Journey to Wholeness
“Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.”
… Read the restThe people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah. John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
Isaiah 35:2c
the splendor of our God.
About seven hundred years after the prophecy of Isaiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth to the promised Messiah in Bethlehem under the protection of St.… Read the rest
… Read the restI have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
… Read the restOn the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus
A Reflection on the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Advent
… Read the restThe crowds asked John the Baptist, “What then should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none.
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Ephesians 2:19-22; Luke 6:12-16
… Read the restBrothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
First Sunday of Lent
Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15
Lent recalls the forty days of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, and the forty days of cosmic cleansing in the time of Noah’s Flood. … Read the rest
31st Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)
Luke 14:25-33
… Read the restWhich of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?
29th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
Luke 12:51
Strange words from the Son of God. Jesus was accused of many things, but utopianism was not one of them. … Read the rest