God is gracious, loving, bountiful, generous, self-giving, compassionate and merciful, and personally involved in our lives!    His love knows no limits and this is expressed most eloquently by contemplating His total self-giving on the cross that first “Good Friday”.  He Himself  remarked clearly:  “No greater love has a man than to lay down His life for His friends.”

Lent is the holy season that the church– the Mystical Body of Christ–  offers as a special gift every year!   A gift should be received graciously and used generously!  May this be a “Lent well spent” for all!  Jesus spent forty days … Read more

As Moses descended the mountain, with the 10 commandments in his hands, a fiery anger consumed him. Why?  The people below had descended into making for themselves a molten, metal calf which they were adoring! Infuriated at the people pushing aside the true God for a false god, Moses slammed the ten commandments shattering them, tore down the golden calf, pulverized it, and cast into a nearby river the remains, and made the people drink from that water!

Idolatry, the “false-god” complex is spread far and wide today!  What is an idol?  Simply this: “Placing any person, place or thing … Read more

Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that He says because He (God) can neither deceive nor be deceived. In other words,”Faith is believing in God without seeing Him.” For that reason, Jesus gently rebuked the “Doubting Thomas”  after which the converted Apostle proclaimed, “My Lord and my God.”

Faith can move mountains.   Lord, I believe , but help my lack of belief.  O you of little faith, why do you doubt!  If you had the faith the size of a mustard seed, you could tell the  tree to be uprooted and thrown into the … Read more

Human suffering, still-born births, tragic fatal accidents, terrorism attacks and loss of the innocent, children suffering and dying due to malnutrition(thousands every day), healthy, dynamic, intelligent persons suffering from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s and sometimes both at the same time— is there any meaning to this human predicament called “Suffering?”

In and of itself, suffering is neutral– meaning, that it has neither positive nor negative moral  value! However, if one understands suffering in the light of the life of Jesus, especially in the light of His Passion, suffering and death on the cross that first Good Friday, then indeed suffering has … Read more

Jesus said, “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  Clearly, Jesus is calling all of us to arrive at perfection through living out a life of holiness. We are all called to be saints! Proof!
In heaven is present, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the angels and the  SAINTS!  Therefore, no way around it: we are all called to be saints!  Athletes have a game plan; soldiers have military strategy; business champions  have hammered out to the most minute detail their goals, objectives and strategies.  Should not followers of Christ, have their own  strategy? Following are (7) key … Read more