Before Abraham came to be, I AM.

5TH WEEK OF LENT Before Abraham came to be, I AM.  In some ways it’s not too hard to relate to the Jews’ consternation in today’s Gospel reading. When Jesus spoke these words, they didn’t know what to make of him. It was true that he had some remarkable teaching to...

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

5TH WEEK OF LENT You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Jesus is the only way to true freedom. He won that freedom for us by dying on the cross, putting to death sin and everything else that keeps us in bondage. But like the Jews in today’s Gospel...

Joseph . . . was a righteous man

SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (SOLEMNITY) Joseph . . . was a righteous man.  Did you know that only two Gospels provide accounts of Jesus’ miraculous conception and birth? Luke tells the story from Mary’s point of view—the annunciation, the...

Neither do I condemn you.

SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEM (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Neither do I condemn you.  In today’s Gospel, everyone is waiting on Jesus, expecting him to cast immediate judgment on the woman brought to him. Yet his patience amid all the tension is striking. He will not reprove those...

O Lord, my God, in you I take refuge.

4TH WEEK OF LENT O Lord, my God, in you I take refuge. Have you ever discovered that people were saying unkind things about you behind your back? If so, didn’t it make you feel embarrassed and angry? That’s what the prophet Jeremiah felt like—and in his case, it...

I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.

4TH WEEK OF LENT I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.  Where are you from? How many times have you been asked that question? We usually respond with the name of the city, state, or country where we grew up or have lived for a long time. That place has...

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