Balm for the soul. After I returned from a beautiful Holy Thursday Mass and Adoration last night, I received a text from a local friend who attends a parish across town. I couldn’t fully process what I just read, but, hoping against hope, I quickly opened the attached link and went to the homily. It was just as she said, and better than I could have imagined.

POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and