What concern is it of yours? You follow me.

7TH WEEK OF EASTER What concern is it of yours? You follow me. Peter seemed to be falling prey to it: the tendency we all have to wonder what’s going to happen in someone else’s life. Jesus had just asked Peter three times “Do you love me?” and predicted “by what kind...

Do you love me?

SAINT CHARLES LWANGA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) Do you love me? Why did Jesus ask Peter this question three times? Probably because on the night before Jesus’ crucifixion, Peter denied knowing him three times. So each time Jesus asked Peter if he loved him, he...

Take courage.

SAINTS MARCELLINUS AND PETER, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Take courage.  Can you imagine how dangerous Paul’s life must have been? He spent years traveling as a missionary and sacrificed stability and even physical safety to preach the gospel. Everything was...

That they may be one.

SAINT JUSTIN, MARTYR (MEMORIAL) That they may be one. When we hear this prayer of Jesus’, we often think of the call to unity and reconciliation between Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians (John 17:11). We pray for the dialogues happening between these...

My spirit rejoices.

THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (FEAST) My spirit rejoices. If you had to describe Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth in only one word, it most certainly would be “joyful.” Elizabeth cries out with joy when she hears Mary’s voice. Her child leaps for joy...

Do you believe now?

7TH WEEK OF EASTER Do you believe now?  Jesus had been “talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech” (John 16:29). So the disciples were coming to understand more fully who he was: “We believe that you came from God” (16:30). But despite this declaration of...

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