Posts from 2025 (Page 3)

A true story is told by an advertising executive at Reader’s Digest, who found her emptiness filled in by prayer, listening to God, as Mary did in today’s Gospel. In spite of her successful career, she had felt emptiness in her life. One morning, during a breakfast meeting with her marketing consultant, she mentioned that emptiness. “Do you want to fill it?” her colleague asked. “Of course, I do,” she said. He looked at her and replied, “Then start each…

Today we heard the story of the Good Samaritan. It’s a familiar story to us. But do we walk away learning something. Think about the individuals who came across the man left for dead. What were their first thoughts? First the priest said he can’t help. He would be made unclean and unable to do his duties. The Levite said, he’s not of my class. I can’t associate with him. Each thought of himself first. But the Samaritan, he didn’t…

Jesus sent out 72 disciples to preach the Gospel message. They went out into the known world and shared Christ’ messages to love God with everything we have, to love one another, to forgive each other, not to judge, but be willing to sacrifice for others. As faithful Christians, are we doing the same? We should attract others by leading exemplary lives, just as a rose attracts people by its beauty and its fragrance. We might say this is our…

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter & Paul. St. Peter, the chosen head of the Apostles and St. Paul, the great preacher of Christianity. In today’s Gospel, the Apostles were asked who do you say that I am? Peter responds: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” How would you answer that question. How would your children? I think back to Columbine High School attacked by a deranged shooter. He asked the one girl, as…

Today is the Feast of the Body & Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi. It is a special day in the life of the Church to remind us of the true and real presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. When we receive Holy Communion, we don’t receive a symbol of Christ but the Body and Blood of Jesus. As part of the Corpus Christi celebration, we will have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 10:30 A.M. Mass. The Church…

Wishing all of the dad’s — those with us and those who are not — a Happy Father’s Day! Thank you for all you do!

Where have all the children gone? It’s mid-June. School is over for the year. CCD Classes are finished. Children have received their First Holy Communion and Confirmation. And then, there are no children in Church, or at least, very few. What does that teach our children? During the school year, I hear: busy with sports, games and practices, recitals, plays and music practices, school extra-curricular programs. But now school is over for the summer and still we’ve lost the kids.…

We just celebrated the Ascension of the Lord where we heard Jesus say that he will not leave us alone, but he will send the paraclete, the Holy Spirit to guide us. Where is that Spirit in your life? You received him at baptism. But you were too young to understand. Then you were confirmed and received the fullness of that same Spirit through the gifts of wisdom, fortitude, piety and more. Where is that Spirit in your life? Have…

This is Memorial Day weekend. Many are off work on Memorial Day. Summer plans start in motion. We remember those veterans that sacrificed their lives for our freedom. It’s a big deal and everyone celebrates it. But what is a bigger deal is to remember who sacrificed His life for us that went beyond our freedom. That is Jesus Christ! He sacrificed His life on the cross to keep us free from eternal damnation. He brought us forgiveness of our…

Did you ever notice how many times we make excuses for things we don’t want to do? I don’t mean valid reasons why we shouldn’t do something, but excuses why we don’t want to do some things. Today’s Gospel tell us to love one another. Jesus then gives us an example of what that means: “As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” This is where the excuses come in. I can’t love … Do you…

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also called Good Shepherd Sunday, as the Gospel is about Jesus the Good Shepherd. It is also Mother’s Day. These are different celebrations and yet they seem to me to be the same. It’s an Easter celebration of new life as Christ resurrected from the dead and showed us this new life of faith in God. It is through our mothers, that our lives began in this world. A life they nourished, helped…

When reading today’s Gospel, the words that caught my eye were Jesus saying “Come have breakfast.” You guessed it – – about food. But it wasn’t really about food, what or how much to eat. It was a way that Jesus is saying to His Apostles that all is forgiven. They left Him when He needed them most. They abandoned him to the cross. But inviting them to sit and eat was His way of saying I forgive you. We…