If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love.

5TH WEEK OF EASTER If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love.  We know that we are supposed to love Jesus. But how do we do it? How do you love someone that you can’t touch, see, or hear? Jesus gives us a simple answer in today’s Gospel: keep his...

Remain in me, as I remain in you.

SAINT DAMIEN DE VEUSTER, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Remain in me, as I remain in you.  This is such a popular saying from Jesus, but what does it mean to “remain”? Various dictionaries and thesauruses offer more than fifty different synonyms, ranging from “linger” to...

My peace I give to you.

5TH WEEK OF EASTER My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you.  In the ancient world, strict traditions governed inheritance law and the continuation of a father’s estate. Normally, the eldest son received two shares of the estate, while the...

How can we know the way?

4TH WEEK OF EASTER How can we know the way?  Imagine you are hiking in the mountains with an experienced guide. There are lots of trees, and the trail is faint at times. But your guide knows the way, so you feel secure with him. Then all of a sudden, he says, “I’m...

If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.

4TH WEEK OF EASTER If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it. Why did Jesus wash the feet of the apostles on the night before he died? That task was reserved for slaves—and the apostles’ feet were probably no dirtier on that night than on any other. The...

The Father and I are one

SAINT ATHANASIUS, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) The Father and I are one.  “Jesus, you have told us that you are one with your heavenly Father. This was a shocking idea to the Jews who heard you say it. But for us who live in the age of the Church, this...

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