As the New Year begins you are invited to reflect the martyrdom of John the Baptist. As John did, on how God's life is growing in you and being passed on to others through you. read more

The Archangel Raphael's name means God has healed. In the Old Testament book of Tobit, Raphael heals Tobit of blindness, he protects and guides Tobias on his travels and he delivers Sarah from an evil demon. read more

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. (1 Thess 5:5-6). read more

No one is to be excluded from the kingdom for all peoples are called to proclaim the praise of the Lord and confess his holy name. No ethnic or religious group possesses exclusive rights to the kingdom. Suffering and pain are part of the human condition. read more

Today the Lord was transfigured and the voice of the Father bore witness to him; Moses and Elijah appeared with him in glory and spoke with him about the death he was to undergo. read more

Jesus gives the earthly power and authority of his Kingdom to Peter, in the future to be known as the foundation stone of the new Temple the church. The authority received by Peter is meant to promote the Kingdom of Heaven and God�s redemptive plan. read more

At the first moment of her life, by a very special privilege of God, Mary was preserved free from the stain of sin. At the last moment, by another very special privilege she was preserved free from the corruption of the grave. At the end of her life Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven. read more

Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish. And her daughter was healed instantly. (Mt 15:28). read more

Mary the ark of the new covenant, bore Jesus in her womb. She shares in the victory promised to all who believe. read more

To follow Jesus means, like him, to be ready to have nothing of one's own. As Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount, we cannot at the same time serve two masters. To be with Jesus is to accept a situation where we may have nothing in the way of material possessions our security will be elsewhere. read more

Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it alive.This is the truth I tell you on the night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left. read more

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few. (Mt 7:13-14). read more