Salt and Light of the World
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! This week, as many of you know, our Diocese mourns the passing of one of our priests, Rev. Fr. James “Jim” Joseph Ratcliffe. I came to know Fr. Jim when I first arrived in the Diocese, when he was serving as the diocesan liturgist. He was deeply passionate about the liturgy and gave himself generously to the life of the Church. His death invites us to pause…