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     Today Jesus reminds us in the gospel that “I am the gate for the sheep.”  This is a beautiful image for us to reflect upon in prayer.  It reminds us of how the Good Shepherd will gather his sheep into the... More Info →

     We often face disappointments in our lives.  It is easy for us to get caught up in the fantasy of what we think is supposed to happen in our lives.  Perhaps we get caught up in plans to attend a certain college... More Info →

     ““Peace be with you.”   When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.”  Today in our Gospel reading, Jesus reveals to the disciples the wounds that he has suffered in love.  ... 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... 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... More Info →

Why do bad things happen to us?  Why sickness?  Why death?  Often we grapple with these very real human problems.  We want to have an answer.  Often our answer is one like the apostles last week who thought that the man... More Info →

From the opening prologue of the gospel of John, the evangelist introduces the theme of light and darkness.  The Word of God becomes flesh and makes the life of God and his works  visible to us all through his human life and... More Info →

     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... More Info →

     “Hey, you clean up pretty nice!”  We have all heard that comment made at one time or another and perhaps we ourselves have made a similar observation about someone at some time in our lives.  When someone gets... More Info →

     Stuart Smalley had a famous skit on “Saturday Night Live” in which he did affirmations to empower himself and his famous line was, “I’m good enough.  I’m smart enough. And doggone it, people like me.”  It was... More Info →