Today the Church celebrates two saints, St. George and St. Adalbert. St. Adalbert was the Bishop of Prague and was a missionary to Hungary and the Prussians. He was martyred for the faith in the year 997. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, the world celebrates Earth Day and though it may seem to be merely secular in nature, Pope Benedict XVI shared the link between world peace and the care for God’s creation. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Anselm. Anselm was born of noble parents in the Piedmont region of Italy around the year 1033. He became a Benedictine Monk and ultimately was made Archbishop of Canterbury. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In the gospel this week we hear what is known as the Bread of Life Discourse. “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. This passage in John chapter 6, points to the Eucharist which is the “source and summit of the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Easter season is a time of joy, and a time of hope. As children of God, we have an inheritance that is more wonderful than any earthly inheritance of power or money. The inheritance we have, is as St. Peter puts it “imperishable, undefiled and unfading.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In today’s gospel, we have the story of an appearance of Jesus to the frightened apostles in the upper room where there first reaction was that they were seeing a ghost. Jesus proved to them that he wasn’t a ghost by having them touch him and by eating a piece of fish in front of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Christ’s resurrection shows us our own destiny, that we were created to follow Jesus into risen life and into heaven. Many people don’t give heaven and their own resurrection much thought.  Ultimately, heaven is our home, our ultimate destination. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

God has prepared a heavenly Jerusalem for all of us and our loved ones. During this Easter season, the Church invites us to reflect not only on Christ’s Resurrection from the dead, but also our own. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Easter season is a time of great joy, but the entire life of a Christian should be one of joy, even in the midst of trial and suffering. Joy is deeper than the absence of pain and deeper than the presence of pleasure. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” John 3:16-17 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today,  the Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin I. He is the last pope to be martyred for the Faith and he died in the 7th century, long after the persecutions by Roman Emperors. He was arrested because he opposed a heresy of the time which the Emperor of Constantinople approved of. Podcast: Play […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Take, O Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold, You have given me; I restore it all to You and surrender it wholly to be governed by Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace, and I am rich enough and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more