"But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook people's sins that they may repent." (Wisdom 11:23)This was part of the First Reading in yesterday's Mass. It reminds...
Where do we receive strength in our spiritual journey in the midst of the difficulties of life? What gives us hope in days of darkness and tribulations? If not, Jesus, then who? God...
Desolation and consolation are two moments in our spiritual journey. Consolations are the highs, a sense of being loved, a sense of rightness in life. Desolation has a sense of sadness, of being...
Homily: Thirty-first Sunday Year C Reading 1: We acknowledge God’s magnificence and his otherness and our dependency upon him. The truth is that in the presence of God we are nothing. We are...
"Only Jesus can save us. That is why it is so important to remove your inner eye away from the complexities of your own broken heart toward the pure but broken heart of...
Thirty-first Sunday Gospel CAt that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. · Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. The journey from Galilee to Jerusalem took him through...
"Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically." (St. Anthony Mary Claret)Probably the word "heroically" will initially discourage some. Maybe we could better understand what he means if...
"Live in such a way that all may know that you bear outwardly as well as inwardly the image of Christ crucified, the model of all gentleness and mercy. For if a man...
"The person who asks for and seeks this one thing from the Lord makes his petition confidently and serenely. He has no fear that, when he receives it, it may harm him, for...
"Rereading one's life...allows us to notice the little miracles that the good Lord works for us every day." (Pope Francis)Often times in giving retreats I begin by asking the retreatants to do a...
Homily: Thirtieth Sunday Year C Reading 1: There are four groups of people listed in the reading whose prayer is heard by God: the weak, the oppressed, the orphan and the widow. What...
“For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” (Isaiah 41:13)How often in the midst of our...
Thirtieth Sunday Gospel CJesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. · Have we found ourselves at times falling into this same mind-set? "Two people...
"The participation in the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ has no other effect than to transform us into Him whom we receive." (Pope St. Leo the Great"When we eat, the food we...
Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr. He had a great perspective on life. He said: "Only on my arrival there (heaven) can I be fully a...
It is easier for us to see the need to give thanks for the many good things that happen to us in our life. It is not so easy for us to do...
"Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an “accident,” but a divine choice. It is important to realize how often we have had chances to be grateful...
Homily: Twenty-ninth Sunday Year C Reading 1: The power of prayer. Human power unsupported by God is not power at all. Human power—Joshua and the Israelites were waging war against the Amaleks. ...
"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what...
Twenty-ninth Sunday Gospel CJesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. This parable is found only in the Gospel of Luke.This encouragement to pray always...
"Loving Savior, be pleased to show yourself to us who knock, so that in knowing you we may love only you, love you alone, desire you alone, contemplate only you day and night,...
Have you ever thought of seeking power through powerlessness? Our broken humanity has been taught that the powerful succeed; the weak don't. We are taught that might makes right. Yet, the more power...
St John Henry Newman described holiness in these words: “The Christian has a deep, silent, hidden peace, which the world sees not… The Christian is cheerful, easy, kind, gentle, courteous, candid, unassuming; has no...
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28).Am I one of the people Jesus is inviting to come to him? Do I feel...
Homily Twenty-eight Sunday Year C Reading 1: What is unusual about the first reading is that Naaman is a pagan, who has leprosy. He hears of a prophet in Israel, who has healed....
Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. I would like to share on of his sayings. "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing...
"Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing. God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God you will want for nothing. God alone suffices."...
