November 15, 2026
From The Desk of Father Lima
This Sunday’s first reading and psalm speak of life and love between husband, wife, and God. This week I would like to share a reflection by St. John Paul II:
“From the Lord they learn to love to the very end, in self-giving and forgiveness. And since He Himself lives out an indissoluble Covenant, they learn from Him an unwavering fidelity to the word and to the life that has been given to them.
The Covenant not only inspires the couple’s life but is also fulfilled within it, in the sense that the Covenant unfolds its own energy within the spouses’ lives. It shapes their love from within: they love one another not only as Christ loved, but already, mysteriously, with the very love of Christ, since His Spirit has been given to them… to the extent that they allow themselves to be shaped by Him (cf. Gal 2:25; Eph 4:23).
At Mass, through the ministry of the priest, the Spirit of the Lord transforms the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of the Lord. In and through the sacrament of marriage, the Spirit can transform conjugal love into the very love of the Lord; if the spouses allow themselves to be transformed, they can love with the new heart promised by the New Covenant.” -St. John Paul II
Father Lima