The spirit of competition in our culture is strong.  Some people find it difficult to acknowledge that they are not solely responsible for their achievements.  We can be very presumptuous.  The words and phrases we use, our tone and...

Pentecost (from the Greek word for “fiftieth”) is the day the Apostles discerned and accepted the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim Jesus Christ to people from many nations, cultures, languages and religious beliefs.  The people...

Jesus knew that his disciples who witnessed his life, death and resurrection; who learned from his actions; and who listened to his teachings, would one day pass away.  Other generations would believe in Him through the word of the eye...

Jesus reminds us of the command God gave the Israelites through Moses to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18/Luke 10:27).  Next, Jesus tells us to “Love your enemies.  Do good to those who hate you.” (Matthew 5:43,...

We can identify family and friends and many public figures by their voice.  Jesus tells us that His followers hear His voice and that He knows them and they know him.  But, do we listen for the voice of Jesus?  Do we know the voice of...

After his Resurrection Jesus reveals Himself for a third time to seven of His disciples who have been fishing all night on the Sea of Tiberias .  He ask them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?”  In many ways their faith was...

John tells us that the disciples who abandoned Jesus when He was arrested and taken to the cross were still locked in a room a week after they had seen Him risen from the dead and had appeared to them in that same room.  Jesus had...

Despite all that Jesus had done and everything he had told his friends and followers to expect, Mary of Magdala did not understand the significance of the empty tomb.  Mary, unlike the disciples hiding behind closed doors, summoned up the...

Good Friday, April 15 at 3pm Starting in the church and ending at Brescia University. The march of silence will follow immediately, on our way back to the parish. This event is hosted by our Hispanic...

In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus teaches us that prayer is not so much about what we say to God, but about what we are willing to hear from God.  When we are in true communion with God to discern his will for us He may ask us to do...