In today’s Gospel for Pentecost Sunday, the Lord confers his Apostle’s with his power to forgive sins.
The Upper Room, a Place of Prayer and Peace
“The doors were locked for fear of the Jews.”
When Jesus appears to the Apostles, breathes on them and fills them with the Holy Spirit, he drives their fear away and fills them with peace. More…
Fr Jose Laboy
The famous orator, Cicero, once wrote, “Not to know what occurred before you were born is to always remain a child.” Part of maturing and having a strong identity is to know where you come from, your culture, your values. No one starts from scratch.
This quote from Cicero can be applied to Catholics regarding their faith.
You know what really annoys me? This guy.
Yeah! That’s right! We’re Catholic!
Don’t take this with a grain of salt. If we take him at his word and follow his example, we have to be a holy nuisance and annoy the [you-know-what] out of people. Literally.
Yesterday, Pope Francis made it clear. He wants You to be a troublemaker too.
Read on… (From CNA/EWTN News:) More…
I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live (Deuteronomy 30:19)
In exchange for dropping all appeals, abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell was spared death row. More…
According to a reliable source, who happens to be a good friend of mine, you only get 10 perfect days a year. May 9th in Ottawa was one of those days. The sun was bright, the sky was blue, not a cloud in the sky, 25,000 men, women, children and babies gathered on Parliament Hill and to march on the streets of Ottawa in support of life, Ottawa’s mayor declared the day “Respect for Life Day,” and as if things could not get any better…
The Avengers were there! More…
The Mission Corps Volunteers are about to wrap up their year of missionary service. Some of them will spend the summer getting ready to go to college next year and a few have decided to give another year of their lives to the mission.
This is a video of their recent mission trip to Kingston, Jamaica with the Missionaries of the Poor. More…
Sunday Gospel Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Church chooses this passage from the Gospel according to St John (Jn 14:23-29) for the sixth Sunday of Easter, because this is where Jesus reveals to his apostles what is to come after his resurrection: “I am going away and I will come back to you.” More…
Fr Jason Smith
Caravaggio – The Calling of Saint Matthew
If not for a hockey game, I wouldn’t be a Legionary priest today.As a good Minnesotan, I naturally considered hockey as divinely inspired, a sign of God’s love for us. But it’s what happened after the game that took me by surprise and lead me to know my priestly vocation. More…
A while back, a fellow blogger asked the following question in a comment on my post, “Blessed Are the Merciful, They Will Be Shown Mercy.”
I have pondered the words bless, blessed, and blessing three words we, myself included, use a lot. I decided I do not know the real meaning of them. So I got out the dictionaries and still cannot come up with an understanding for the way we us these words. Can you please help me make a clear meaning of these three words?
Great question!
Now before I get started, More…
I was recently asked what gave me the greatest delight and satisfaction when working with young people. First, I wanted to say, just working with young people. When the youth get motivated, they have the potential to change the world.
Take for example Saint Mark, whose feast day we celebrate today. More…
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