My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  On this day, we read in the Gospel of Matthew how Jesus told his disciples, “Have no fear of the one who would destroy the body but cannot

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi.  The purpose of the feast is to celebrate that part of Eucharist (Mass) that we call Holy Communion. 

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the Catholic Church in particular, and Christianity in general.  It was on this day that the Holy Spirit came upon the early disciples in the form of

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord.  Before he ascended into heaven, he gave his disciples a new commandment.  Specifically, he told them to be missionaries by saying, “All power in heaven and

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Sixth Sunday of Easter.  On this day, we hear Jesus say, “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me.  And whoever loves me will be loved by my

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Easter.  On this day, we read about the institution of the order of deacons in the Church (Acts 6: 1-7).  The apostles chose these men to do the manual labor

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter.  This day is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday because we hear not only the 23rd Psalm, but we also hear how Jesus compares himself to a good shepherd

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Third Sunday of Easter.  On this day, we hear the “Emmaus Story” (Luke 24: 13-35).  As two disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the risen Jesus began walking along with them.  At

My Dear Friends,
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as “Divine Mercy Sunday.  On this day, we celebrate Jesus instituting the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  We read, “…he [Jesus] breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive

My Dear Friends,
Happy Easter to you and those you love!  Easter, the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus, is the highest feast of the Church Year.  In fact, it is so special that most Christians celebrate every Sunday as “The

My Dear Friends,
This weekend, Catholic Christians celebrate the Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion.
This day honors Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, while the people praised him saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in

My Dear Friends,
This weekend, Catholic Christians celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
On this weekend, we hear the story of story of Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead (John 11: 1-45).  As you may remember, Lazarus was the brother