Teach What You Believe

In this Sunday’s readings we heard that John saw a “new heaven and a new earth…for the old order has passed away…and He makes all things new...

Love always wins over death! The Gospel tells us that the disciples had no idea what ‘risen from the dead’ even meant.   Do we?   Wisdom fro...

(c) Ivan Guaderrama This weekend’s Gospel from John drops us in at the end of the Last Supper as Jesus gives his disciples a new comm...

In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear the three most important words given to us in the Bible. By far, it is the greatest and hardest thing...

How does this Easter Season call us to change in order to gain focus and direction within our lives and our faith?   It would seem...

For six weeks we have listened to post resurrection Gospel stories, which when woven together give us great insight into Christ’s expla...

So we moved from Lent into Easter, singing our alleluias, with the church bells pealing, rejoicing that Jesus Christ is risen indeed – bu...

Christ is Risen!   Christ is Risen Indeed!   But why are we still celebrating Easter?   Fifty days seems like a long time to be sin...

One of the advantages of being a permanent deacon is being married!   My wife, Teresa is a Spiritual Director, a Master Gardener, mot...

Today’s Gospel comes from the tenth chapter of John reminding us that there will be one flock, one shepherd.   Meanwhile we hear from Acts...

Today’s gospel is a poetic and rich passage from John often called the High Priest Prayer.   It is the final prayer Jesus says before hi...

 The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio  Thomas was really no different than any of the other disciples of Christ – he just go...

Every year before our family Easter dinner, we hold our annual Easter Egg Hunt.  Over 125 eggs are hidden in the back yard.  Some conta...

The desert can be very barren and lifeless.   That is until the rains arrive and overnight, life shoots forth. Lent is like that.   A time...