Book of the Prophet Malachi
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Malachi 3:13-20b You have defied me in word, says the Lord, yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?” You have…
“To whom shall we go?”
God’s dream is that mankind will come to know him. That is why God became man in Jesus and entered into human history. Therefore the only true thing that counts…
Committing Our Whole Livelihood
We should be careful not to love too much what we will have to forsake, lest indeed we forsake too much what we should possess eternally. We have need no…
The Father
The Father is himself within the circle of love. They pray in Jesus' name, but instead of waiting on the threshold for Him to intervene, they enter and look into…
What Does God Want for Me?
"Love is what God is..." - Bishop Robert Barron Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.Whoever…
Do You Believe in Miracles?
When my daughter was very little, my husband and I constantly read to her. Many of the stories we read were from the Bible. She was “wowed” by the parting…
The Easter Proclamation (Exsultet)
Mission San Buenaventura, California
This prayer dates back to very early history of Christianity, as early as the fifth, not later than the seventh century, and is traditionally sung at the beginning of the…
O Sacred Head Now Wounded
O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down,Now scornfully surroundedWith thorns, thine only crown;O sacred Head, what glory,What bliss till now was thine!Yet, though despised and gory,I…
Why Christ Enters the Desert
I think that this is the reason for fasting—that since the first Adam, when he was in paradise, had forfeited the glory of immortality through his gluttonous intemperance, Christ, the…