Musings and Messages: June 8, 2025 Published on June 2, 2025 Happy Birthday! Today marks the official beginning of the Church. As promised, God sends the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus as our advocate and
Musings and Messages: June 1, 2025 Published on May 27, 2025 Today, we celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord. In Luke’s account, Jesus reminds his apostles that they are witnesses to his ministry and that they
Musings and Messages: May 25, 2025 Published on May 19, 2025 With the sixth Sunday of Easter, we are reminded that Jesus would be sending us a gift after his physical departure from the earth: The Holy Spirit.
Musings and Messages: May 18, 2025 Published on May 13, 2025 We are now about halfway through the Easter season, and the main message is that of love. The last line of the passage from John’s Gospel sums it
Musings and Messages: April 27, 2025 Published on April 21, 2025 On this Third Sunday of Easter, we hear the beautiful conversation between Jesus and Peter. Three times Jesus asks Peter if he loves him and three
Musings and Messages: April 6, 2025 Published on March 31, 2025 I will never forget the question my scripture professor, Fr. Jack Castelot, posed when teaching today’s passage from John’s Gospel: “The woman
Musings and Messages: February 9, 2025 Published on February 3, 2025 Today’s Gospel reading is the classic vocation scriptural text: “From now on, you will be catching men.” But notice who Jesus chooses: Peter,
Musings and Messages: February 2, 2025 Published on January 27, 2025 We take a break from our usual Ordinary Sunday readings to celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas Day.
Musings and Messages: January 5, 2025 Published on December 30, 2024 What gifts do you give to the Christ Child? Probably not gold, frankincense, or myrrh; Jesus does not need any of those things. In fact, Jesus does
Musings and Messages: December 29, 2024 Published on December 23, 2024 In the middle of the Christmas season, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family. This year the Gospel reading describes a scene familiar to many