We continue to celebrate Easter Week, the Week of Light. We look at Mary Magdalena, the first evangelist. She went to the tomb sure in her expectations to find death. She was full of sadness, mourning, and loss. Then she tried to explain the fact of the empty tomb...
Remembering important events during the Last Supper, John records some long discourses during that meal. Today we look at an outstanding moment from that night. This time the words and actions are short, but very powerful. Where is the glory of God? The answer is...
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...
