2023 Paschal Message from His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin

To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! One of the great Christian struggles of faith is to overcome in our own minds and hearts the seeming paradox of darkness swallowed up by Light, death swallowed up by Life, defeat swallowed up by Victory, and Golgotha swallowed up by the Empty Tomb. The spiritual […]

2023 Lenten Message from His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin

To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men […]

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2022 Nativity Message from His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin

To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, Dearly beloved: CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.(Mark 10:15-16) In the grand providence of God’s […]