Thank you for giving yourself to me

Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood remains in me and I in him The few moments before you receive Jesus in the Eucharist at Mass are a beautiful opportunity to turn your heart and thoughts toward the Lord.   Have you ever tried, as you walk up to receive him, to...

Spread the Gospel

Philip . . . proclaimed Jesus to him Who was this man who met up with an Ethiopian court official and then was mysteriously “snatched. . . away” (Acts 8:39)?   Not to be confused with the apostle Philip, this Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed to oversee...

Share the good news of Christ’s love to one person

There was great joy in that city You watched your friend Stephen being stoned to death.   Now persecution has broken out in your city (Acts 8:1).   You might even be the next person killed for believing in Jesus.   So you leave Jerusalem, but you keep preaching the...

What sign can you do?

He gave them bread from heaven to eat These words, spoken by the people who had just witnessed Jesus miraculously multiply loaves and fish, contained a challenge in them.   “What sign can you do?”   they asked (John 6:30).  Can you top Moses, who gave our ancestors...

Jesus, I entrust it to you

You are looking for me . . . because you ate the loaves The people don’t seem to be learning their lesson, do they?   You would think that after witnessing the miracle of the loaves and fishes—and after joining in the miracle by eating—they would want to know more...

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