A Grace-Filled Mission of Love. As we pause to reflect on the grace-filled experience of the Feeding of the Poor event, our hearts are filled with gratitude to God, whose providence and mercy guided every moment of this sacred mission. What unfolded in our midst was far more than a…
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Living with a Sense of Responsibility: Today’s Gospel gives us a path for living together with honesty, care, and a deep sense of responsibility for one other. At the heart of Jesus’ message is relationship, a call to fraternal communion, even when that communion is tested by hurt or misunderstanding.…
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“If a man has 100 sheep and one goes astray…” What makes our God the kind we want to worship? The parable of the man who has a hundred sheep serves as the backdrop for the answer. Jesus, while in the land where shepherds and sheep are common, asks a…
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In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus paying the temple tax after the people asked his disciples if he should not pay taxes. Jesus is the Son of God, the Lord of all, and certainly, he would not have to pay taxes, but having become man, he fully lived our human…
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When I contemplate faith, I often remember something my younger son used to say during bedtime when he was four. He begged me to stay with him after turning off the light, so I would snuggle next to him in bed and allow the quiet to settle. He would anxiously…
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Today’s reading from Deuteronomy (6:4-13), is one of the hardest readings for me to take to heart. “Hear, O Israel. The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you should love the Lord, your God, with all of your heart and all your soul and all your strength.” And…
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The excerpt from today’s Gospel “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will find it” – Matthew 16:25, inspires me to reflect on the true freedom that comes from trusting God and living selflessly. These words of Jesus are…
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“Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.” ~ Gospel Acclamation Our Lord Jesus Christ came not only to forgive men’s sins, but to raise him to new life. Not to a new earthly life like the one we now possess, but to…
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Today’s feast recalls that moment when, shortly before His passion, Christ revealed His glory to His three closest Apostles. Jesus knew that His suffering and death would be a cause of scandal to them, and so He prepared them in advance by showing them the glory that was hidden beneath…
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One of my family’s favorite activities for the summer was going to the river. We would go to “El Chorro,” which was about a mile and half away from my grandmother’s house. When we arrived, we would have a nice barbeque, play games, and, of course, enjoy the fresh water.…
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