The word that I spoke, it will condemn.

4TH WEEK OF EASTER The word that I spoke, it will condemn. Have you ever been condemned by a word? We’re all familiar with what it feels like to be condemned by another person, and it isn’t pleasant. The sense of disapproval and even rejection can make us feel small,...

My sheep hear my voice.

SAINT DAMIEN DE VEUSTER, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) My sheep hear my voice.  Do you know which Jewish holiday corresponds with the feast Jesus attends in today’s Gospel? It’s Hanukkah. Known as the Feast of Dedication, it celebrates the rededication of the Temple at...

Who was I to be able to hinder God?

4TH WEEK OF EASTER Who was I to be able to hinder God?  St. Peter is a wonderful example of humility. Just think, when the Holy Spirit upended his ideas about welcoming Gentiles into the Church, Peter was able to accept the revolutionary message. Imagine the kind of...

Quote of the Week | May 9, 2022

“Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more.” ― Father Fulton J....

To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

3RD WEEK OF EASTER To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. It was decision time. Jesus’ followers had just heard him proclaim himself the “bread of life.” Whoever eats this bread, he said, would “live forever” (John 6:48, 51). To most of Jesus’...

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