In today’s gospel from John 15:12, Jesus says;”This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.” It seems to me that there are two important aspects to what Jesus is saying. First is that he loves us ! His love is unconditional and everlasting! He showed us this Read more…
Today is the feast day of St. Matthias. He was added to the group of apostles in Acts 1 to replace Judas, who hung himself, in order to bring the number of apostles back up to twelve. I can relate to Matthias a lot. When the first class of deacons Read more…
Today is the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. Once when I was on Portugal, long before GPS or cell phones, I set out to drive to Fatima but got lost. The direction given to me were false either by ignorance or to purposely keep me from getting there. Read more…
I just finished a long telephone conversation with my first pastor as a deacon and founding pastor of San Antonio – Fr. Seamus. He never fails to call me on the anniversary of my ordination which was 41 years ago. It Is so wonderful because we use this time to Read more…
At my age it’s hard to remember everything I have to do ! Thank God for cell phones and a gentle ( or not so gentle) reminder from a loved one. I still miss the days of Post-It-Notes everywhere. Don’t laugh, they worked ! Thanks God then for our heavenly Read more…
First to all of our Cursillo mothers I say Happy Mother’s Day. Thank you for saying yes to life ! Thank you for saying yes to love ! Thank you for all you do, especially those who are home schooling their kids right now ! Our first reading today talks Read more…
Jesus says in John 14:12 ; “ whoever believes in me will do the works I do and will Do Greater ones than these.” As I said this morning at School of Leaders, I find that so hard to believe. How could we possibly do greater works than Jesus. For Read more…
When the apostles hear that Jesus is leaving to prepare a place for them in heaven, they are worried that they won’t be able to follow him. It’s kind of how many of us felt coming down the hill after Cursillo ended. Yet Jesus assures them they know the way, Read more…
When Jesus washed the feet of the apostles, including Judas, he quoted Psalm 41:10. He wanted to show them that Judas’ betrayal was actually part of Scripture. Isn’t it amazing how God can use even a bitter betrayal to fulfill Scripture and his promise to save his people. God’s ways Read more…
The first line in today’s first reading from Act 12 is; “The word of God continued to spread and grow.” What was true then is still true today. The Holy Spirit is still drawing people of every nation to Jesus. So how does the gospel continue to spread ? Through Read more…