You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

SAINT ANDRÉ BESSETTE, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.  Imagine you are Jesus for a moment. That might be a stretch, but picture yourself being baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan. As you come up out of the...

Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.

SAINT JOHN NEUMANN, BISHOP (MEMORIAL) Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.  We don’t know why Nathanael was sitting under a fig tree. But we do know that Jesus saw him there. He saw Nathanael’s searching heart and his openness to God. And realizing...

Come, and you will see.

SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) Come, and you will see.  GPS and smartphones take much of the guesswork out of getting from place to place. “In one-half mile, take exit 42,” they tell us. “Keep left at the fork; in two hundred feet, turn right.”...

Behold.

THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Behold.  When John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him, he gave his disciples one simple command: Behold. Look intently at him. Gaze at him until you discover who he is. This was the whole reason for John’s ministry:...

Children, remain in him

SAINTS BASIL THE GREAT AND GREGORY NAZIANZEN Children, remain in him.  When John urges us to “remain” in Christ, he isn’t telling us to stay put. The Greek word John uses here, ménete, has a broader meaning than just sitting still. It also means to “abide” or “make...

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