Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Just as he raised Lazarus from the dead he can bring you to life as well. Reconciliation helps us turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel by removing the obstacles that hold us back. Action: On the path…

In today’s second reading, Paul quotes an early baptismal hymn, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!” In our baptism, God reaches out to us to anoint us, to heal us, and make us whole. This overflowing of grace calls us to be children of…

In Lent we contemplate our baptism and our reconciliation with God. God gave us living water at our Baptism. The new life we receive in baptism commits us to a ‘holy boldness’ by which we can reach out to our community and live this life to the full. Though we…

God has created a life for us that he wants us to live. Like Abraham, we need to trust in God to help us. God knows what is holding us back and we need to let go of those things in order to be transformed. Like Abraham, what is God…

The readings today present two very different dialogs. In the first reading, Adam and Eve talk with the devil (the serpent) and, believing the lies he tells them, eventually fall into sin. In the Gospel reading Christ rejects all of the devil’s approaches and rebukes him. We need to stop…

Dear Friends: In these weeks, as we follow the Sermon on the Mount in Saint Matthew’s Gospel, it can feel as though we are dealing with some very obvious” and familiar teachings. Last week we had “Love your neighbour”, and this week the extremely simple message that God loves and…

Dear Friends Jesus instruction on the reinterpretation of the Law, begun last Sunday, continues today. Once again we realise that true wisdom, which comes to us through the Holy Spirit, will enrich us with insight into life in ways we never thought possible before. We are quite familiar with the…

Jesus tells us in the Gospel this week that he has come not to abolish but to “fulfill” the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. His Gospel reveals the deeper meaning and purpose of the Ten Commandments and the moral Law of the Old Testament. But his…

Reflection for the World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2014 Pope Francis has a way of stating the obvious which jolts us into a new awareness of the meaning of reality. A constant theme of his homilies, talks and interviews is the necessity of our encounter with Jesus, without…

Today’s celebration brings forward several themes that illumine in a particular way the Church’s dedication to building the Culture of Life. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple emphasizes, for one thing, the fact that he was like us in all things but sin. This child shared the journey each…