Homily for the Memorial of St. Pius X, Pope

We are called to be a people of love; to be instruments of God’s love in our world; to speak out against evil and injustice and to do our part to bring peace and justice to our world. This doesn’t mean we condemn others; it means we show others how to love through our example.

In John’s Gospel, Jesus says, “By this, shall [people] know that you are my disciples: if you love one another.”[1]

As we seek to bring today’s Gospel alive in our hearts and in our lives, let us pray that God might let the fire of his love burn brightly in our hearts, so that we might show God’s love to all people and that God’s love will be expressed in our service to one another.+

[1] John 13:35