God, our Father, we pray that through the Holy Spirit we might hear the call of Evangelization and live as missionary disciples of you Son, Jesus. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and renew our parish with the fire of...

Jesus knew his followers would live in a world that is full of temptations - to do evil, to take the easy way out, to take advantage of others to gain wealth and power. He knew we would be challenged to abandon our efforts to know Him...

“Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and be converted, and I heal them.” Jesus...

  In today’s gospel, Jesus says to the apostles: "Fear no one. ... And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul ... This is a compelling, consoling statement. This is an encouraging message. And the...

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” Those words should not disturb Catholics who grow up believing in the...

Our images of God are often formed early in life. Sadly, those images are of a severe, vengeful God like a policeman waiting to pounce on us for doing something wrong or a judge who takes things away from us as a punishment. Jesus taught...

Today we are going to talk about the third person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit. Today we are celebrating Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is one the three most important feasts in Catholic Church after Christmas...

  In today’s gospel, Jesus sends the apostles and says to them: Go into the nations, make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. And I will be with you always until the end of...