Daily Reflections
“We resemble God most when we forgive our neighbors.” St. Faustina — Diary, 1148 The only tough part about being a saint is being like God. It is a daily endeavor that we get to share with God. God does not hold himself up and then tell us, “Okay now,…
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“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.” -Jesus My wife and I joined 25 fellow pilgrims for a 100-mile hike in California last Summer. This took 8 days of walking, carrying our things, and…
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There are two lights from today’s readings that caught my attention – the first was a message of hope and the second a message of responsibility. God Is with Us With the state of our world today and the ill feelings held between cultures, political parties, and different socioeconomic groups,…
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As we celebrate the Feast of the Guardian Angels, we are reminded of the precious gift that is the guardian angels sent by God to watch over us. In today’s gospel, we encounter a profound statement: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say…
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As we embark on this spiritual journey, let’s consider a profound question that serves as our compass: How can we internalize and reflect the Scripture’s call to “Have the same attitude that was in Christ Jesus”? How can we walk in Christ’s footsteps, as depicted in Saint Paul’s Letter to…
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Today is the feast day of Saint Jerome. He has many claims to fame, with the biggest accomplishment being his translation of the Bible into Latin. Such a good job was done, that he became not only a Saint, but a Doctor of the Catholic Church. Not to be outdone,…
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“… you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth. Undeniably great is the mystery of devotion, Who was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed to the Gentiles,…
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The gospel reading tells us that Herod was perplexed by the reports about Jesus and “he kept trying to see him.” This is strange since all Herod would have had to do to see Jesus was to follow the crowds who were going out to hear Jesus preach. Yet the…
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The mission of evangelization is proper to the Son of God (Cf. Luke 4, 18). In order to continue the mission of Jesus Christ, we need to know Christ well. Knowing him und understanding him remains important because there is a link between the person of Christ and his message.…
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Today I’m going to focus on the optional Memorial readings at Mass, commemorating the saints Cosmas and Damian, my patron saints. According to Wikipedia, Cosmas and Damian were third century, twin, Arabian born brothers who became physicians. They practiced their profession in the seaport of Aegeae, then in the Roman…
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