Daily Reflections

On this feast of All Saints, we lift our eyes to heaven — not just to remember the formally canonized saints, but to recognize the countless faithful who have reflected God’s light in quiet, hidden ways.

Jesus by even being there, demonstrates once more the extraordinary dimensions of his ‘boundary breaking’ ministry...

Did some of the Pharisees come openly out of care to warn Jesus?

But if I am humble enough to realize that I need God to have the wisdom and the fortitude to enter through the “narrow gate,” I may be less ready to pass judgment on others.

Saints Simon and Jude, give us wisdom and strength as we seek to spread Jesus’ message of peace and hope so desperately needed in our time and place.

Imagine if all that is holy to us, all that we have been trained in, all that seems to give our life meaning and purpose is upturned by Jesus.

The Passion of Christ compels us to love. But first we need to listen to the cries of the poor. We have to hear them, even when it make us uncomfortable.

While the origin of the word “repent” has to do with regret or penance, it also could mean to re-think.

Every time we experience Jesus, by grace, it is a kairos moment.

To follow Jesus involves making choices that make us uncomfortable, and can sometimes bring us into conflict with people, even people closest to us.