“..As I often ask the second graders getting ready for First Holy Communion, why do we believe in the Eucharist? What I want to hear them say is ‘because Jesus said so!’ that’s it, not the Church, because Jesus said so. Jesus is Lord, He is the one that makes the sacraments, not the Church, the Church receives them, and celebrates them….”
“…Indeed it was in on this Passover Meal when Our Lord instituted the Most Blessed Sacrament and ordained His Apostles to share in His unique priesthood to the New Covenant of His Blood which He lovingly shed that very night and the next day in His Crucifixion …”
“…When we struggle to bear our daily crosses with Christ, let us learn from Simon the Cyrene, that we may too experience a change in heart to be more willing to bear our crosses and even assist others in bearing theirs in union with Our Lord…”
Recommended movies for Lent:
– I Confess
– The Picture of Dorian Gray
“…from the times in which you had really sever plagues in history on mankind, man was always oriented towards eternal salvation…As we go through Passion Week, but all the time, we want to be toughly invested, immersed in the Passion of Jesus…”
“….The question is for us, who am I going to be able to identify with this week, Peter, James and John, Simon the Cyrenian, Judas, the Blessed Mother… each day ponder on what Our Lord went through the suffering of the week, ponder on all the different characters, pick one…”
“….It’s really important for us to realize where our strength is, our strength is right here (Tabernacle) It is Almighty God. THIS IS His sacrifice (Mass). It is what conquered the devil. Of course the devil doesn’t want this been offered publicly, it is Our Lord’s victory over the devil, when He crushes his head…”
“…God always permits evil for greater good to come out of it. No good comes out directly form evil, but indirectly…”
“…There is a huge continual battle to believe and receive Jesus as He is and not to try to turn Him into the Jesus of our choosing…and today we have many flavors of that, don’t we?…”
“….One of the themes for St. John’s Gospel is light vs darkness. The light of Christ that he brings to our souls, but also to our minds, the Truth, the Truth that sets free…”
“..Our Lord knows everything about us, the good and the bad, and He loves us, He loves us as we are, in fact, He loves us so much that He won’t leave us, as we are, that’s why He comes to save us. He loves this woman in spite of her sins, not because of them but in spite of them, there is more to her than her sins….”
Scrutiny Year ‘A’ Gospel: John 4:5-42