Published On: May 10th, 2019Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is the time for people to thank mothers and mother figures who took the time care for them
Published On: April 25th, 2019The Second Sunday of Easter April 28, 2019 Divine Mercy Sunday On this Second Sunday of Easter full of the joy of the Resurrection of Jesus, we celebrate God’s Merciful Love. “In the various readings, the liturgy seems to indicate the path of mercy
Published On: April 17th, 2019Yes, Jesus is truly risen from the dead! No doubt Mary Magdalene and the other women, who walked to the tomb early that morning, thought that all was lost after the death of Jesus, although they had a vague memory of Jesus talking about
Published On: April 15th, 2019Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Saturday The Triduum begins with the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday and ends with Vespers on Easter Sunday. The greatest event of our faith is all ONE liturgy: The Death and Resurrection of our Savior. Each celebration is enveloped in
Published On: April 13th, 2019Palm (Passion) Sunday Triumphal Entry – the Messiah is here! Jesus traversed the towns and villages he had visited while he announced the Kingdom of God. All those years, Jesus had traveled on foot, but on this day, he requested his disciples to
Published On: April 5th, 2019THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN Forgiveness and Moving Forward In today’s Gospel, Jesus judges the woman caught in adultery. He does not judge her as the scribes and Pharisees would have done. Jesus says, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw
Published On: March 28th, 2019THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON “I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” ….. and yet the father says: “but we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was
Published On: March 22nd, 2019After journeying with Jesus through the desert, after having witnessed his transfiguration on the mountaintop, we now enter into the nitty-gritty of Jesus’ teaching. The readings this Sunday could seem a little tame; there is nothing spectacular. True, the burning bush causes Moses
Published On: March 13th, 2019Scared moments – Sacred moments Desert moments – wonderful moments Life is full of such moments As
Published On: March 10th, 2019“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.” (Luke 4.1) (See Mt 4.1 and Mk 1.12) As I read this text, one word stuck
Published On: March 5th, 2019As we prepare to celebrate THE CENTRAL mystery of our faith, - the Resurrection - we take time to re-organize our life, to look into our relationship with God, with others, with creation. What are the “broken” areas of our life? Ashes are
