“What a blessing it is to know Christ, the Good Shepherd, to know Him as the Redeemer who laid down His life for the sheep, to know Him as the Risen Lord, the...
"I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father”. How does the Father know Jesus and Jesus, the...
Homily: Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B Reading 1: Why was the Church in Jerusalem afraid that Saul was back in the city? This was the Saul that had concurred with the...
Even as a Good Shepherd, Jesus never forgets why he became man. “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly”. And he states clearly that because he is...
Reflection on Scripture Fifth Sunday of Easter Gospel B Intimacy with Jesus
By spiritaflame 10:02 AMFIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Gospel BJesus said: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone...
As Jesus speaks about himself as the Good Shepherd in John: 10, he begins by emphasizing the relationship between him and those who follow him. “The sheep hear his voice, as he calls...
The theme I would like to focus on this week is that the Good Shepherd. In the Old Testament, God himself identifies himself as a Shepherd. God says, “I myself will pasture my...
“Pay attention carefully. After the sin comes the shame; courage follows repentance. Did you pay attention to what I said? Satan upsets the order; he gives the courage to sin and the shame...
“A hard task is given to me—to call the darkness darkness, evil evil, and the demon demon. By remaining vague I can avoid commitment and drift along in the mainstream of our society....
Homily Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B Reading 1: Background. Peter has experience the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost. He and John some days later go to the Temple to give...
God patiently awaits our decision to repent. It is a time of his mercy. The thief on the cross heard the prayer of Jesus in which he asked the Father to forgive the...
Fourth Sunday of Easter Gospel B Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. · The prophet Ezekiel prepared the way for Jesus’ teaching. Because of the unfaithfulness of the leaders, God said: “I myself will...
The message and mission Jesus gave the disciples on Easter Sunday was to preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins. He told them: “As the Father has sent me, so I send...
The word this week is Repentance. We heard in the readings for the Third Sunday of Easter the call for repentance. Many times we relegate this call of repentance to the Lenten season....
When Jesus appeared to the Apostles on Easter Sunday, "they received from him three gifts: peace, the Spirit, and his wounds," Pope Francis said recently. We reflected on peace, let us look at...
Pope Francis said that the risen Jesus brings about "the resurrection of the disciples" by raising their spirits and changing their lives. He does this with mercy. "Having received that mercy, they become...
Homily Third Sunday of Easter Year B Reading 1: What is the background to this passage? Peter and John healed a crippled beggar in the name of Jesus. The people who recognized...
Now is the time of God's mercy. But if we do not embrace the mercy of God, which is the grace of repentance and living in his divine life, then at death we...
Reflection on Scripture Third Sunday of Easter Gospel B You are witnesses of these things
By spiritaflame 10:58 AMThird Sunday of Easter: Gospel B Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. · The two disciples...
(Is 54:10): "For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love [hesed] shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the...
This week, following Divine Mercy Sunday, I will be reflecting on the mercy of God that we have all experienced.The ultimate sign of God’s “hesed”, his mercy, is proclaimed by the death and...
What else is different about the risen, glorified body of Jesus? While the apostles at first thought they were seeing a ghost, Jesus assured them his body was real. To verify his response,...
What is different about the resurrected Jesus? He is the same person but with a glorified body. Those who were his disciples for three years often didn't immediately recognize him. Mary of Magdala...
Homily: Second Sunday of Easter Year B Reading 1: Initial conversion is a beautiful time in one’s life. Initial conversion manifests a special fervor in one’s relationship with God. In our first...
Jesus is our hopeWith Jesus' resurrection begins a new era of hope. The darkness of sin, which enveloped the whole world, has been shattered by the rising of the Son of God from...
Reflection on Scripture Second Sunday of Easter Gospel B As the Father has sent me.
By spiritaflame 10:10 AMSecond Sunday of Easter Gospel: Year BOn the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and...
He is Alive!Jesus, who suffered the cruel death of crucifixion, is alive! He has broken the power of death and sin. What does that mean to you and to me? It means that...
He is risen!What does Jesus' resurrection mean? It is the final sign confirming who Jesus is. He is the One sent by God in the power of the Holy Spirit with signs and...
I have Good News! Jesus is risen! We are saved! Jesus has broken the bonds of sin! We are free at last! Jesus lives! We have new and eternal life! Death, where is...
Thought of the Day April 1, 2021 Holy Thursday, beginning of the Sacred Tridium
By spiritaflame 2:01 PMToday, we begin the Sacred Tridium of the holiest week of the year for us Christians. During these three days we will remember, commemorate, make present and participate in the passion, death and...
