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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 →

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 →