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The saying goes “the devil is in the details,” but I think rather God is in the details. His beauty is all around us if we choose to participate in his game of hide-and-seek. Go outside: watch, listen. Where do you see and hear God?
In this week’s Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples for the third time since his Resurrection. He shares a meal with them when they are suddenly blessed with an abundance of fish after having previously caught none.
A diocesan priest with a great devotion to Mary, Saint Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort attracted many people to the faith by his preaching. He lived a life of notable poverty and simplicity.
Christians down through the ages have come to recognize the risen Christ in their midst as the Scriptures are proclaimed and the Eucharistic meal is shared. What we are celebrating in this Easter Season–the Paschal sacrifice of Christ, his dying and rising—is present to us in each Mass.
God the Father loves the whole of creation and wants all creation to share in eternal life. That’s why he sent his Son into the world. We are each given a choice to live in the light of Jesus or in the darkness.
Resilience is what happens when we give up control and are willing to embrace the ambiguity.
Saint Pedro de San José Betancur was a Secular Franciscan who founded a hospital, a shelter, and a school for the poor in Guatemala City. He also founded a religious congregation for men.
Our salvation depends on our acceptance of what Jesus teaches–of what he promises us–because he alone speaks of heaven with the voice of experience.
Today can you notice when you are rushing to get through a task? It’s tiring and ultimately unsustainable. Psalm 46:10 offers as a salve some of the most familiar yet beautiful words : “Be still and know that I am God!”
Most likely the first of the four Gospels, the Gospel of Mark is brief and pointed. Saint Mark has one goal, to present Jesus as God’s crucified messiah, and he fulfills that goal concisely. Saint Mark’s Gospel seems to have been one of the sources used by Saints Matthew and Luke for their works.
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