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Back to SearchThe Gift of the Eucharist
The Church comes from the Eucharist for it is the sacrifice that makes saints. The Eucharist is essentially the fullest act of gratitude prefigured i…
12 years, 7 months ago
Pentecost and Sinai
This week is the great feast of Pentecost. Christ rules his Church from Heaven by sending his Spirit into the Church all over the world. We participa…
12 years, 7 months ago
No Temple in the New Jerusalem
In this week's reading from the Book of Revelation the narrator describes the arrival of the Holy City of the New Jerusalem. The visionary sees a gre…
12 years, 8 months ago
Fishers of Men
Today's reading from the Gospel of John offers a compelling meditation about the importance of Christ for the activities of the Church. Christians ar…
12 years, 9 months ago
Every Saint Had a Past, Every Sinner Has a Future
This week's scriptures present the hope of moving forward. All of us have sins and vices in our past. Christ offers us the possibility for forgivenes…
12 years, 9 months ago
The Prodigal Son
In this week's Gospel reading we hear the story of the Prodigal Son. Here, Christ provides a reflection on the nature of love and our relationship wi…
12 years, 10 months ago
The More
There are moments in life when we sense that there is something more real, important and enduring than anything we normally experience. The story of …
12 years, 10 months ago
The Wedding Banquet that Overflows with Wine
We begin Ordinary Time with the wedding at Cana, a rich, spiritual story with great implications for the Church. Both weddings and wine are consisten…
12 years, 11 months ago
A New Ark for a New Covenant
The greatest and most revered of Israel's kings was David. It is from the family of David that the Messiah would come into the world and to the surpr…
13 years ago
Look to the Son of Man
At the start of this new liturgical year, we hear Luke's account of Jesus speaking about the end to all we believe to be permanent - the earth, the s…
13 years, 1 month ago