In John’s Gospel we are nearing the end of Jesus’ ministry, and he is speaking ever more clearly about who he is and his mission. Jesus’ communion with God gives him the confidence of the son of God, the God of life. His declarations in today’s Gospel would have been...
Most of us organize our lives in such a way that we are occasionally united to God’s will. If we were to draw a graph of our lives, God’s will would be a straight line down the middle of the page, and our will or life would be a line that zigzags along, intersecting...
St. Joseph does not appear much in the Gospel. But the moments when he is present leave us very clear examples of a life centered on God, hope, obedience, and faith. Those virtues lead to be a righteous mas as he is described in today’s Gospel. In Paul’s letter we see...
For the first three hundred years after the resurrection of Jesus, the Christian faith spread across the Mediterranean through the missionary work of the first apostles and disciples. The Christian communities at that time were generally small and often persecuted up...
The readings today go right to the core of Christian life: forgiveness. Throughout the Gospel, Jesus repeats the centrality of forgiveness – in teachings, parables, and conversations with his disciples. Today we see how Jesus even puts forgiveness into the Our Father,...
