Five years ago, evil men turned deaf ears to God and committed one of the worst acts of horror to ever hit our shores. After the massacre, cars and taxis and buses and television commercials somberly but resolutely displayed the motto, We shall never forget.

But do we still remember? Have we kept, with full vigor, the spiritual vows we made five years ago? Or have we, too, been deafened by the white noise of the world?

For our Lord Jesus

took him off by himself away from the crowd.
He put his finger into the man�??s ears
and, spitting, touched his tongue;
then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him,
Ephphatha! — that is, �??Be opened!�?�
[Mk 36-40]

Now is the time to be opened — to stop, reflect and renew our dedication toward living truly Catholic lives and remaining the steadfast and stalwart Church militant.

I pray for those who perished, for their family and friends, for the United States of America and its leaders, for Europe, and for the conversion of souls.