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In today’s Gospel reading, Mary of Magdala’s discovery of the empty tomb did not mean that Jesus’ body had been stolen – it was evidence that Jesus had risen from the dead! As Christians, we are invited to look beyond the surface, beyond the obvious, and to search for the deeper meaning – the deeper […]

When we participate in the reading of the Passion, it is hard to say “Crucify Him”. It reminds us that we all choose sin and that Jesus loves us anyway. He loves us so much that He died and rose for us and our salvation. Adults: Do you find yourself going along with the crowd […]

To become the people God calls us to be, to live our lives in the joy of God’s love, begins by our “dying” to our doubts and fears, “dying” to our self-centered wants and needs, “dying” to our immaturity and prejudices. The grain of wheat is Christ’s assurance to us of the great things we […]

God made us to live in the light of his love. But this original friendship with God was corrupted by sin. Our sin causes us to shy away from Christ, the light that has come into the world. During the season of Lent, we try to fight this tendency by remembering God’s great mercy and […]

Jesus makes it clear that the real temple of God lies within us. His cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem calls us all to cleanse ourselves. We have the days of Lent to make a special effort to become less selfish and more loving – to renew and deepen our covenant with God. As Catholics, […]

With Catholics throughout the world, we have begun a forty day retreat. We will spend our forty days praying, fasting, and giving alms – disciplining ourselves so that we might grow in holiness. No doubt we too will be faced with temptation, but angels will minister to us and God will speak to us through […]

It takes discipline to keep our excitement to ourselves. We tell a close friend and make him or her promise not to tell, but somehow word gets out, and before we know it everyone knows what’s going on! In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks the leper not to share the news of his healing. This invites […]

A day goes by and before we know it we are falling into bed exhausted. We intended to take time to pray, but time got away from us. In today’s Gospel Jesus teaches us by example that it is important to take time to be alone to pray. From prayer we can draw strength to […]

In today’s gospel Jesus is demonstrating to his newly formed group of followers that the gospel they are to proclaim is grounded in the ordinary struggles of ordinary people. This gospel carries the power to lift the burdens and restore the troubled to wholeness and health. We may wish to identify the “unclean spirits” that […]

If you want to be a fisherman for Christ, you first have to know your “fish.” You have to know that many of them have a hard time seeing the beauty of the gospel because they are distracted by so many other things. You have to know that sin may have hardened the hearts of […]