What is Holy Water? Why do Catholics bless themselves with Holy Water?In "Ask a Marian," Fr. Andy Davy, MIC, gives us insight to the power behind this sacramental, and the importance of water in Sacred Scripture.

Today we celebrate St. Luke the Evangelist—the physician, artist, and companion of St. Paul who gave us one of the most merciful portraits of Christ in all of Scripture. In his Gospel, we meet Jesus as the Divine Physician: healing the sick, forgiving sinners, and lifting the poor and forgotten into His Heart. From the parables of mercy—the prodigal son, the lost sheep, the good Samaritan—to Christ’s words from the Cross, “Father, forgive them,” St. Luke reveals the face of a God who is infinite in compassion.

Fr. Andy reads from John 20:19-31, the Gospel reading for Sunday, April 12, 2026.