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Today’s Gospel Reading is John 8:32-42 Father Sam talks about the difficulty of listening to John’s Gospel and the importance of reading those peculiar phrases John often uses. Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Today is the Feast of St. Joseph, the Universal Patron of the Church! Joseph was a just and righteous man and thus had peace in himself. This peace allows him to be open to God. So too, we are called to be at peace with ourselves and with God. St. Joseph, pray for us! Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 8:1-11 The sinful woman has been caught in the act of adultery. The scribes and the pharisees are ready to stone this woman, but only He who is sinless, Jesus, can cast the first stone. Importantly, Jesus does NOT do this. Rather Jesus doesn’t condemn this woman and instructs her (and us) “go and sin no more”. So too, we, having been saved by Christ, must go and sin...

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 11:1-45 Jesus visits Bethany to bring Lazarus back to life. Martha, who was once too busy to meet Jesus runs to Jesus to meet Him and listen to His words of comfort. Ultimately, upon meeting Him, Martha ends up making an act of faith in Jesus. Yet, we still see that at the tomb Martha still needs to grow in her faith. Jesus desires this same growth for us. Let us pra...

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 7:40-53 There’s division in the crowd because nobody is able to “grasp” (physically and metaphorically) Jesus. Is He the Messiah, even though He comes out of Galilee? If He’s not, then WHO is He? We also see a tactic of the evil one. The division that is arising among the people is rising to the level of the leaders of the Jewish leaders. Today too, the devil is driv...

Today’s Gospel Reading is from John 7 Jesus is coming to the most important part of the Gospel, even His life. He goes up to Jerusalem and there He is made known by the people. He cries out in the Temple and speaks the Truth. They try and arrest Him, but no one can lay a hand on Him because His hour has not yet come. That hour coincides with the Passover, the hour where Jesus saves us from sin and...

Today’s Reading is from Exodus 32:7-14. Moses has been up on the mountain the people cry out for a “god” lower-case g. Aaron makes the golden calf, and God tells us Moses He is going to destroy the people. Then it says Moses, “stands in the breach”. He intercedes and asks for mercy from God. This is exactly what Jesus does, standing in the “breach” between the sinfulness of us and the holiness of...

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 5:17-30. Jesus is articulating his union with the Father. Everything the Father says, the Son repeats. What the Father wills, the Son does. This is great passage for understanding the Trinity. Despite being two separate Persons, they are in complete Union in  their Divinity.  This helps us to understand how relationship with the Father. By doing what the Son commands...

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 5:1-16 “Do you want to be healed?”. This is the question the Lord asks the man at Bethesda. Jesus wants to know if we want to be well. Fr. Sam proposes this is more of a spiritual push than a physical healing. It is a call to give up on our excuses, the excuses we’ve been making for 38 years (metaphorically, of course). Let us pray for the grace to move past our excu...

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 4:43-54 Jesus returns to Cana in Galilee where a royal official wants Him to heal his son. Jesus challenges his motivation, and when the man asks again, Jesus tells him his son has been healed. Then it says “the man believed what Jesus said and left Him”. This man didn’t see a sign, and instead chose to believe. It isn’t always easy to trust what God has said, that H...

Today's Gospel Reading is Luke 18:9-14. Jesus speaks about the repentant tax collector, beating his breast before God, and the pharisee who tells God how good he, the pharisee, is. Fr. Sam connects this story to the Jesus Prayer, “Lord Jesus, Son of God, has mercy on me a sinner”.  

Mk 12:28-34 Jesus is tested by a scribe, asked "what is the greatest commandment"? Jesus gives the great command "Hear, oh Israel, the Lord your God is God alone, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your strength, with all your soul".  Do you love God with every fiber of your being? Let us pray for the grace to do so today. 

Today’s Gospel Reading is Lk 11:14-23 Jesus casting out a mute demon is accused of casting out said demon by the power of a demon. This is ridiculous. Rather Jesus casts out the demon by the power of the Kingdom of God. Notably, this means that the Kingdom of God was present then and is now present still. God is among us and with us. He is calling us to conversion and bringing us healing. Let us p...

