Happy Ascension of our Lord to you all! One day Leonardo da Vinci started to work on a large picture in his studio. For a while he worked at it – choosing the subject, planning the perspective, sketching the outline, applying the colors, with his own unique genius. Then suddenly he stopped working on it. Summoning one of his students, the master…

“Love one another” Today, on this 6th Sunday of Easter, as we hear Jesus’ words about love, I would like to propose three things for us to reflect on that Jesus’ statement, as suggested also by Bishop Socrates Villegas in his homily book, Jesus in my Heart. First it is a command. It is not an invitation, a request or an option…

Dear parishioners! Somebody once compared a Christian to a basketball player. “To be a good player,” he said, “it’s not enough that you know how to dribble or avoid getting fouls. What matters most is to be able to shoot, to make points, and to be productive.” The great St. Thomas Aquinas said that we are, by nature, religious beings. We come…

HAPPY GOOD SHEPHERD’S SUNDAY! It’s a lot of work to be a shepherd and it’s even more work to be a good shepherd. To love sheep properly and care for them correctly is DIFFICULT work. On this 4th Sunday of Easter let me make a reflection what does it mean to be a good shepherd and to be a good sheep! First…

Hopefully you had a blessed week filled with many signs of God’s love and His presence. Keep your eyes open, He is alive and always present in your life! On this third Sunday of Easter, we continue to hear Gospel accounts of Jesus’ appearances to his disciples following his Resurrection. Today’s reading, taken from the Gospel of Luke, follows immediately after the…

Jesus, I trust in You!!! Ninety years ago, in Poland, Jesus revealed himself to a young polish nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska. Jesus personally asked her to tell people about God’s Mercy, and about God’s unconditional love for us. Jesus taught her a beautiful prayer – The Divine Mercy Chaplet. He asked for the special feast of The Divine Mercy –the feast that…

Welcome to Holy Week!!! This Palm Sunday begins Holy Week when we will accompany Jesus on his way to Calvary where He will die, once again, for us and for our sins. And this road will lead us to the glory of His resurrection. These upcoming days, especially Holy Thursday, Good Fri-day, Easter Vigil and Easter itself are special days for us…