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     God knows.  This is a simple truth to express but one that is profoundly difficult to wrap our minds and understanding around.  From the time that I was a child I have been living in this mystery, the mystery... More Info →

     Try taking something away from a child and see how that works.  None of us like to have something taken away from us.  When we have become especially attached to something it becomes even more difficult to let... More Info →

     In an appearance to the apostles after the resurrection, Jesus turns to Simon Peter and asks him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” (Jn 21,15)  Simon takes this as a simple question and so offers... More Info →

     “Master, we do not know where you are going, how can we know the way?”(Jn 14,5)  In the gospel of John, Thomas expresses a frustration and a hesitation that many people experience on the road to discipleship: ... More Info →

     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 →

     Today in our gospel reading, Luke is reminding us that we all have a journey of faith to walk with our Risen Lord.  There are many things that we do not understand about the ways of God and his plan for... More Info →

“They devoted themselves…Everyday they devoted themselves…”  In a reading from the Acts of the Apostles we see the devotion of the early Christian community.  They have been transformed by the Spirit of Christ, by their experience of... 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. ... 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 →

     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... More Info →