He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. (John 3: 34) We have a savior! Alleluia! Easter joy fills our hearts at this time of year. And yet the first reading today reminds us that true and faithful followers of Jesus were called before the Sanhedrin to remind the...
Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life. (Acts 5: 20) I wonder how tempting it may have been for the apostles to simply ignore the orders of the angel who freed them. Did they consider, even for a moment, not going back to the...
This is the third of a three-part series in which we share the insights of Precious Blood people who were recently ordained. Leo Barron, who has been a Companion (lay associated) for many years with the group in Whiting, Ind., was ordained a deacon on June 10, 2017,...
“‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3: 7-8) “Are you born again?”...
Nothing will be impossible for God. (Luke 1: 37) Today’s Scripture brings us two amazing women— women unafraid to let God into their lives and do the impossible. This Gospel is full of surprises. We might say with Mary, “How can this be?” Surely God would not choose...
God’s mercy endures forever. (Psalm 118: 2-4) We use many images to describe the essence of the community of believers that we have come to call the Church. Perhaps the image that is most commonly used, and certainly the favorite of Pope Francis, is “people of God”....
