WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES FOR LIVING OUT THE FAITH? – 04/01/23 (Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent)

John 11:47–48So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.” For the full readings, click here:

SEEING THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN OTHERS – 03/31/23 (Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent)

John 10:31-33The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father.For which of these are you trying to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” For the

THE GOD OF THE PRESENT – 03/30/23 (Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent)

John 8:58–59Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.” So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. For the full readings, click here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033023.cfm Blessed Thursday! Jesus Christ made strong claims such as that those

PERSEVERANCE TO REMAIN FAITHFUL – 03/29/23 (Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent)

John 8:31-34Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You

BELIEVING IN JESUS BECAUSE HE’S GOD – 03/28/23 (Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent)

John 8:28So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. For the full readings, click here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032823.cfm Blessed Tuesday! Our Lord Jesus spoke to the Pharisees of

THE PERSPECTIVE OF SINNERS – 03/27/23 (Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent)

John 8:7“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” For the full readings, click here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032723.cfm Blessed Monday! In the gospel reading for today, the Pharisees and the elders went to Jesus and told Him about the case of an adulterous woman. They told our

GOD’S GLORY AND MERCY IN OUR RESURRECTION – 03/26/23 (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

John 11:1-4Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love

“OPENING UP LIKE MARY” (March 25, 2023. Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord)

GospelLk 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from Godto a town of Galilee called Nazareth,to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,of the house of David,and the virgin’s name was Mary.And coming to her, he said,“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”But she was greatly troubled at what was saidand pondered what

GOD PROTECTS THE BROKEN HEARTED – 03/24/23 (Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent)

John 7:25-30Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said,“Is he not the one they are trying to kill?And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he

THE TESTIMONIES THAT ARE PLEASING TO CHRIST – 03/23/23 (Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent)

John 5:31–35If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true; there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true. You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony which I receive is from man;