Daily Reflections
As a convert to the faith, I have a special love for the Book of Acts. It narrates the flowering of the early Church, from its very beginning with the apostles at Pentecost to the missionary journeys of St. Paul. The story crackles on the page with vigor and energy.…
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Does Acts 9 bother you? It certainly bothers me. Acts 9 is the well-known story of Saul’s conversion on the Road to Damascus. The question it raises and bothers me so is, “have I really gone through a similar conversion”? Acts 9 opens with, “Saul, still breathing murderous threats against…
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We join the Church and the world in celebrating the election of our new Holy Father, Leo XIV. On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost—a native of Chicago and a lifelong Augustinian—was elected the 267th pope of the Catholic Church. With a rich background in missionary service and deep theological…
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In today’s Gospel from John 6, 44-51 is a statement: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. And the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world” (John 6:51). This verse from the Gospel…
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“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” It is so important to prepare properly to receive our Lord in the Eucharist! It is so easy for Communion to become routine and forget the incredible gift that…
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In today’s Gospel, we hear the continuation of Jesus’s engagement with the crowd of Jews as we make our way through the Bread of Life discourse this week. They had just had their stomachs filled, and miraculously at that, but now they were clamoring for even more. The great doctor…
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Remembering Aunt Beby. I grew up in Panama, a small country in Central America. My aunt Gladys, whom we all called “Aunt Beby” lived in Oklahoma. Once or twice a year, she would travel to Panama to visit my grandmother and all of us. When my father said that Aunt…
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How is Christ Calling You to Mission? Today’s Gospel is rich with the heart of our Faith that Christ is calling each of us to a particular mission in our life and through deep Faith and Trust, we can not only discover what that is, but further, how responding helps…
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Finding the God the Father in Prayer: Whenever I hear Jesus talk about His Father, it always shuts me up. I always feel at a loss. I find it difficult to relate to His Father. Who is my Father? When will I see Him? Therefore, when I read today’s Gospel,…
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Who Was Gamaliel? In today’s reflection, I wish to draw some insights from the wisdom displayed by Gamaliel. Gamaliel was a Jewish Pharisee, distinguished in learning whose wisdom and erudition were well-known and influential in his day (around 20 to 50 AD). The New Testament mentions him twice in the…
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