The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Like any other familiar quotation, these nine words from Psalm 23 are well-known but perhaps never fully reflected upon. What is a “Good Shepherd,” and why is this a title with which Jesus chose to identify...
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them. This Sunday’s Gospel passage from Saint Luke is my favorite account of the risen Jesus. I would like to share a few reasons as to why I think this encounter...
Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. In the Jubilee year 2000, Sunday at the Mass of canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska Pope Saint John Paul II declared the Second...
We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. HAPPY EASTER! We celebrate today as a parish family and with all our guests, the very simple and yet awesomely profound truth that death had no power over Jesus. So we,...
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken and asked, “Who is this?” And the crowds replied, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.” The itinerate preaching, miracle working, religious figure from the unsophisticated north region of Galilee...
O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them and bring you back to the land of Israel. I have been thinking of Eddie a lot lately. He has even entered my dreams on a more frequent basis. We met in our freshman year of college, became roommates, and...
