Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Alleluia! The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, which primarily focus on Scripture, famously begin the contemplations of the Resurrection with something that isn’t recorded in Scripture: the Risen Christ appears to His Blessed…

Palm Sunday A few thoughts for this Holy Week On Palm Sunday every year, we have what is called a Processional Gospel. Mass begins with Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The Biblical scholar, Brant Pitre, highlights that the words and…

The Power of God’s Word “Lazarus, come out!” At the sound of Jesus’ voice, the dead man comes back to life. The incredible miracle in today’s Gospel is a sign of even greater miracles that take place by the power…

Believing is Seeing. It’s not about the proof. Way, way back when I was studying organic chemistry in college, I got to do a lot of neat experiments in the labs. If I didn’t have some knowledge of what was…

Let Jesus Look into the “Well” of Our Hearts Our Bible Class on Mondays is great. We are studying Mark’s Gospel and one of the features of his gospel is how he often writes specific details into the text. Things…

“Lord, it is good that we are here!” Jesus invited Peter, James and John to come up the mountain and witness his Transfiguration.... You and I also have an opportunity to be together with the Lord for some very special…

Label Bottles, Not People Where do you find your identity? If someone asks you who you are, how do you respond? Perhaps you may explain a bit about where you’re from, your family, or what you do for work. There…

Lent 2026 As a child, I remember thinking about what I was going to “give up’ for Lent. With five brother and sisters we often would give up the same things…candy, snacks, soda, TV (argh!), and with many siblings we…

You are the salt of the earth…the light of the world. You have what you need to bring light into the dark corners of our world. You have what you need to be salt, preserving and giving flavor to life.…

“In 800 feet, turn toward Heaven.” God’s roadmap for the Christian journey The Sacred Scriptures have a clever way of rhyming sometimes. If we recall, Moses climbs up the mountain to retrieve God’s law for us, and he returns with…

Congratulations! For the first time in a number of years, San Pedro has met and exceeded our 2025 Catholic Faith Appeal goal. Thank you so much for your dedicated and generous support, and congratulations on this achievement as a whole…

“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will...” Our Psalm Response today is “Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will...” It is a great undertaking to discern the will of God. Saints, Scholars, men and…