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     When we allow joy into our lives and it is able to touch the deepest part of our hearts it is so exquisite that it often brings tears to our eyes.  I have often found that joy breaks our hearts and creates such a... More Info →

The season of Advent has a rhythm that presents itself in the gospel readings.  We begin the season of Advent with a reading from the gospel that is eschatological in nature, reminding us that the adventus or coming of the Lord that we are... More Info →

We live in a world of twilight, an in-between world, not fully light and not fully darkness, not fully good but not all evil.  We live in a time of struggle between darkness and light, between hope and despair.  We know that in baptism... More Info →

     An icon is an expression of beauty.  It helps us the see the splendor of the truth and the splendor of the good revealed in the beauty of life in the subject the icon represents.  Icons of Jesus the Christ... More Info →

     It is the hope of every good parent that their children will marry well.  They hope and pray that their children will find a suitable partner for life who will truly help them to live a happy and productive... More Info →

     Our gospel parable this week is about prudence, vigilance and preparedness.  Jesus final message for his disciples is, “Watch!”  As Christians we are called to be watchers.  In the garden of Gethsemane... More Info →

Our readings this week offer us a reflection upon leadership within the Body of Christ, the Church.  Certainly this is a very poignant topic in today’s Church and is a relevant reflection for the leaders of the Church at any given time in... More Info →

Today Jesus is put to the test and asked what is the greatest of all of the commandments. Jesusdoesn’t have to think too long to be able to reply that the greatest commandment is to love God with all of our heart, soul and strength and to love... More Info →

     “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”  In the gospel, Jesus offers us a very sound principle of discernment.  In making decisions in our life we are to first... More Info →

     “Let me now sing of my friend…” (Is 5,1)  God is a friend to humankind.  God, our friend, hopes for us.  We have been created in God’s hope.  The hope of God is that one day we will have life and have... More Info →