Open our hearts and minds

God is asking us right now to open our hearts and minds and allow Him to touch our innermost being for us to come to realize that if there is no Jesus in us, there is no salvation.

And if Jesus is present in us, we have to give Him thanks because we belong to a community of love, to a community who is ready to make sacrifices just for the sake of embracing Jesus and making Jesus alive in our hearts.

From the homily at the Day 8 novena Mass for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.