Fourth Sunday of Advent-A Time is growing short before we celebrate the Birth of Jesus later this week. But before we rush, we have one more opportunity to prepare our hearts and souls for the great feast. The reading from Sunday is from St. Matthew and vividly describes how Jesus' birth came about. The fulfillment … Continue reading Welcome, the Son of God
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Only Doing what We are Obliged to Do
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time-C The words from St. Luke for this Sunday’s reading seem a bit disjointed. The passage starts with the Apostles asking Jesus to” Increase their faith.” Jesus does not answer their wish with an understandable response to help them increase their faith. Instead, he tells them how limited their faith is … Continue reading Only Doing what We are Obliged to Do
I Am the Living Bread
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time-B As mentioned in previous weekend posts, the Church asks this week to focus on the gift of the Eucharist, albeit with a different teaching. Those who questioned the statement from Jesus when he told them, “I'm the bread that came down from heaven,” were incredulous. Part of their suspicion was … Continue reading I Am the Living Bread
The Feast of the Holy Trinity
Knowing God, First Starts With Belief The fundamental description of the Christian God is there are three persons in one God. Outside of Christianity, no other belief system acknowledges three distinct persons but only one God. The great minds of Christianity throughout history have struggled to explain God’s inner life, always falling short of the … Continue reading The Feast of the Holy Trinity
A Pagan Who Models Faith
Twentieth Sunday- A St. Ignatius of Loyola, the sixteenth-century founder of the Jesuits, emphasized a particular way of scriptural prayer with his followers. He suggested that a person should focus on a scripture passage and begin to imagine the scene in the mind’s eye. Imagine the terrain, the characters, and the circumstances, much like a … Continue reading A Pagan Who Models Faith
The Infamous Mustard Seed
Charitable people who take care of the less fortunate in the world experience a reoccurring and common theme. The theme, is the problem of the poor never seems to be solved, no matter how much help is given. Perhaps, that is why Jesus tells his disciples, “the poor you will always have with you.” One … Continue reading The Infamous Mustard Seed
Believe Jesus is Risen
Charles Colson, former White House counsel for President Nixon, who was best known as the mastermind of many political dirty tricks in the Nixon administration said this about the Resurrection after he had a Christian conversion while serving time in federal prison,“I know the Resurrection is fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because … Continue reading Believe Jesus is Risen