audio We Fear No Lions | April 25, 2020 We are confronted with two different portrayals of lions today. On one hand, St. Mark, whose Feast is today, is portrayed as a lion. This…
audio What We Have | April 24, 2020 In our lives we are confronted with many worries, many problems. In the face of some of these problems we can feel powerless and…
audio How Do You See the World? | April 23, 2020 “It is impossible to persevere in a fervent evangelization unless we are convinced from personal experience that it is not the same thing…
text “How wonderful is it to be alive?” In a stunning little book entitled I Never Saw Another Butterfly, an…
audio Adopted by the Spirit | April 22, 2020 In Baptism we are not only cleansed from our sins but we become adopted by the Holy Spirit in a special and intimate manner. Fr. Mark Wedig…
audio The Effects & Fruits of the Spirit | April, 21, 2020 The question posed by Nicodemus is one which we all ask in one way or another. How are we to know that the Spirit is really working in the…
audio God is in Control | April 20, 2020 It's human to prefer the familiar and the known. We hesitate before stepping into an unknown or unfamiliar situation. And yet, Fr. Michael…
audio Divine Mercy Sunday Homily, April 19, 2020 Divine Mercy Sunday Homily, April 19, 2020 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Holding on to Joy | Br. Ben Keller, O.P. Br. Benjamin Keller, O.P., preaches for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) on 1 Peter 1:3-9. How do we hang on to joy, to…
text Second Sunday of Easter: Divine Mercy Today in the midst of the world-wide pandemic known as COVID-19, the Catholic Church pauses to…
audio Accepting & Extending Mercy | Divine Mercy Sunday Some of the hardest things we are asked to do as Christians is to accept both our need for mercy and to extend that mercy to others…
audio This is the Good News | April 18, 2020 Open up the newspaper or turn on the news and very likely you will see some bad news. It is so easy for us to be caught up in the grief and…
audio The New Normalcy | April 17, 2020 In the wake of Christ's death, it must have been tempting for the disciples to return to the old normal, to what they were always used to…
audio Who, me? | April 16, 2020 In our Christian lives, and especially in these difficult times, we have to rely on the Cross of Jesus Christ. We have to make a leap of…
text “Faith is not genuine unless it is tinged with a trace of doubt.” Whenever I am experiencing moments of doubt regarding my faith, I head for St…
audio Where to Look? | April 15, 2020 Often the Christian life can be a bit like Where's Waldo. In moments of doubt and anxiety, or even in moments of joy, we can find it…
audio A Story Worth Telling Again | April 14, 2020 Some stories are worth telling again. And the story of our Salvation is certainly one of those, Fr. Scott O'Brien, O.P., reminds us. Each…
audio Not Even Death Can Separate Us from Jesus For 15 April 2020, Easter Wednesday, based on Luke 24:13-35
audio Believing the Resurrection | April 13, 2020 There were in the days after the Resurrection, as well as today, those who disbelieve the Resurrection. Even among Christians there can be…
text Easter 2020: The Festival of Hope Last night, after watching the televised celebration of the Easter Vigil from the Shine of the…
audio A Better Forever | Easter Morning Christ is Risen! Christos anesti! For the readings for Easter Morning, see the USCCB. We live in uncertain times. This is not the Easter we…
