Today is the Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, a priest known for his spirit of optimism, hope, freedom and confidence in God's love both in his life and his writings. The gospel for the memorial is...
St. Francis de Sales
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Friar Reflection
Being Part of Jesus’ Life/Family
One of the shocking novelties, the Good News, that Jesus brings to us is that Christians through our baptism live inside the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The communion of the...
Everlasting Sin
In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks about an everlasting sin: “But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” This everlasting sin is...
Word of God Sunday
Today the Church Universal celebrates Sunday of the Word of God, a celebration established by Pope Francis in 2019. It is a celebration that is close to my heart. I have taught Bible Studies in...
About Wickedness
The first reading today is the story of King Saul of Israel, jealous of David’s rising popularity and fame, is trying to hunt down the young David and kill him, lest David become the king by popular...
Son of God
In today’s Gospel the unclean spirits call out to Jesus, “You are the Son of God.” Somewhat surprisingly Jesus commands them not to make him known. The title of this Gospel is, “The beginning of...
About Temptation
Today is the Memorial of St. Anthony the Abbot and the readings for the celebration are taken from the Memorial rather than the daily reading. St. Anthony lived during the third century and for a...
The Law and the Savior
The Word of God comes to us today to show us how easy it is for us to limit our conversion and judgments based on rigid interpretations of the law. We rigidly obey the rule of the law but not the...
New and Old
Many of us have grown up with traditions such as mass in Latin and fish on Friday. While these traditions were good and nourishing in their time and place, they never were intended to be the core...
Unity in Service and Love
The principle sign of being a Christian person or a Christian community is living together in unity, serving and forgiving each other. That is why we have a family and a local Christian community....
Confidence and Thanksgiving
In Israel during the New Testament times, leprosy was a disease that was fear. It was considered the result of punishment for sins, either of the leper or some ancestor. Being sick with leprosy was...
Everything Everywhere All at Once
One of last year’s celebrated movies was “Everything Everywhere All at Once” - a tale of a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save...