Weekly Newsletter

Love one another Love makes everything beautiful and precious. Even a humble, simple stone can become precious because of a beautiful love story.In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a new commandment. It does not begin with “Thou shalt not.” Rather, Jesus says this: “Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also […]

Vocation & Mother’s Day In our Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.” When Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice,” He was speaking of an experiential reality. For those of us who have no experience with sheep and shepherds, some background information will

God is Great In today’s Gospel, we hear about Peter and the other disciples at the Sea of Tiberias—doing nothing. Even though it was after the resurrection of Jesus, and He had already appeared to them twice, the disciples were still unsure of what to do or where to go. They had plenty of time

Believe in the Risen Lord This Sunday, the Church celebrates the Second Sunday of Easter. In this Easter celebration, we proclaim our belief in Jesus, who rose from the dead, even though we have not seen the Risen Jesus. In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus appeared to His disciples after His Resurrection. The disciples

 This Sunday, the Church celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord. The word “Resurrection” is not a common term in everyday language, but it is deeply significant in the Church because of its religious meaning. It is often said that the Feast of the Resurrection, or the Feast of Easter, is the greatest celebration of our

Palm Sunday This Sunday, we enter Holy Week with the celebration of “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.” We begin with the Palm Sunday Gospel passage about the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Then, we hear a long Gospel passage about the suffering and death of Jesus. The contrast between the two

Sinful Person  In this Sunday’s Gospel, we read that Jesus was in the Temple and the people came to Him and He sat down and began to teach them. The fundamental teaching of Jesus is the Law and the Commandments of God so that the people would know the ways of God and walk along

The Prodigal Son On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, our Gospel speaks about a parable commonly known as the Prodigal Son. In this parable, the youngest son asks his father for his share of the inheritance. He was not evil, but for whatever reason, he gave in to his desires. He then went off to

Repentance In this third Sunday of Lent, our Gospel tells us about two tragic events that caused anguish and distress. Some people came and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. That was disgusting and revolting. Jesus then cited the case of the 18 people who died

The Transfiguration of the Lord On this second Sunday of Lent, our Gospel spoke about the Transfiguration of the Lord. Jesus was transfigured, not transformed. In the Transfiguration, the true divine nature of Jesus was revealed, and for a moment, it manifested over His human nature. There was nothing earthly placed upon Him to make