Acts 1-11 Eph 1: 17-23, Mt 28: 16-20 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our first reading today tells us that these forty days after Easter were a time of preparation. Jesus was getting his Catholic Church ready for her mission — to go out into the whole world and proclaim the Kingdom of God. We know [...]
Acts 8: 5-8. 14-17, 1 Pet 3: 15-18, Jn 14: 15-21 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Paraclete: Our Divine Coach Roald Amundsen, the great Norwegian explorer who discovered the South Pole took a homing pigeon with him on his trip. He told his wife that if he reached the end of the [...]
Acts 6: 1-7, 1 Pet 2: 4-9, Jn 14: 1-12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of home. I once heard the governor of a prison say: ‘If you were to give the prisoners a choice between going home and staying here in a luxury suite, complete with [...]
CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD Acts 2: 14.36-41, 1Pet 2: 20-25, Jn 10: 1-10 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, ‘I came so that you may have life and have it to the full.’ (Gospel) Is Jesus talking only about eternal life or also about this life? I have no doubt but these words are [...]
Acts 2:14, 22-33, 1 Peter 1:17-21, Luke 24:13-35 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, “God raised him up!” “Were not our hearts burning within us?” The experiences of these early followers of Jesus was incredible. They went through complete doubt, through denial, through sadness, through lack of hope—and then…. Jesus begins to show up in their [...]
Feast of Divine Mercy Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118:1-24; 1 Pet 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, On this Second Sunday of Easter, the responsorial psalm and Gospel center on the theme of mercy. In Psalm 118 we say three times, “His mercy endures forever.” The Gospel, from John 20:19-31, [...]
The Weight of the Pandemic is the Burden We All Bear We are living in an unprecedented time in history. The COVID-19, or the coronavirus, has interrupted our lives and turned our world completely upside down. It is simply unimaginable that an invisible virus could have such a deadly effect on such a global [...]
HOLY THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER 04/08/2020 Ex 12:1-8, 11-14, 1Cor 11:23-26, John 13: 1-15 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I want to reflect on the virtue of faith as it is demanded by the eucharist, and the virtue of love as it is demonstrated in the washing of the feet. Holy [...]
Good Friday 04/10/2020 Is 52:13- 53:12, Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Today we celebrate the Good Friday of our Lord’s Passion, the moment when Jesus our Lord was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate at the instigation of His opponents, and put to suffer and was tortured, made to [...]
Easter Vigil ~ 04/11/2020 Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9, Rv. 1:5-8, Lk 4:16-21 Dear Sisters and Brothers, This is a day of celebration. This is the day our Brother broke the chains of death and rose in triumph from the grave. He did this, not just for himself, but for all of us. [...]