Later today, we will celebrate with the ringing of bells, the singing of alleluias, and the rising of Jesus the Christ.
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Prayer has potential to change us — if only we would ask
And in the end, how curious that Jesus says that the Father will give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
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Turn back your hearts and fall asleep in friendship
And that wounded face and punctured head with a crown of thorns would gaze upon all with love, with forgiveness, with freedom, sinlessly, and with eyes so blessed and holy that we, too, could fall asleep now in his friendship.
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Divine consequences would result from the life, word, actions of Jesus the Christ
She “saw” and she “heard” and she knew in her “heart” that God was pouring out grace upon grace upon this child and her parents and all of us, and because of him life would never be the same.
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They spoke and listened to each other
Today’s readings talk about our dedication to God, husband to wife, wife to husband, children to parents, and each person to the whole community.
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The Lord is here to meet you and me
We prepare for the coming of Jesus in his birth (Christmas) and the coming of Jesus at the end of time (the second coming).
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There is no question about God’s promise of fruitfulness
The favor of God falls upon all of us, especially those anointed with God’s own Spirit in baptism.
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This is no ordinary family
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor Today’s Gospel passage is the only one that deals with Jesus just as he is about to begin his teenage years. It reveals a typical family with typical problems. It appears at first that […]
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