Hopefully your weekend was filled with God’s Grace. After the last weekend’s glorious celebration of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother we come back to the teaching of Jesus about the Bread of Life. Jesus in today’s Gospel challenges his Jewish audience, and later His apostles, to make their choice: to accept Him as the true Bread from Heaven Who gives them…

HAPPY ASSUMPTION FEAST TO YOU! On this Mary’s Feast we have been given the Gospel passage that describes the Visitation. Mary has just been told that she is to be the Mother of God. And rather than keeping this news to herself or wondering how she will cope, she sets out on a journey to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Not only does…

Hopefully, your week was blessed. In the Gospel Reading for this Sunday, we see that Jesus went over to the other shore of the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd of people followed him on foot from their towns. When he arrived, Our Lord was surprised to see the great multitude of people who were anxiously looking forward to hearing his words.…

Hopefully you had a blessed week. On this 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time the Evangelist Mark tells us of a time when Jesus was confronted with a choice. He and the apostles needed a rest. Their lives had become quite hectic, as Mark describes, ”There were so many coming and going that the apostles had no time to eat.” They had decided…

Welcome to the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary time. Today’s readings remind us of our Divine adoption as God’s children and of our call to preach the Good News of Jesus by bearing witness to God’s love, mercy, and salvation. In today’s Gospel, the evangelist tells the story of Jesus’ commissioning of the twelve apostles to preach the “Good News” of repentance, forgiveness…

Happy 4th of July! At the beginning of my reflection for this weekend, let me tell you a story about a bishop who was interviewing a senior seminarian before his ordination as deacon and asked him where he would like to be assigned as a deacon for pastoral training. The seminarian said, somewhat boldly, “Oh my, bishop, anywhere but New Canaan!” “Why…

Hopefully you had a wonderful week. Welcome to the 13th Sunday of ordinary time, in the middle of the year. Today’s liturgy of the Word is very beautiful and powerful. The Gospel presents us with two miracles of Jesus. These miracles are evidence of the wish and plan of God for us, his people. They also demonstrate that while Christ desires that…