After the miracle of the water becoming wine the goal of our Lord is presented to His apostles and disciples on top of the mount. The crowds remain below and are not privy to the words of God. There must be preparation in the soul in order to come to know God and His Word. […]
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Feast of the Holy Family 2020
How many stories of the Holy Family do you know? Truthfully, there is only one. When something is unique in the Gospel that’s when you need to go to the text and ask some serious questions. Crucial questions about this story must be: when does it take place, where does it occur, what happened and […]
Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas 2019
Devotion to the sorrows of our dear mother, Mary, leads us to understand the patterns of the divine invasion that began at Christmas. The new family approaches the temple to entrust the babe to God. In doing so Simeon whose name means “obedience” takes the child in hand and lifting the baby up to God […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent 2019
Why is there this expectation that this year Christ will come to us in a very unique and special way? God has placed this longing in our hearts to refresh us with the presence of eternity. For so many years the Israelites waited in expectation for a Redeemer and now with the birth of John […]
Third Sunday of Advent 2019
“Who art thou if not the Christ, nor Elias nor Jeremiah or one of the prophets?”John made no pretense about his person and did not claim anything for himself. “Why do you baptize if you are not the Christ?” My baptism he explained is a baptism unto repentance. Then who are you and what do […]