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The Fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally known as “Good Shepherd Sunday” as we celebrate the grace of abundant life that has been made available to us through Jesus, the Good Shepherd. He is “the shepherd and guardian of your souls”, (1 Pt... More Info →

Often, we don’t understand. We think that we understand or we convince ourselves that we understand but in the end, we don’t understand. When we don’t understand something, we create a narrative that gives us the illusion of understanding.... More Info →

“They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers…Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes.” (Acts... More Info →

In our journey through the Sacred Triduum we come to the very heart of the Paschal Mystery. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us: “The Paschal mystery has two aspects: by his death, Christ liberates us from sin; by his Resurrection,... More Info →

He lives! Jesus Christ is risen today! These few words awaken a great hope within us today as they did for the disciples over two thousand years ago when they were first proclaimed by the first witnesses to the resurrection. Jesus lives. The... More Info →

As we contemplate the cross of Christ we see Christ “the great high priest” (Heb 4,14) who has taken his place at the altar of the Cross. Jesus is the High Priest who offers his own life as the sacrifice of redemption to cleanse us of our sins... More Info →

John sets the stage for us in his gospel account of the Evening of the Lord’s Supper (Jn 13). First he reveals to us that, “Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father.” (v. 1) Often in the past, beginning with the... More Info →

With the celebration of Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion we begin the most Holy Week of our liturgical year. During this week we will enter into the Lord’s Passion and death and await his resurrection. Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. At... More Info →

Several times in the gospels we are told that the apostles did not understand what it meant to rise from the dead. Jesus spoke to his apostles on several occasions that we know about, and we can easily assume that there were other occasions not... More Info →

Blindness. It is true that there are some who are born blind. There are others that have blindness thrust upon them through some tragedy of life. There are others that choose blindness, refusing to see and acknowledge things that are before... More Info →