God in His grace and mercy sent His Son into the world, that through faith in Him, the world may be saved – redeemed from sin and from Satan’s clutches. God determined that the eternal Son would set aside His glory and be born into the world, which He Himself created. God resolved that He would be born as the perfect, sinless Son of Man, and become the one and only acceptable sacrificial offering for our sin.

He came in the Person of Jesus, the babe of Bethlehem, such that whosoever believes in Him would not perish, but have everlasting life.

Jesus is the full and final revelation that God has given to man. His free-will, sacrificial offering on the cross is the climax of God’s plan to redeem His fallen race. Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End of God’s will and word – His mind and His thoughts.

Let us earnestly seek to know Him more and offer our lives as a living sacrifice that is holy unto God and cry out to Him for salvation with one, united voice: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord – Hosanna in the Highest.”

(from knowingjesus)

A brief message from the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of the United States:

God is calling us to a new and deeper spiritual awareness. We encourage you to stay united in the communion of the Holy Spirit! Pray! Stay vigilant! Sing, smile, and laugh! Exercise and read! Pay attention to your health and help people who are under risk in your family as well as in your neighborhood! Communicate and support each other in spirit and deed! The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

The Flower of the Month for April is the Daisy. This flower represents innocence, certainty and modesty. Many people give the Daisy to wish good fortune, happiness and pleasure.