I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live forever!” It seems to be an ancient human custom to collect treasures and display them for others to see. We have art galleries, precious stones set in gold or silver jewels, or we have…

Dear Friends: The 50th day of Easter, Pentecost, the feast of the Holy Spirit. It is not an end; it is a beginning! Pentecost is the fulfillment of Christ’s promises, the Spirit is with us. We are not left orphans. Only those who understand what Christianity is all about can…

For Jesus and his disciples their encounters were a series of meeting points. They happened on the seashore, in towns and villages, on the plains, on the road, in people’s houses, in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the mountaintop. They took many different forms and involved many others. These meetings…

Dear Friends “If you love me you will keep my commandments,” says Jesus to us today in the gospel of John. We could say that is a very strong statement by Jesus. Does this mean that every time we sin we do not love Jesus? Yes. Although we love Jesus,…

Dear Friends: In today’s Gospel Reading Jesus promises his eternal presence will be with his disciples. However, “to believe” involves committing the whole self to the care of God. If Jesus goes to prepare a dwelling place for them in his Father’s house, there will be room for all of…

Today is the 4th Sunday of Easter and it is commonly known as “ Good Shepherd Sunday”, a day in which the Church recalls the relationship between God and His people as described in the image of Shepherd and Sheep. Each year, the Gospel Reading of today is chosen from…

This Sunday we hear one of the most famous gospel accounts, the “Emmaus Story”. This famous account has often been seen as an icon of the early Christian Community, reflecting on itself as a post resurrection community of faith in the Risen Lord. Like the disciples, we too need to…

Today’s gospel speaks about the doubting Thomas and the faith granted to Him by the Risen Lord. We too can have contact with Jesus and put our hand, so to speak, upon the signs of his Passion, the signs of his love. It is in the sacraments that he draws…

Dear Friends After having had to refrain from proclaiming Alleluia during Lent, we can once again proclaim it joyfully as a community of faith, giving praise and thanks to God for everything he has done in the paschal mystery of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Easter faith is the cornerstone of…

With Passion Sunday we begin the final week of Lent and prepare ourselves to celebrate the Paschal Triduum. The Rejoice in God’s Mercy program that runs in Advent and Lent has aimed to invite you to participate more readily and more easily in the sacrament of Reconciliation. However, the sacrament…