My friends, Jesus is the Good Shepherd who brings abundance of Life. He laid down his life for us, that we might have life. He continues to call others to share in a unique and specific way to serve him by consecrating their lives as priests and religious. This witness Read more…
Consecrated to Mary, Mother of the Church, our nation, archdiocese, families and all people are ‘set apart’ for God’s purposes. May our Mother Mary’s intercession assist us in growing in holiness. Today’s Consecration can be viewed below: May 1 Consecration of the Archdiocese to Mary from Archdiocese of Seattle on Read more…
Feast days of members of the Holy Family are always accompanied by strong feelings of gratitude for my own family. Images of Our Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, the Holy Family, Jesus adorned the homes of my family and grandparents. But, they were not just idle images of art, but rather Read more…
There are very few saints from our tradition that knew and loved the Lord, Jesus as St. Catherine. I am so grateful to have discovered her as she has helped me to love the same Lord, and to know and love and serve his Church. St. Catherine found so much Read more…
We are clearly created for relationship with God! Today’s readings give many insights how God continues to accompany us by the presence of the Risen Jesus. Rather than recreate the homily here, I invite you to please watch today’s Mass and listen to today’s homily below. Hang in there! May Read more…
We celebrate today the Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist. I cannot help but think that Mark lived as a great witness to Christ before, or at least, while he was writing his Gospel. Once again in this Easter season we hear the great commission of Jesus: Go into the whole Read more…
Dear friends, I pray you are persevering in faith during these days of the coronavirus pandemic. The Gospel for Mass today is the beginning of the Eucharistic discourse in John, Chapter 6. I hope you will take time to listen to the homily in the video of today’s Mass, found Read more…
Jesus continues to teach Nicodemus about his true origins from God above. “The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.” (John 3: 31) We need a balanced ‘theology’ or understanding of God. God is indeed Read more…
The conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus continues today with perhaps one of the greatest lines of the Gospel: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. My friends, do not Read more…
For the second time in just a few days, we read from two different moments in the Acts of the Apostles (2:42-47; 4:32-37) how members of the early Christian Church offered their personal possessions to meet the needs of others. Charity is at the heart and core of the mission of the Read more…