…”Brothers and sisters, rejoice. Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the holy ones greet you. The grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the [...]
…”Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And [...]
…”Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he remains [...]
…”Thomas said to him, ‘Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” Last weekend’s Gospel ended by Jesus promising to give us life – life [...]
…”But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, [...]
…”With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” We’ve all had a “God moment.” Those moments when deep in our [...]
…”Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” It’s Divine Mercy Sunday. Much like Jesus did for his early followers, He desires to come to us and bring us the gift of mercy and peace. “Peace be with you.” The comforting and reassuring words of [...]
A few weeks back I had the blessing of meeting with all of our candidates for Confirmation in 2018. They were in small groups working their way around the Church so they could reflect on different dimensions of our life of faith (welcome, service, commitment, Christ-centered). In each of the small groups, I began by [...]
…”Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To You, Lord, I return it. Everything is Yours, do with it what You will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for [...]
…”Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my [...]