Gospel Reflections

God promises salvation from the very beginning. Today’s first reading recounts the first and greatest tragedy - our first parents’ first sin. Breaking trust with God, they lost trust with each other, destroyed harmony with creation, and lost even the…

When you think of the Last Supper and Cross, do you think “thanksgiving”? The early Church did, because from St. Paul onwards, the sacrificial meal instituted by Jesus has been called Eucharist (Thanksgiving). Sacrifice was essential in the ancient Jewish…

Come, Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit has a special relationship with everything created by God, including us. God’s constant, invisible creating work in the world is especially attributed to the Person of the Holy Spirit. While devotion to the Holy…

"I am the bread of life.” -John 6:48 This Sunday our youth will receive Jesus in Holy Communion for the first time. The Eucharist is the last and greatest gift Jesus gave to us the night before he died for…

"Remain in me as I remain in you." (John 15:4) These words of Jesus may sound like a moral imperative from the Lord. We might imagine Jesus wagging his finger at us saying, “You’d better do what I tell you,…

Jesus is the true shepherd who defends, knows and loves his sheep. Jesus, the true shepherd, defends us always and saves us in so many difficult situations, dangerous situations through the light of his word and the strength of his…

During the Easter Season, the first reading at Mass is taken from the Acts of the Apostles. In the readings from Acts, we hear the first preaching of the Apostles that followed Pentecost and the beginning of the Church’s public…

Jesus appeared and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Jesus explained to his disciples before his passion and death that the peace he gives is different than anything the world can give. When Jesus…

Peace is the first gift of the Risen Lord. Peace be with you,” were the first words he spoke to the apostles when he showed himself to them in the Upper Room on that first Easter day. “Peace be with…