What kind of a disciple/witness are we in our daily life? Recall Jesus' words:: "They will know that you are my disciples by the love you have for one another." This call to...
"Come, follow me. I will make you fishers of men." The first part of this invitation of Jesus is a call to intimacy with him as a disciple. The second part is an...
Homily Fourth Sunday Year B Reading 1: During the early part of their sojourn in the desert, the Israelites were afraid of God. They saw his signs and wonders. They were overwhelmed...
Jesus formed the disciples who sought greater intimacy with him. those who were revolving-door disciples, he allowed to come and go, like those who couldn't accept some of his teaching and expectations. It...
Fourth Sunday Gospel BThen they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. · The synagogue was the local meeting place that the Jews would gather in to hear...
The call to be a disciple of Jesus is the call to become holy as our Heavenly Father is holy. What is holiness but entering more fully into the intimacy of his divine...
The theme of this past Sunday's Gospel was expressed by Jesus' words to his first followers. "Come, follow me and I will make you fishers of men." It is the call to discipleship...
"There is hostility in the villages along the lake, where Jesus had performed so many prodigious signs(See Mt 11:20-24). Now, precisely in this disappointing moment, Matthew relates a truly surprising fact: Jesus does...
" A text of the Eucharistic liturgy invites us to pray to God in this way. It says this: 'Although you have no need of our praise, yet our thanksgiving is itself your...
Homily Third Sunday Year B Reading 1: God had commissioned Jonah as a prophet sent to the pagan people of the city of Nineveh. He was to preach a message of repentance...
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Gospel Reflections BAfter John had been arrested Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at...
We continue our reflection on the prayer of praise. There are a number of examples of people in the Old Testament praising God in the midst of personal, life-threatening difficulties. Read and reflect...
As we continue our journey into this New Year 2021, we may find ourselves somewhat overwhelmed by what is happening in the world around us. We have the medical uncertainty of the spreading...
"Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent Gift...We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, an most precious gift. It is call gift because it is conferred...
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit at his conception in the womb of the Virgin Mary, his Mother. From that moment in his humanity, Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as...
Homily Second Sunday Year B Our call
By spiritaflame 11:29 AMHomily: Second Sunday Year B Reading 1: The prophet Samuel was a gift from God to his parents, who were without children for many years. After praying with great intensity, his mother...
As Jesus, out of love f the Father, embraced totally his call as our Messiah. He experienced in a fresh and unique way the Father's love for him in his humanity. "And a...
When Jesus is immersed in the waters of the Jordan, he was anticipating his future baptism, his passion and death on the cross. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "In his Passover...
This past Sunday we celebrated the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Jesus freely chose to be baptized, though sinless, as a public attestation of his yes to his Father's invitation to...
"We must learn to live each day, each hour, yes, each minute as a new beginning, as a unique opportunity to make everything new. Imagine that we could live each moment as a...
"When one day I resolved to practice a certain virtue, I lapsed into the vice opposed to that virtue ten times more frequently than on other days. In the evening, I was reflecting...
Homily: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Reading 1: This is what I known as the Suffering Servant Song in the prophecies of Isaiah. There are four sections. We heard the...
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them--every day begin the task anew." (St. Francis...
""During this new year I resolve to begin a new life. I do not know what will happen to me during this year. But I abandon myself entirely to you, my God. And...
"Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:17)This...