Today's Gospel Reading is Mt 5: 17-19 Jesus has not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Not even the smallest letter or smallest part of a letter will fall from the law. During Lent we are reminded that God’s mercy goes far beyond anything we could ask for or even imagine. But God’s gift of mercy isn’t just handed out, there’s also an expectation. God’s mercy calls us to obedience, because...

Today’s gospel reading is Mt 18:21-35 How often do we need to forgive others? 7 times or 77 times? We have to forgive in a way that is incomprehensible, innumerable. My forgiveness is very limited, but God’s is not. No matter how many times I have sinned, when I go to confession, God is always offering me His mercy. Forgive, Forgive, Forgive. Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Today's Gospel Reading is Lk 4:24-30 A prophet is never accepted in His hometown. This is why Jesus isn’t accepted, even despite performing physical healings for and in front of those He's always known. Not only do they reject Him, They seek to do Him physical harm, but rather than be harmed by these individuals, Jesus is able to pass through them without being harmed at all. His time has not yet...

Today’s Gospel Reading is John 4:5-42 Jesus asks the woman at the well for a drink. Maybe we’ve heard the story of some sinner who’s had a massive conversion. We are fascinated by those kinds of stories. But the truth is, we all still have those wells of sin that we return to, at midday (just like the woman), so that no one will see. Let us give that sin to the Lord as we meet Him at the well this...

Today’s Gospel Reading is from Luke 15: 1-3 and 11-32. Please Follow and Share!  This is the story of the two Prodigal sons because both sons are troubled. The first, as most know, leaves home with his inheritance, is miserable, and upon returning is met with open arms by his father. But Benedict XVI points out that the second son is extremely bitter in the face of the return of his younger brothe...

Today’s Gospel Reading is Mt 21:43-46 The Vineyard owner leases his land to tenets and expects something in return. They are responsible for taking care of the vineyard and bring good fruit to the owner. What do the tenets do? They beat and kill the owners servants and beloved son. So, the vineyard will be taken away from the tenets and given to others. Just as Joseph’s brothers and the scribes &a...

Today’s Gospel Reading is Lk 16:19-31 This is the story of poor Lazarus. He lays at the door of the rich man and receives nothing. He dies and finds himself in the arms of Abraham in heaven. The rich man at whose door he sits finds himself in Hell, not allowed to warn his brothers of the dangers of their lives. This story shows us that we only get one shot at life and we have to get it right. Lent...

Today’s Gospel Reading is Mt 20:17-28 James and John send their mother to request that Jesus will have them sit at His left and right in the Kingdom of Heaven. They don’t fully understand what this means, but nonetheless, you see their full submission, even to the idea of enduring suffering just as Christ will.  This is what Lent is for. It is an opportunity for us to share in the sufferings of Ch...

Today’s Gospel Reading is Mt 23:1-12 Jesus reminds us that the scribes and pharisees have taken their seat in the chair of Moses, the seat of authority. They teach with true authority. As a result, Jesus tells the people to do what they tell them, but NOT to follow their example. Do we live the faith that we profess? Let us pray today for the grace to live out the fullness of the Gospel, preaching...

Today's Gospel Reading is Lk 6:36-38 "Be merciful as your Heavenly Father is merciful". How does one do this? You stop judging so that you will not be judged. God is the only one is capable of making those judgements because God is love itself, and thus able to speak intelligently to sin and mistakes.  God gives His mercy to all who seek it with a contrite heart. Do we offer mercy to everyone we m...

Today's Gospel Reading is Mark 9:2-10 The Story of the Transfiguration. Jesus Transfigured before Peter, James, and John, the Father says “this is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, listen to him”. Moses and Elijah both attest to Him. In other words, everything is pointing to listening carefully to Jesus and following Him in His teachings! The Transfiguration in the context of Lent is to re...

Today’s Gospel Reading is Mt 5:33-38 Jesus tells us to be perfect just as our Heavenly Father is perfect. He shows us that there’s lots of good things we can do, but anything on the natural level is just that. Natural, not supernatural. Are we striving for the spiritual perfection that God desires for us? Jesus is inviting us into His supernatural union with the Father. He is calling us to be like...