The need for Christian community
September 7, 2017
Today’s sacred Scriptures invite us to ponder the communal nature of our Catholic faith — to recognize how much we need one another as we journey the path of life and faith.
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The obstacle of suffering
September 1, 2017
In our Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus Christ announcing that He will rise from the dead. Knowing what we know now about this promise, we would think that this news would bring great joy to His Apostles. The Son of God will defeat death and be raised to life again, which will lead to our own Resurrection and eternal life.
The keys to the kingdom(1)
August 23, 2017
Gospel Commentary MT 16:13-2 It is a big moment in the life of a teenager when he is given the keys to the family car.
The keys to the kingdom
August 14, 2017
In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus gives to Peter the keys not to the family car but to the kingdom. This Gospel scene is captured powerfully in a painting by the Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino, found in the Sistine Chapel. It depicts Jesus handing on the keys to Peter as the other Apostles look on. Perugino sets it in a vast piazza as if to highlight the singular drama, majesty and universal reach of that moment that will fill the world, with the forgiveness of Christ as it does today in millions of confessions every week.
Man’s best friend
August 14, 2017
It is healthy to remember that God is great and powerful and that, in that way, He is different from us and therefore also distant. We also know that by knowing Jesus, God is close to us and invites us to be close to Him. Mysterious, for sure, and challenging.
How strong is your faith?
August 13, 2017
Jesus desires our faith to be strong, really strong. He issues a surprising and powerful challenge to St. Peter in today’s Gospel. After stepping out of the boat and beginning to walk on water, a feat that requires serious faith, St. Peter then begins to sink and cry out to the Lord who extends His hand and rescues the sinking apostle. Then, our Lord says to Peter, “How little faith you have! Why did you falter?”
Our conversion and the Transfiguration
August 2, 2017
The glory of Jesus was revealed on Mount Tabor in the dazzling brightness, in the presence of Moses and Elijah, and in the voice of the Heavenly Father coming from a cloud saying, “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him.”
The pearl of great price
July 26, 2017
Gospel Commentary Mt 13:44-52 Most people at some point in their lives dream of “striking it rich.” It might be our imagining that we
We’d best wait
July 18, 2017
The parables of this Sunday’s Gospel speak of some characteristics of the Kingdom of God, and therefore, they speak about God Himself. The Kingdom starts small but becomes big, welcoming people from every time and place. The Kingdom is built up by the gifts and contributions of each individual. The characteristic of the Kingdom most emphasized this Sunday, though, is the fact that God is willing to be very patient with the presence of evil in the Kingdom here on earth before, finally, He exercises His righteous justice against it.
Gospel commentary: God prepares the soil in our hearts
July 14, 2017
Jesus begins His address today, “One day a farmer went out sowing.” Our Lord uses a familiar analogy to state that God is similar to a skilled and attentive farmer who constantly tills the soil of our hearts in order that His presence and His word will take root and bear much fruit.
