Author Archive | Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

The command to “go make disciples of all nations” was not only given to the original eleven disciples. Nor were they exclusively for pastors and missionaries. They are for every follower of Jesus Christ. If we are His disciples, then we are commanded to go and make disciples of others. It doesn’t necessarily mean we […]

Pentecost is an invitation to choose to share our love, to choose to move into action, and to choose to be the Risen Presence to others. This weekend’s “Good News” is that the same Spirit of the Lord, which came to the first disciples at Pentecost, is still at work in the Church today. Jesus […]

Today’s Gospel reminds us of the mandate of our Christian calling: “Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation…” Christ Himself evangelized through His words, works, sufferings, and complete offering of Himself. Now He calls us to do the same because the same spirit that sustained and resurrected Him […]

Today’s Gospel reveals that love is sacrificial. Laying down your life clearly shows that love requires a sort of death to self. It requires we look to the other first, putting their needs before ours. We lay down our lives for others in many ways. Some small, some big. Most importantly, we must foster an […]

This week’s Gospel text invites us to live a more authentic Christian spirituality. It tells us that we need to be disciples who have a deep and intimate relationship with Jesus – just as he has with the Father. It challenges us to see how abiding in Jesus means that we abide in community – […]

Today’s Gospel Story not only points to Jesus the Good Shepherd, but arouses in us the perpetual questions, choices and ultimate decisions that we must make throughout our lives. It is not simply a one-time choice to follow the Good Shepherd, but an ongoing struggle each day to choose to follow or not. None of […]

Like the disciples, our strength comes from the peace that Christ bestows on us – not as the world gives it, but as Jesus does. Worldly peace depends entirely on circumstances. It is contingent on things going well for us. God’s peace means that even if the whole world is against us, it really doesn’t […]

Today’s Gospel should question us about our testimony. We cannot claim that we have met Jesus if our lives do not show the indelible signs of this encounter. We must be careful not to be those responsible for the doubt in so many men and women who seek untiringly the traces of the Risen One […]

Just as Jesus told Mary Magdalene to “go tell”, we are also called to do so. We need to radiate the Risen Lord all around us. We are called to be transparent Christians, showing others through our lives the love, mercy, compassion, and the spirit of selfsacrificing service lived by the Risen Jesus dwelling in […]