What was it like to live with Jesus as he “grew in size and strength, filled with wisdom and grace?” We don’t know much about how the Holy Family lived, and yet the Church encourages us to live as they did. It would be easy to say, “I’m not able to be Jesus, or Mary, or Joseph.” The truth is: we are able to be like Jesus. We are baptized and we share the life of Jesus by grace. If we remember each day who we are by our baptism and ask God for the grace we need for the day and accept it, then we can live like the Holy Family.
Midnight Mass: Christmas (December 25, 2016)
We have just heard the most important message we can ever hear. In the familiar story of the birth of Jesus, our God is telling us how much he loves us. It’s easy to get caught up in the scene we heard Luke paint for us. We wonder: God’s own Son has chosen to come among us as a tiny infant. We see his Mother binding him up in swaddling clothes and putting him in an animal-feeding trough.
Fourth Sunday of Advent (December 18, 2016)
Isn't it sad that Ahaz refused to accept Isaiah’s invitation to ask God for a sign that he would fulfill his promise to save Jerusalem from an advancing enemy. But a fearful leader will not thwart God’s love for his people. Isaiah gives Ahaz a sign anyway: "The virgin will bear a son and name him Emmanuel."
Third Sunday of Advent (December 11, 2016)
Second Sunday of Advent (December 4, 2016)
First Sunday of Advent (November 27, 2016)
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (November 20, 2016)
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (November 13, 2016)
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (November 6, 2016)
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 30, 2016)
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 23, 2016)
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 16, 2016)
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 9, 2016)
Lepers were outcasts of society because of their disease. These ten must have heard about Jesus because they risk approaching him asking for a cure. Jesus tells them to go and show themselves to the priests so they could be certified as healthy. Then they could return to their families and friends. We’re told that on the way they were cured.
