During my retreat, I had the privilege to attend Daily Mass. Despite our different ethnic backgrounds, it was a big treat to witness all 8
Loneliness is something every human being has to face, for it is the hunger for perfect union. Even happily married people know this loneliness, for
People who know me know I hate making choices. I use my job as a convenient excuse. You see, I teach. And every second of
You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved. —Matthew 10:22 I have humbled him,
I have been working with this coworker for awhile, he was hired around the same time that I did. He was hired as a maintenance
Exodus 16:2-15, Psalm 78, Ephesians 4:17-24, John 6:24-35 In these readings, the Church juxtaposes the two instances in history where supernatural food was given to
Today, my community did an exegesis of John 20-21. What struck me the most is found in John 20:21 and 21:3. When Jesus appeared to
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
After one sex scandal after another involving clergy has broken out, it has been proposed that since the hierarchy cannot be trusted to weed out
Jeremiah 13:1-11 In this reading, God instructed Jeremiah to hide the loincloth in a hole in the rock, and some time later Jeremiah was instructed
At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave, where he took shelter. But the word of the LORD came to him, “Go
The ancient Ark of the Covenant that accompanied the Israelites during the Exodus of Egypt until the Babylonian conquest, has long been understood in the
The narrative this week serves as a wonderful opening because God is asking us a really important question: “Will you give everything up to Me?”
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with
In these few weeks’ Sunday Gospel readings, we embark on reading the Bread of Life discourse found in John 6. Last week, we saw Jesus
Recently I saw a video making the rounds on Facebook. One of its claims was that God does not care about whether your sports team
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him something. He said to her,
Before meeting Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul was “breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord,” and yet today we remember him
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your
Conversion and reversion stories never fail to fascinate. Stories of how and why a person freely decides to embrace the Catholic Faith, or return to
“Where I am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know
