Jesus makes the point strongly – not only is He destined to suffer but those who follow Him are going to suffer too. The true followers of Jesus will, like Him, have to shoulder the burdens of suffering and death. They could avoid it by conforming to the things that the world values – but, […]

Peter does not have a great track record. He stumbles, sinks, doesn’t get it, and, at his worst, even denies Jesus multiple times. And yet, this is the person Jesus chooses to be the rock of the Church. Why? When Jesus asks pointedly to His disciples who they personally believe Him to be, Peter responds […]

In today’s Gospel, a brave and faithful woman challenges Jesus, and He discovers, and we discover too, that it doesn’t matter whether you’re a Canaanite from Tyre or Sidon or anywhere else. All those boundaries and barriers we make so much of: ethnicity, class, nationality, upbringing – so many barriers, so many divisions – none […]

Jesus is the Presence among us who interprets for us what may seem to be incomprehensible. He makes our hearts burn again, as once they burned before. And he comes to us – not as a “ghost” walking on the water – but as He always said He would: as the hungry man, the thirsty […]

Jesus took that small gift of five loaves of bread and two fish and he multiplied it by five thousand. Sometimes Jesus can do the same with us too. We bring to Jesus the small gifts, talents and abilities that we have and he makes our gifts grow, if we cooperate with the graces he […]

We are facing many challenges these days. It’s the perfect time to bring our relationship with God front and center and realize that God and God’s Kingdom are all that really matter. We forget that the Kingdom of God is not a static entity. It intrigues the human spirit and captures our attention because it […]

There is no room in a good field for weeds and rubbish, so in the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no room for all things that provoke offences, and all who do evil. They must be got rid of, for the sake of the good wheat, for the sake of the good subjects of the […]

Each one of us is a sower of the Seed. As such, we need to equip ourselves with the basic knowledge of the Bible. We cannot give what we do not have. We cannot proclaim what we do not have a knowledge of. When we hear the Word of God without understanding it, the devil […]

When two oxen pull a cart, the work is easier than when one ox does it alone. Jesus assures us that with Him, with His presence in our lives, we can accomplish much. The key to revealing the Father is the presence of the Son with us. That was the experience of all the saints, […]

We are called to love God above all else in our lives. We are called to put things in the right order and trust He will care for our needs. While seemingly harsh, Jesus is inviting us into the love of the Trinity in a deeper way. If we love God above all else in […]