Jesus’ Ascension allows him to be immediately present to his people, whom he commissions to bring God’s love to life in the world.

Chosen to Bear Fruit: Easter's sixth Sunday

Mother's Day is a day to admit gratefully the fact that none of us is able to return, in the same measure, our mothers' love.

Life on the Vine: Easter's fifth Sunday

[The vine and the branches] image more than most conveys the sense that my flourishing - no, even

my muddling along in life - depends totally on Christ.

The Beautiful Shepherd: Easter's fourth Sunday

This is an astonishing statement: that the relationship of the Shepherd to his sheep reflects the inner reality of God's own Triune life. The loving fellowship - the perfectly fulfilling and everlasting interpersonal exchange - of Father and Son is ours as sheep of the Good Shepherd!

By raising Jesus from the dead, God has marked him out as the Jewish Messiah and the Lord of all Nations. This makes Jesus the rightful ruler of every human heart, and it is ours to entrust our hearts and lives to him (faith) and follow him where – and how – he leads (obedience).

The Force of Forgiving Love: Easter's third Sunday

Divine Mercy: Easter's second Sunday

Here we see the power of trusting in Jesus: in him we receive the mercy of God, and in him we are made vessels of his mercy (his bountiful and forgiving love!) to everyone we encounter.

New Creation Now: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Let us trustingly follow him to fullness of life - fullness of love - today!

The Sacred Paschal Triduum: an invitation to prayer

Acclaim Him King: Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

The Triduum services this week – Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil – are really one extended liturgy, but you can feel free to stop in whenever you would like.

Drawn to Jesus: Lent's fifth Sunday

All of this we forgo in order to enter into a veiled time; an unmediated, unseeing abandonment to God, who himself descends into our darkness.

God So Loved the World: Lent's fourth Sunday

We can just use every moment we have left as an opportunity to love God with our whole heart, soul, strength, and mind, and love our neighbor as ourselves.