Hello families! In today’s Gospel Reading Jesus’ promise of eternal life is a central element of our Catholic faith. Even though Easter is still two weeks away, our Gospel today invites us to acknowledge Jesus’ power over death, evidenced in the raising of Lazarus, and to anticipate Jesus’ conquering of death once and for all…
By the Faithful Disciple GROW AS A DISCIPLE In today’s Gospel, we see so clearly the fully human nature of Jesus even in the midst of him revealing his divine nature in raising Lazarus from the dead. On hearing that his friend Lazarus had died, Jesus “wept,” and he became “perturbed and deeply troubled.” We…
Hello families! In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus opens the eyes of a man who is blind from birth. Though he has been without physical sight, this man is the only one in the story who sees Jesus for who he really is. The man’s neighbors, parents, and teachers are spiritually blind to the knowledge that…
Fourth Sunday of Lent by The Faithful Disciple GROW AS A DISCIPLE | PRAY, STUDY, ENGAGE, SERVE GROW: Five days, five minutes of sunshine: That’s how the city where I live greeted 2023. As the month wore on, the gloom seemed unrelenting with only momentary breaks in the clouds. When the sun did return, people…
Please mark your calendars for the evening of Palm Sunday, April 2nd at 7 p.m. for a musical presentation of the sorrowful ‘Passion and Death of Our Lord, Jesus Christ’, called a ‘Tenebrae’. It will be presented by our choir with orchestral accompaniment. This spiritual presentation will be held in our church, invite your friends…
Hello families! In today’s Gospel Reading, John 4:5-42, Jesus reveals himself to the Samaritan woman at the well. Lent is a season for repentance. It is a season during which we are called to reflect upon and to live deeply the promises of Baptism. The well and the conversation about water immediately recall for us…
Psalm 42,1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, “Where is your…