “love.” People in the United States, as well as other countries around the world, begin to decorate their businesses or homes to celebrate Valentine’s Day. As the holiday approaches in the month of February, flower bouquets are wrapped with heart covered paper, teddy bears holding hearts that say “I love you,” and Valentine...

The book of Ecclesiastes says: “There is an appointed time for everything,” (Eccl. 3:1). In the same way there is a time for everything, we can say that there is a name for everything. We can truly apply this idea in terms of naming things. There is a name for every nation and every street on the global map. Every member in the family has his/her name. Even COVID-19, the virus which affected the entire world, received its name by the World Health Organization (WHO). A name is important...