The Faith Is Not Complicated                   If there’s one lesson we can take from today’s readings it’s that our faith is simple. Jesus patiently fields these Jesuitical questions from a lawyer cross-examining him about the two great commandments: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. It doesn’t get much clearer than that. But Jesus…

 I Am Sending You Out                   Today’s Gospel is about Christ conferring His mission on the seventy-two disciples. Christ wants to instill apostolic daring into his disciples; this is why he says, “I send you out,” which leads St John Chrysostom to comment: “This suffices to give us encouragement, to give us confidence and to ensure…

“Quo Vadis, Domine?”  “Lord, where are you going?” St. Peter and St. Paul are the principal pillars of the Church. That is why this Sunday we celebrate the feast of their martyrdom, replacing the normal readings for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today’s Gospel explains the basis of our faith as the acceptance of Jesus…

This is My Body That is For You. Do this in Remembrance of Me                   Today, we celebrate the solemn feast of Corpus Christi. It is three feasts in one: the feast of the Eucharistic sacrifice, the feast of the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the feast of the Real Presence of Jesus in this Sacrament. Although…

On this solemnity of the most Holy Trinity, we reflect on and celebrate who God is. We not only give thanks to God for what He has done and what we have received, but today we praise Him for who he is. God is the Holy Trinity: God the Father—the first per son, God the…

This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, which marks the 50th day after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and those gathered with them in the upper room in Jerusalem, as indicated in our first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Our readings this week present two…

The Ascension of the Lord                   Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; seek the things that…

We thank God for sending us his peace and the Holy Spirit!                   Today, Jesus  says, “You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.” Were the disciples joyful and at peace when Jesus told them about his departure? Probably not! They ignored what Jesus had taught them about his…

Love One Another                   Today we hear words spoken by Jesus before his death and Resurrection. Jesus is teaching at the Last Supper. John’s Gospel does not include an institution of the Eucharist narrative; instead, Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Immediately after, Jesus predicts his betrayal by Judas. Today’s Gospel follows that prediction. It can…

The Good Shepherd                The fourth Sunday of Easter, known as Good Shepherd Sunday, is also the “World Day of Prayer for Vocations.”  The Scripture lessons for this day concern the role of the shepherds of God’s flock in the Church.  Each year on this Sunday, we reflect on the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd who devotedly…