Fidelity, Favor, Focus (November 8, 2025)
We conclude our week of readings with a strong challenge from Jesus Christ. Our reflection centers on Fidelity, Favor, and Focus. First, Fid...
We conclude our week of readings with a strong challenge from Jesus Christ. Our reflection centers on Fidelity, Favor, and Focus. First, Fid...
Today's Gospel, the Parable of the Dishonest Steward, is one of the most puzzling in the Bible. Jesus praises the steward for his astute...
My brothers and sisters, today’s readings offer us a powerful lesson on God’s ownership and His unsearchable heart. We focus on Lordship, Lo...
Today's Gospel, my friends, is a challenging one. Jesus tells the great crowds following him to sit down and count the cost. Our three w...
Brothers and sisters, the Word of God today and the example of St. Charles Borromeo focus our attention on three vital aspects of our faith:...
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The readings today, together with the life of the saint we remember, St. Martin de Porres, give us a...
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today is 'Undas,' our sacred time to return to the graves of our beloved dead. We clean, we ...
My dear friends, today we celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints —not just the great saints whose names we know, but the countless souls, the...
Tonight, many call this "All Hallows' Eve," the night before our great celebration of All Saints. As we look ahead to holiness...
The first reading today from St. Paul's letter to the Romans is one of the most powerful passages in all of scripture. It is a triumphan...
In today's readings, we are given both a profound comfort and a strong challenge. First, the comfort: St. Paul in Romans assures us that...
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Apostles, Saints Simon and Jude. We know little about them, but their lives were foundational to our fai...
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today's readings speak powerfully about the radical freedom that comes from being God's chi...
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today the Scriptures ask us a very challenging question: Who do we really believe we are before God?...
Good evening my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, especially you, the beloved parishioners of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and our employ...
The words of St. Paul in our first reading today are a fountain of hope: “There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ ...
Today's first reading contains one of the most relatable passages in all of scripture: St. Paul's agonizing cry, "The good that...
The Gospel today presents a challenging image of Jesus: "I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindle...
My dear friends, the readings today are a powerful echo of the call to Christian living. St. Paul in Romans speaks of a change in servitude:...
The Gospel today, my brothers and sisters, paints a vivid picture: “Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.” This is a powerful ca...
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today the Gospel gives us a stark warning with the parable of the rich fool who planned for many ye...
My dear sisters and brothers in Christ . Today’s readings, like a spiritual three-strand rope, bind us to one essential truth. We hear of M...
Today is a joyful feast as we celebrate St. Luke, the Evangelist, the beloved physician, and the author of the Gospel and the Acts of the Ap...
Today we honor St. Ignatius of Antioch, a martyr whose life speaks to the very heart of today's readings: Faith, Fearless, and Forgiven....
The readings and the spirit of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, whose feast is an optional memorial today, all point to the heart of God's lo...
Today we celebrate the great Spanish mystic, St. Teresa of Ávila, a Doctor of the Church, whose life and teaching perfectly illuminate our r...
Today we celebrate St. Callistus I, a Pope and Martyr whose life reflected the central tension in today's readings: the difference betwe...
My brothers and sisters in Christ, today's readings speak clearly about our calling and the urgent need for conversion . The first read...
My brothers and sisters in Christ, today the Scriptures present us with a disturbing piece of Gospel arithmetic. We heard the story of ten m...
Minahal nga mga Higala kang Kristo, Karon, atong gisaulog ang Handumanan sa Birhen sa Rosaryo, ug ang atong mga pagbasa nagpasiugda og tul...
Today's readings and the life of Pope St. John XXIII all point us to three interconnected B-words: Blessing, Believing, and Beginning. I...
Brothers and sisters, our readings today are sober and serious, using three powerful W-words to call us to a deeper spiritual life: Warning,...
Today's readings give us a wonderful lesson in our spiritual relationship with God, centered on three A-words: Anticipation, Assurance, ...