Daily Reflections
Happy Feast Day of Saint Matthias, who was one of the twelve apostles. He is not the most widely known or discussed saint and apostle, but he played a critical role in the early Church. His is a positive legacy of two thousand years. Replacement Jesus had ascended to Heaven,…
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Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima The responsorial psalm today says: “The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.” These words of the psalmist resonate with today’s feast. While it is true that God’s revelation is totally and definitively achieved in the life of Christ Jesus, the…
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Let’s have some fun—just this once. There is a lot going on in today’s first reading of Acts 17 as we ponder the interaction between St Paul and the Greek judges at the Areopagus. The foundation for the dialogue is framed in today’s Gospel. There, Jesus tells His disciples that…
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Do you ever stop and really reflect on the gift the Lord gave us when He sent the Holy Spirit to be with us? Do you recognize the Spirit within you? Do you think about His love enduring forever? Forever. Always. No matter what. God holds you and offers unfailing…
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“An hour is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering worship to God.”—John 16:2 Choosing to follow Christ has never been an easy path. Today’s reading from Jesus’ farewell discourse offers a glimpse into the reality of discipleship. In these last hours before His death, Jesus…
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Today’s Scripture readings are bathed in LOVE. Jesus told us in John 15:13 “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” But on Calvary, He poured out his blood for all of us…friends and enemies. Or as St. John told us in 1John…
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My conversation with a number of friends on the state of Christianity in the world of today has always ended with a consciousness that Christianity and Christian values are hated and discriminated in today’s world. Wait a minute. I do not wish to take glory in such an assertion, after…
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Christianity is the most beautiful religion that has ever existed on earth. Only this religion has the ability to liberate our world from the stranglehold of evil. Only its principles and basic message can truly set both humanity and nature free from the pangs of wickedness that overshadows them. For…
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In today’s first reading we hear about the first great controversy in the Church. It dealt with the relationship of the Jewish law to the Christian faith. It sounds odd to us today, but Jesus lived as a Jew, all the apostles lived as Jews, and Jesus even said that…
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In the first reading today, Saint Paul gets stoned by the local population, and is thrown out of town like rubbish. They believe he is dead. God was not done with Paul yet, as he still had lots of evangelizing to do, and more suffering to endure. He gets up,…
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