It’s 1 a.m. and I can hear the beautiful songs of birds outside my window. I find it strange, as it is not a sound I usually hear in my neighborhood at this hour. For the past two nights my youngest has had need of me in the pre-dawn, early morning hours. As this is …
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Pentecost
“Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.” Ps 104. We take a moment to reflect upon this beautiful psalm today as we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost. It is the Spirit of the Lord that was gifted to the apostles in the wake of Jesus returning to the Father. …
Our daily bread
If you grew up in a Catholic household like mine, you probably learned the entire Our Father long before you could even spell your own name. The Our Father is a prayer I have recited a few million times in my life and counting. While I have always revered it as the words Jesus gave …
Bread of Life
We read from John’s Gospel this week Ch. 6 verses 22-59. Jesus refers to Himself over and over again as The Bread of Life sent from the Father to give eternal life to those who believe. But what did He mean by referring to Himself as bread? First, Jesus meant to mention Himself as sustenance …
Emmaus
Were not all the disciples incredibly relatable? Jesus handpicked followers that represented the average people of the day. By design, some two thousand years later, we see ourselves and our neighbors so accurately depicted. Scripture tells us that two of Jesus’s disciples, three days after His death, went on a journey several miles from Jerusalem …
Loss
Loss is never easy. Loss always challenges us. It challenges our will power to overcome devastation. It challenges our resolve to rise from the ashes victorious. It challenges our belief system and values, often ushering in those crippling, defeatist questions, “Where is God?” “Does he care about me?” As our world continues to labor under …
Lenten Reflection Day 39
“You are what you eat.” Today we celebrate the institution of the Eucharist. Jesus breaking bread with His disciples explaining to them that He is the bread of Life. Those who eat of this bread will never die. He instructs them to continue this sacred meal in remembrance of Him. Our Catholic faith professes the …
Lenten Reflection Day 38
“I was wrong.” “My mistake.” “I should not have done or said that.” Are you a person who can easily admit a personal fault or failure? Do you often times find yourself making excuses for why you said or did something? If I’m being honest then I’d have to admit I fall into the latter …
Lenten Reflection Day 37
“Go with the angels.” This is how my favorite virtual priest closes out our prayer sessions every so often. I say virtual, but he is a real person, a Vincentian priest, who happens to have a daily prayer podcast. The podcast is called The God Minute and it is awesome. I highly recommend it if …
Lenten Reflection Day 36
The resurrection of Jesus is meaningful to us on many levels. One of those being a great symbol of hope. The Israelites had been waiting for God’s answer to their longing for salvation. Long had they kept watch in search of the messiah. Jesus was not at all what they expected and yet the miracles …