Twelve Biblical Reasons for wanting to spend time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament 1.   He is really there!  2.   Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of His Infinite love for you!  3.   The specific way that Jesus asks you to love Him in return is to spend   Read more …

Adoration, also known as “benediction of the blessed sacrament” or “Eucharistic adoration” or simply “holy hour” is adoring or honoring the Eucharistic Presence of Christ.  In a deeper sense, it involves “the contemplation of the Mystery of Christ truly present before us”.  Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love.  “In the sacred Host,  Read more …

The Mission in the World On the morning of his resurrection, nearing the end of his earthly life, Jesus ordered the disciples back to Galilee where he had inaugurated his saving mission.  The disciples are to begin where Jesus did, doing what Jesus did, but without geographical or temporal limits: their mission is to “all  Read more …

These prayers hold special focus today as our country and the world around us strive to “re-open” and revive our economies and businesses and work to resume our lives as God has created us to do – to His everlasting glory and praise. This is a small way to ask God for his blessing and  Read more …

What Does “Rogation” Mean? The word “Rogation” comes from the Latin verb rogare, meaning “to ask”, which reflects the beseeching of God for the appeasement of his anger and for protection from calamities.  “Rogation” means “asking”, which is a theme particularly prominent in the Gospel text for this Sunday (St. John 16:23-33).  We call this  Read more …

Would the disciples have accomplished anything without the Holy Spirit?  No.  Will we? That question needs to ring continually in our ears because we Christians are usually highly motivated self-starters.  If we weren’t, we probably wouldn’t have gotten past all the obstacles there are to involvement in evangelism.  Because we’re highly motivated we look ahead.  We  Read more …

Saddened by a loss….comforted by a promise The death of innocence and the loss of beauty break something so deep in us that we have no words for it. The loss of hope, of a dream, of a perspective   is almost more than human beings can bear; it reverberates forever. A world comes to  Read more …

Judas and Peter The readings this season describe the meeting between Jesus and his apostles after the resurrection. In the previous life, before His death, they abandoned Him, some even betrayed him. Judas “sold Him” to the Pharisees and chiefs priests, Peter betrayed Him three times. In his betrayal of Jesus, Peter is no different  Read more …

The tithe is 10% of your income, and it should be given to God faithfully.  Tithing honors God, the Scriptural principles of generously providing for those in need, and laying up treasures in heaven. Throughout Scripture, we are encouraged to give the first part of our resources to God as an expression of honor and  Read more …

Peace not Food! Peace not toilet paper, Peace not hand sanitizers or mask. That is what the good Lord brought his disciples in his first appearance after death. In their confinement, He brought them Peace not Food. “Peace be with you”.  These are the first words that the Lord addressed his apostles who were still  Read more …