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In the Gospel passage for today’s feast, we have the voice of the Father proclaiming that in his beloved Son Jesus there is now a new creation.  This Good News is not only heard by the onlookers on the bank of the Jordan but by us as well. Read more...

The spiritual life demands we ask this important question: “What kind of life does God intend for us humans? In God’s view, what would a life well-lived look like?” Read more...

​​​​​​​Jesus came into the world to save us from our sinfulness and to heal the brokenness inside each of us. But He doesn’t do this from a distance. Instead, He comes in close to us. He wants to touch us and to open us up to His friendship and His divine love. All we need to do is to let Him in. Read more...

"Whoever loves God must also love his brother."  We are also told that "God's commandments are not burdensome." Read more...

“God is love” (1 John 4:16) as we read in today's first reading. This declaration by St. John the Evangelist reveals the nature of God. In the Blessed Epiphany, God reveals Himself. Read more...

The love we show others is actually God’s own love reaching others through us; we are but participants in His eternal, sacrificial, and life-giving love. Read more...

Jesus' ministry took a turn: to healing, preaching and proclaiming the Reign of God (the Good News). It is this Good News that fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “The people who sit in darkness have seen a great light.” Read more...

Darkness. Thick clouds covering everything. Was Isaiah predicting the setting of the latest news in January of 2020? Read more...

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The tree is on the curb. The decorations are back in storage. The wrappings are in the trash.  Is the nativity scene still up?  Or is Baby Jesus back in storage? Read more...

“Remain.” The word resounds 6 times through 7 verses, advocating confidence to a young Church whose confidence has been shaken by antichrists, those who, verses 18-19 tell us, “went out from us.” Read more...

The entrance antiphon for Mass reminds us that “today a light will shine upon us, for the Lord is born for us; and He will be called Wondrous God, Prince of Peace, Father of Future Ages.” Read more...

During the Christmas season, we frequently encounter the word “Peace.”  Tonight, we leave the past behind and look toward a new beginning; one of the constant hopes of the human heart is a new year of peace. Read more...

 According to Jewish law, the first-born male children are to be dedicated to God and called holy.  Dedication would include a sacrifice of two pigeons or two turtle doves or whatever else required by the Jewish law over such things. Read more...

Like the Christ child, each one of us is born into a family with parents. Read more...

The brutality and injustice that marked Herod’s tyrannical reign continue to hold many people captives of fear, oppression, and death. Read more...

On this third day of the Octave of Christmas, St. John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, boldly proclaims the truths of the Incarnation. Read more...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our brother Fr. Daniel Shanahan, O.P. (1934-2019). Read more...

"Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God." Acts 7:56 Read more...

“For today in the city of David a Savior has been born for you who is Christ the Lord.” The divine became human and entered our world in the form of a helpless baby, to bring us back to God. Read more...