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Apr 8, 2018
Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday
The first thing we have to realize is that on this Easter Sunday the encounter with the Risen Lord is the first time that all the...
Apr 1, 2018
Resurrection Sunday
Think about it: today we consider the mystery at the heart of the Christian faith. It is simple but extraordinary and powerful. It was so...
Mar 18, 2018
Fifth Sunday of Lent
“Blessed are the merciful, because they shall obtain mercy, says the Scripture. Mercy is not the least of the beatitudes. Again: Blessed...
Mar 11, 2018
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Today, Hosea stresses the importance of sincere religious service to God. The piety of the people of God has been like the dew which so...
Mar 4, 2018
Third Sunday of Lent
The readings and the psalm of today’s Mass describe “two ways.” The first reading and the Responsorial Psalm have a vivid picture of a...
Feb 25, 2018
Second Sunday of Lent
Some people like to talk. They demand to be listened to, but they don’t have the same interest in listening. However, you usually can’t...
Feb 18, 2018
First Sunday of Lent
We also heard how Jesus is severe in criticizing the hypocrites who parade their works before others to get attention. Such parades are...
Feb 11, 2018
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We just read: “Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him unclean.” “The Kingdom of God,” as Christ tells us in the...
Feb 4, 2018
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Bernardine of Siena, a great 15th century Franciscan preacher, was once asked a very interesting hypothetical by those who were...
Jan 27, 2018
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus teaches unlike any other teacher. His contemporaries said he “taught with authority, unlike the scribes.” The scribes always used...
Jan 20, 2018
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Think about it: The Lord normally chooses those superficially unlikely, because he sees what we often miss. The Blessed Mother would say...
Jan 14, 2018
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Love of God is not something that can be taught. We did not learn from someone else how to rejoice in light or want to live, or to love...
Jan 7, 2018
Epiphany
In last Tuesday’s reading (John 1: 19-28), St. John the Baptist demonstrates the attitude fundamental to making Christ known: humility....
Jan 1, 2018
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
“Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.” This phrase from St. Luke’s Gospel for tomorrow’s Solemnity can help us...
Dec 24, 2017
Fourth Sunday of Advent
How to imitate Our Lady as Mother A few years back, the preacher of the papal household gave some beautiful Advent reflections to the...
Dec 17, 2017
Third Sunday of Advent
Who is this man who stands before us in this Gospel—the man whose gaze has penetrated into the most secret recesses of our souls and...
Dec 10, 2017
Second Sunday of Advent
— Cada día de Adviento, Nuestro Señor nos ofrece una ayuda invalorable en nuestras lecturas diarias de la Misa. Aquí tenemos una...
Dec 4, 2017
Opening the Door for Christ this Advent
During Advent, we also focus on meeting him in Bethlehem, meeting him when he comes at the end of time, and meeting him in Sacred...
Nov 26, 2017
Feast of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Turning towards the Lord in the rapidly-approaching Season of Advent, the Church extorts us to prepare the way for the Lord’s coming. For...
Oct 28, 2017
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus’ intensity and passion break out in radical expression in today’s Gospel. He yearns for a divine conflagration in the hearts of his...
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