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Do We Respond to the Call?

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B  Death comes to each person, whether great or unimportant, known or unknown. When Jesus raised Jairus’ daughter from the grips of death into life, He showed that He has power over death. [read more...]

“Why Are You Afraid?”

12th Sunday of Ordinary Time Like Job and the disciples in this Sunday’s readings, we experience many different kinds of fears, sufferings, and uncertainties. Often it can seem to us like we are in the dark and do not know what [read more...]

Think Eternally; Optimize Your Spiritual Health

11th Sunday of Ordinary Time  God’s ways are not our ways, and the Lord sees everything from an eternal perspective. In his second letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul reminds us that our life here, including our bodies, is passing [read more...]

Strive to Remain in God’s Grace

Ascension Sunday  Saint Mark’s gospel does not give us any details about the Ascension. He simply says that Jesus was taken up into heaven and took His seat at the right hand of God. Although this statement is very simple, [read more...]

Nothing on Earth More Glorious than Motherhood

6th Sunday of Easter – Mother’s Day  My brothers and sisters, thanks to Jesus we know what love is. Thanks to Him, we also know WHO Love is. The very fact that each of us exists and is the work [read more...]

God, Our Loving Cultivator and Creator

5th Sunday of Easter – Year B In the Gospels, Jesus uses many metaphors related to farming and raising animals to which the majority of us can no longer relate because our lives are so far removed from these realities. [read more...]

Prayers for Shepherds and Unsung Heroes

4th Sunday of Easter  We are fascinated by and honor those who risk their lives for others. We call these people heroes. Apart from those mentioned on the news, many unsung heroes whose deeds go unnoticed surround us. These ordinary [read more...]

No Limit To How Deep Our Relationship With God Can Go

Third Sunday of Easter To convert means to believe in Jesus Christ. It means to turn to God, to grow in a deeper and more mature relationship with Him. For most of us, our parents made the decision to initiate [read more...]

Experience Christ’s Divine Mercy

Feast of Divine Mercy In 1936, something extraordinary occurred in Poland; Jesus spoke the following words to a simple Polish nun named St. Faustina Kowalska: “My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast [read more...]

This Easter We Celebrate the Power of Christ’s Resurrection

Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord A little over one year ago, our lives and the world underwent a drastic change. Because of Covid-19, we had to alter completely how we live and interact with each other. For many of [read more...]