Jesus Poses the Toughest of Challenges

SEPT. 11, 2014 - Did you happen to catch today's Gospel reading? It was Luke 6:27-38.

"... To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ...

Clearly, the Holy Spirit is at work.

Father Chris Alar, MIC, the director of the Association of Marian Helpers, said the votive Mass for our nation on the thirteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The Mass was held in the oratory of the Marian Helpers Center in Stockbridge, Mass.

Here's what he had to say:

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