Despite thousands of pages of protective service records and recorded interviews with her children showing that Melissa was not abusive, she was convicted and sentenced to death for causing the death of her two-year old daughter, Mariah.
On March 2, Ash Wednesday, we enter the holy season of Lent. This is an opportunity to accept our Lord’s invitation to journey with him to the cross and resurrection as the Mystical Body of Christ.
I ask the faithful of the Diocese of Austin to join me in praying for the safety of the people of Ukraine. May world leaders act swiftly to end all hostility.