Behind the text of Matthew’s Gospel is the bedrock truth of our faith, that this obscure Rabbi from Galilee was, and is, the Incarnate Son of God: He is the Word made flesh, the very embodiment of the Torah, not as it is written on tablets of stone, but as it is inscribed on the...Read More
It is the Lord who called me and chose me – called me to be his follower and called me to be his adopted son – and then called me to be a priest. “It is not you who chose me, but I who chose you.”Read More
He made you what you are and reminds you who you are: YOU are the salt of the earth. YOU are the light of world. Filled with the love that we receive from this altar: Go be who you are.Read More
Your pastor is a disciple before he is a shepherd. He is to model what it means to live the Beatitudes. And his chief responsibility is to place at your disposal all the means necessary for you to grow in discipleship.Read More
Que, como San Juan Bosco, sepamos vivir las Bienaventuranzas con alegría y valentía, siendo signos del Reino de Dios en medio de un mundo herido, pero profundamente amado por Dios.Read More
As we honor Saint John Bosco today, we are invited to ask: Who feels blessed in our communities – fortunate to be loved by God, fortunate to love as we have been loved?Read More
Together we shall march, just as Martin Luther King, Jr., marched. Together we shall march into a future full of hope. Together we shall stand, courageously and peacefully, for justice.Read More
In a nutshell, here how today’s Scriptures illuminate your pastor’s ministry: In some respects, he is to be like Isaiah the prophet; in others, like John the Baptist; and most importantly of all, he is to be like Jesus.Read More
In a nutshell, here how tonight’s Scriptures illuminate your pastor’s ministry: In some respects, he is to be like Isaiah the prophet; in other respects, like John the Baptist; and most importantly of all, he is to be like Jesus.Read More
On the day of our Baptism, we too were bathed in the radiance of God’s Triune life and love. Put another way, through Baptism God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – began to dwell in us.Read More
I pray that the time you are spending in discernment will bear good fruit and, yes, I pray that many of you will someday become the priests that Jesus wants and needs to gather in his harvest.Read More