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 …

Good Shepherd  Providence and the Conspiracy of Accidents In the Bible, God himself is represented as the shepherd of his people. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). “He is our God and we are his people whom he shepherds” (Psalm 95:7). The future Messiah is also described with the image  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 …

Overcoming Fear Jesus had been abandoned by his disciples at the time of his death. One of them had turned him over to the authorities. Another had denied he even knew Jesus. The others ran away, apparently in fear and horror. That same fear still gripped the disciples as they stayed behind locked doors. The  Read more …

“Do not be afraid…I know what you are looking for…come and see.” The Church throughout the world echoes the angel’s message to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised… Come, see the place.” This is the  Read more …

Rising to New Life “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.” Easter is the great celebration of victory of life over death. Ours is an Easter religion. We do not deny or turn away from the evils that surround us: the wars that have killed so many people  Read more …

FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTION AND WHY SERIES  The Meaning of Holy Week The first Holy Week, by the plan of God, was the most important week in the life of Jesus Christ. This Holy Week, likewise, should be the most important week in the entire year for each one of us. It should be a week  Read more …

Jesus asked the disciples on the sinking boat “why are you afraid”? They were afraid because they felt like their whole life has come to a full stop. Yes, a full stop. Full Stop! These are two words that describe our lives today. We, our journeys seem to have come to a full stop. It’s a  Read more …

Why do you not believe me? Jesus asks the Jews: “Why do you not believe me”?  This Sunday’s gospel talks about faith as acceptance of, or the return to God. Returning to God!  Is it too late to return to God? Many congregations are dwindling exponentially from within. These are folks who were active in  Read more …

“In their thirst and hunger, they grumbled.” Jesus’ encounter with the multitudes over the Sea of Galilee, could serve as a metaphor for our great thirst and hunger. We languish for the living Water (Bread). It satisfies and refreshes. It revives and cleanses. We die without it. This is our condition: we thirst, we hunger.  Read more …