Today we as a Church celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, some 40 days after his Resurrection and we look back remembering all...

“Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” A young apprentice named Samuel spoke these iconic words as a teen. His openness to listen to...

As I move about these spring days, I see farmers and gardeners busy with soil preparation. Manure and other nutrients are being added and...

In John’s Gospel today there is a line that, though I have heard it and read it many times in my life, spoke to me. Jesus is speaking to...

Along with October, the month of May is commemorated in the Church in honor of Mary. She is Joseph’s wife and Jesus’s mom. She is...

At times we may think that in the vastness of all that God created, we are small, so small that we as an individual might not have much...

Muslims worldwide are currently observing Ramadan (April 12 to May 11) a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community. While...

How are we to understand the image of the Good Shepherd? In speaking or hearing the term we most certainly think of Jesus Christ: but why...

Can you imagine what it was like to hear the “talk of the town” after Jesus had risen from the dead? To be sure there were many who did...

In Pope Francis’ first apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of the Gospel", he invites all Christians everywhere to a renewed personal...

This line from the prophet Joel is an invitation to turn back to God, perhaps after a person has been away for some time. It also calls...

With all that we have experienced this past year, being at peace was most likely not at the top of our list. We may more easily identify...

The strife is over! The battle is done! Jesus is Risen and we are saved! How will we thank our God? Can we now live as an Easter People?...

All of our faith hinges on the fact Jesus Christ, the God-man, rose from the dead. This is crazy! When we think of oxymoron, irony and...

The most important week of our Church year – Holy Week. We celebrate, we remember, we believe in what God had done for us through his...

Wait a minute! Why do we read that story today and read it again on Good Friday? I’ve had people ask me that question several times. Why...

As we gratefully approach a more familiar Holy Week, we remember last year, when we experienced the greatest days of our faith so...

Today we receive true gift in the prophesying of Jeremiah in the First Reading. Jeremiah speaks to us of a new covenant that God will...

Our Lenten Journey is often referred to as a time in the desert drawing on the experience of Jesus’ forty days there. How long have you...

Lent: A Journey in the Desert Greetings my dear brothers and sisters inChrist! Welcome to the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Here we are making...