Fifth Sunday of Lent – Jesus wanted to change people’s lives and the only way he could do it was to die to himself, to die on the cross, to set an example of self-less giving. That made all the difference in the world. When he died to himself, he became our Savior. Now as …
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent – How many times we pass judgment on someone based on stories. We are quick to judge someone who always comes late for Mass or who does not come to Mass as often as we think they should. How many rumors and misinformation can ruin a person’s reputation …
Saint Joseph – St. Joseph never once asks, “What’s in this for me?” Joseph is noted for his immediate ‘yes-response’ to the task at hand. He lovingly takes Mary into his home at the call of the angel and he provides a loving home no matter what the consequences are for him. Instead of manipulating, …
St. Cyril of Jerusalem – It is easy for you and me to look with scorn on those Jewish authorities because of their blindness to who Jesus was. However, aren’t we sometimes guilty of limiting the meaning of Jesus to our own presupposed definitions? We fail to see Jesus as he is revealed to us …
St. Patrick – Precisely what does God share with us of his own life? God shares with us an energy that allows us to grow and to reproduce our kind. He shares with us a mind that allows us to think and discover the truth about our world. He shares with us a heart that …
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent – The power of God never dispenses with our efforts. No one can sit back and relax and expect a miracle. Nothing is truer than that we must realize our own helplessness; but in a very real sense it is true that a miracle happens when our will …
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent – Anxieties and sorrows have the capacity to remind us of our need for God and to start us on a spiritual journey. The result of such a quest brings us closer to our God. As we go through our suffering let us try to remember this: suffering …
Fourth Sunday of Lent – The primary direction of true love is outward, not inward. “Yes, God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” When someone genuinely loves you, they give you not just themselves, but for some reason they give you back your own self, a truer and better self. Do …
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent – We need to discover humility and humility is liberating. It enables us to stop thinking about what we have done and what we deserve and focus instead on what God has done and how much God deserves. Humility may begin with beating one’s breast and looking at …
Friday of the Third Week of Lent – Jesus declares that the Scribe in this gospel is not far from the kingdom of God. But notice the formula for salvation: Love God, love one’s neighbor, and love oneself. But we need to step back from ourselves, our selfishness, our self-centeredness and start considering the needs …
