Weekly Reflections

Diligent Faith Around this time five years ago, our first granddaughter was baptized. Public gatherings were troublesome in pandemic days. Events that should have brought great rejoicing were muted by [...]

A Well of Mercy How I wish I could be Thomas at the moment when Jesus says, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and [...]

A Week to Feel His Profound Love Today’s Gospel reading reveals the depths of divine love through Jesus’ suffering and sacrifice. This passage is enormously long! As we stand to [...]

Jesus’ Timing Jesus loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, so He waited. This is such a difficult passage to swallow. Like Martha, who cries to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been [...]

Look Into The Heart “Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart." Have you ever read this and wondered, [...]

Ripple Effects of Encountering Christ Every nuance of the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman reveals His merciful, loving, and compassionate heart. It begins with the place He chooses [...]

Faith and Action During this season of Lent, I think one of the images that comes up frequently is a desert. We perhaps think about Jesus fasting for 40 days [...]

Jesus Shows Us How to Live I have heard a couple commentaries on today’s Gospel that have stayed with me. The first offers this passage as a practical way for [...]

Return to God with Your Whole Heart Today we begin the great season of Lent. It always seems to arrive so quickly after Christmas and this year is no exception. [...]