I am the way and the truth and the life.

SAINT PIUS V, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I am the way and the truth and the life. Jesus is the way. He is the perfect Son of the Father who did only what the Father told him to do. He didn’t cling to his own vision of the way his life should go. In this, he showed us...

Whoever receives the one I send receives me.

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Whoever receives the one I send receives me.  Sometimes we think of the Church like a relay race: one generation hands the baton to the next by passing on the gospel message. Of course, there is...

Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul.

SAINT PETER CHANEL, PRIEST AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul.  Today’s first reading (Acts 12:24-13:5) describes the beginning of St. Paul’s missionary journeys. For the next fifteen chapters of the Book of Acts, we will follow this...

If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

4TH WEEK OF EASTER If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.  The Jews of Jesus’ time had an idea of what their Messiah would do when he showed up. He would expel their foreign occupiers, rule as king, and bring peace to the whole world. Sounds great, right? No wonder...

Peter began and explained it to them step by step.

4TH WEEK OF EASTER Peter began and explained it to them step by step.  We all know what hindsight is: it’s a look in the rearview mirror, when we are able to make sense of a situation only after it’s already happened. It’s what Peter experienced as he looked back at...

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