Journey to Wholeness
Discover the joy of the new wine of the bridegroom: Christ brings fresh grace that old forms cannot contain.… Read the rest
In November during this Jubilee Year of Hope 2025, I had the privilege of traveling to Italy with a group of pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens.… Read the rest
God’s promise blooms eternally: restoring the Garden of Eden, where justice and praise spring forth in fragrant abundance.
… Read the restAs the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,
So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.
The eternal Bridegroom and Bride form heaven’s royal temple, sealed in divine splendor.
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
Isaiah 61:10c
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest
Jesus’ compassionate Journey Through a Samaritan Village reveals his universal love, contrasting the fiery zeal of James and John with his mission of grace.… Read the rest
… Read the restAnd they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”
… Read the restThe disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?”
… Read the restOn the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus
… Read the restThe Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”
13th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)
Amos 9:11-15; Matthew 9:14-17
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus and the Twelve must have appeared to the mourning disciples of the beheaded John the Baptist as a spiritually undisciplined band.… Read the rest