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All of us are tabernacles of the Lord, and our call is to allow God into our lives, and let God out of our lives. It is sometimes easier to believe in the presence of the Lord in the tabernacle than among each other. Jesus asks us to share the bread and cup. To proclaim […]

The feast of the Trinity is the feast of all of us who are sent in ‘the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit’. The life of the Trinity becomes very ordinary in the love, care and forgiveness we offer to each other. It’s also in the ways we try to better […]

Through the Spirit we are all given gifts and it is up to us how and for whom we will use them. it is our diversity that binds us together as children of God, each one of us using our gifts for the good of all. Adults: Which of your gifts can you use this […]

We don’t need to go to the four corners of the earth to be missionaries. We are called to the same mission as the apostles, to spread the Good News wherever we are – at home, at school, at work, at Church, wherever life takes us. Our actions speak about what we believe and how […]

Jesus explains in this week’s Gospel that it is the Holy Spirit that is with us and helps us know we are God’s. It is this Spirit that guides us to live the way God wants us to. The Spirit comes to us in a special way at our baptism and guides us, even to […]

Like the disciples, we can be a bit apprehensive about not seeing Jesus. After all, it would be easier to follow someone if we could actually see where he is going! Instead, the words of Jesus challenge us to have faith in him and trust where the journey leads. The example of our lives should […]

Using the image of shepherd and sheep, Jesus made an analogy for us to listen tot he voice of God. Sometimes we are distracted by other voices that Jesus called “thieves”. These thieves rob us of our desire to follow Jesus. True sheep, however, know the voice of the shepherd. The shepherd provides safety and […]

On our own we cannot grasp the mystery of the resurrection. The two disciples on the road to Emmaus were “conversing and debating”; they could recount the facts but could not believe the mystery. Yet, they greatly desired to move from disappointment and unbelief to hearts burning with life and belief – they invited Jesus […]

In the Gospel reading, we see more than a Resurrection appearance of Jesus to his disciples; we also see their joy and the transformation of their lives. because of the new courage that followed from their faith, the disciples move from a state of fear to joy. The second half of the Gospel depicts Thomas’ […]

Christian faith proclaims: ‘Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will come again!’ Without the resurrection, the real rising of Jesus to new life in a transformed and glorified body, there would be no good news to proclaim. The God of love is more powerful than death and sin, and God has shown this in […]