BISHOP'S CORNER
A note of thanks from the Bishop
I wish to express my deep personal gratitude to the faithful of the Diocese of Trenton for their characteristic generosity in contributing to the Diocese’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund during the past few months.
Bishop invites faithful to pray daily Rosary for the needs of the nation
For centuries, Catholics have turned to the Blessed Virgin Mary, asking for her intercession in times of need by praying the Rosary.
Mary shows us the way: A teaching on the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
Although this year the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother into heaven is not a holy day of obligation because it falls on Saturday, it remains a pre-eminent Marian feast day that should be honored and remembered.
‘This Is My Beloved Son: Listen To Him’: A reflection for the Feast of the Transfiguration
The Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus is celebrated on August 6. It lifts up for our prayerful consideration as Catholics a pivotal moment in the life of the Lord Jesus.
In the Lord Jesus, we walk in truth
We are all familiar with the tense moment of confrontation between Pontius Pilate and the Lord Jesus when Pilate demands “what is truth?”
Bishop extends Mass dispensation
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., issued the following message July 30, 2020:
Ten years of ‘loving and serving the Lord Jesus and his people'
On July 30, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will mark the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the episcopacy, less than two months after being named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton.
Bishop O’Connell’s 2020 Baccalaureate Mass homily
This is not the high school graduation celebration you expected when you began your senior year back in September. Who could have imagined then what you are experiencing now and how your senior year would end?
Summertime Again
It’s summertime again, although the look and feel of it is quite different this year. Most of us have been working at home or home schooling so, despite the change of seasons, it seems just “more of the same.” But it is different.
Embracing Father’s Day as a celebration of faith
Like “Mother’s Day” in the United States, “Father’s Day” celebrations began here in the early 20th century. Their true origins, however, are rooted in Catholic religious devotions to St. Joseph in the Middle Ages. For the most part, the national observance of “Father’s Day” is a secular holiday.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus and the human heart of the priest shall beat as one
Devotion to the “Sacred Heart of Jesus” can be traced back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the Catholic Church.
This Is My Body, This Is My Blood
In June 2011, our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI reminded us that the feast we celebrate today in Catholic Churches throughout the United States – the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ often referred to as “Corpus Christi” – “is inseparable from the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s …
It should not have happened
All of us in our Diocese, in our nation, indeed, throughout the world looked with horror at the video depicting the May 25 death of George Floyd, an African American citizen of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Bishop on Pentecost: The wind blows where it pleases
The Sacred Scriptures remind us that “the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit dwelling with us (Romans 5: 5).”
We remember: ‘Greater love than this no one has’
Memorial Day is observed throughout the United States on the last Monday in May.
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