Posted by Web Staff on 8/08/21
Last week Jesus performed the multiplication of the loaves, and all the people who witnessed the amazing miracle wanted to make Jesus king. Making Jesus king was the same thing as asking Him to lead them in a revolution against the Roman Empire. The Israelites at that period in ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 8/02/21
Five loaves and two fish cannot feed a crowd of five thousand men (plus at least as many women and children). It is impossible. Not even a year's salary (the equivalent of two hundred denarii) could buy enough for such a feast, as Philip nervously points out. Yet, when ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 7/27/21
Jesus' Apostles had completed their first successful missionary endeavor. After being with Him for a long time, under His tutelage and guidance, they had been sent out to be His ambassadors, to announce His message and testify to its truth. Now they returned to report their progress. We know ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 7/17/21
Every Christian shares in Christ's mission. When we were baptized, we became members of His body, that same body that reaches out to men and women in every age in order to lead them to God. That's the mission Jesus gave His apostles in today's Gospel: He sent them ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 7/11/21
St. Germaine of Pibrac gave a truly inspiring example of what it means to both hear and heed God's voice. She was a French girl from a middle class family who lived in the late 1500s. A childhood illness left her with a crippled hand, and after her mother ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 7/03/21
Jesus performs two shocking, and in both cases, the key that released the power of his grace was humility. As believers in the Lord and desirous to imitate our Blessed Mother, the first of the Lord’s disciples, we need to grow in humility, not pride. As we are aware ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 6/27/21
To fully grasp the awesome power Christ displays in this Gospel scene, we need to activate our imagination. Few situations leave men so helpless and despairing as storms at sea. The Sea of Galilee, where the disciples were sailing in this case, is still known for the violence of ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 6/18/21
Christ's favorite topic, it could be argued, was "the Kingdom of God". His first public sermon began with "The Kingdom of God is at hand," and from then on He kept talking about it, as in today's Gospel. If there is a Kingdom, there must also be a King, ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 6/12/21
Today we celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi—the Body of Christ and the Blood of Christ. This feast is part of the great unfolding of the Church year, in which we celebrated the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday, His Ascension into heaven, the coming of the Holy Spirit ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 6/12/21
The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity is a hard one to get excited about. It's easy to get excited about Christmas. It's easy to get excited about Easter. Somehow, we feel that we can relate to those wonderful mysteries of our faith. But the doctrine of the Trinity is ... Read More »