Brothers and sisters in Christ, as we enter another Lenten season on Ash Wednesday, March 2, it is helpful to place it in the broader context of the reality of Christ. Through the will of God and the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was born into the world through Read more…
On this 5th Sunday of Easter, I want to begin by wishing all our moms a Happy Mother’s Day! Our Opening Prayer for today’s Mass is helpful to understand our readings, our faith, and the mission of the Church today. We pray that God may constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery Read more…
For some reason, these last few days have been a spiritual struggle for me. But, that is the reality of the spiritual life; it is a constant ebb and flow of ups and downs, of consolation and desolation, of fidelity and temptations. Through the course of every spiritual journey, God is Read more…
As this Holy Week begins, let us pray for the grace to keep our eyes fixed on Christ. Today, we proclaim him as King, while the events of this week will unfold to reveal what Kingship looks like through the eyes of God. Let us accompany him to the Upper Read more…
My dear friends, today we prepare to enter the Sacred Triduum. I wish to encourage all of this readership to make sure you know what the liturgical schedule is for your parish these next three days; Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Great Easter Vigil. Our presence and full participation Read more…
In her Dialogue, God speaks to St. Catherine: “In so knowing me the soul catches fire with unspeakable love, which in turn brings continual pain.” These words appear in the opening section of St. Catherine of Siena’s The Dialogue. They seem a good starting point for our Lenten journey. In Read more…
We are all familiar with today’s Gospel account of Jesus’ answer to the question from a ‘scholar of the law’: “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29) As always, even, and maybe particularly with passages that are so familiar to us, it is good to sit silently with the passage in Read more…