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In the gospel of John, chapter 4, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Jacob’s well represents a source of life that means survival for a people living in a dry and desert world. Well water that is still and stale can prolong life... More Info →

Blaise Paschal wrote in his Pensees, “In difficult times you should always carry something beautiful in your mind.” Jesus might have had something like that wisdom in mind when he invited his closest apostles and best friends, Peter, James and... More Info →

And a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”” (Mt 3,17) The Voice. The Voice of the Father. After his baptism, Jesus hears distinctly a voice that comes from the heavens, it is a voice that he... More Info →

When we are facing difficulties in life, when we are struggling to make ends meet, when we are confronted with life’s tragedies, when we suffer it can often seem like God has forsaken us and has forgotten that we are his children. We feel lost... More Info →

“So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” In the gospel of Matthew Jesus gives his disciples an imperative command in his instructions on discipleship in the Sermon on the Mount. This exigent demand does not ask of us to “act” in... More Info →

Choices. Every day we are faced with countless choices. What we choose and how we choose determines the course of our lives. There is tremendous power in our human ability to choose. At times choices determine the course of history. One choice... More Info →

A pinch of salt can make all the difference. It seems like a small and insignificant thing since a pinch is such a small amount and yet, if it is left out of the mix, whatever you are preparing will have very little taste and will be bland and... More Info →

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” (Mt 5,17) Jesus comes into the world to fulfill the law and the prophets and to give us an incarnate image of what God intends for... More Info →

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Today in our gospel reading we see the beginnings of the work of evangelization among the people of Jesus’ time. After his baptism and when John the Baptist has been arrested, signaling the end of... More Info →

“John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ”Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world…” (Jn 1,29) In our gospel reading John the Baptist points the way to Jesus as the Lamb of God, the one who is to come to save... More Info →