Posts from March 2021

Good Friday is a day of Fast & Abstinence.  We abstain from meat on this day.  And we fast, two lesser meals and one regular meal with no food between. This is a discipline of Lent so that we can see what is most important in our lives – Jesus, the Word of God.

Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week.  It’s that special week that we remember and commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus.  But today, think of the palm you receive.  That palm is a symbol of victory as they laid these before Jesus as he entered Jerusalem.  Take this symbol of victory home with you and place it in a special place.  It will be a continuous reminder of Jesus’ victory over sin and death.  It will…

In today’s Gospel, some Greeks came up to Philip and said, “We would like to see Jesus.” I often said the same thing in my life and my ministry. I would ponder what it would be like to meet Jesus face to face. I would think about what I would say to him. Ask a thousand questions. And then I would rethink it. And now I wonder if I would even be able to talk if Jesus approached me or…

John 3:16 is something you see in many different ways: a sign pops up in a crowd, a tattoo on someone’s arm or even someone just saying to you John 3:16. But what is John 3:16? To me, its’ a vivid reminder that God loves me. He sent His Son to sacrifice for our sins and give us a promise of eternal life. Sometimes in life we get into a depressed mood. Maybe its unexpected worries bothering us; maybe unusual…

We like to describe Church as the people of God or the community of faith. But it is also a building, a temple, that holds within, like no other church, the Blessed Sacrament.- the very presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic Bread. Many people pay a visit to Churches throughout the day and ours is no different. They describe their visit as a unique feeling as if in the very Presence of Jesus Himself. And they are right. For the…