We all know what a "vocation" is, or should I say that we all think we know what a "vocation" is. Oftentimes it is used to describe the impetus to study for the priesthood or to pursue vows as a religious. However, it is important that we stop to realize that each and every one of us has a vocation. God calls each of us through the promptings of the Holy Spirit to follow Jesus in the...
Today the Church honors two of the Twelve, Saints Philip and James. We keep a feast today as we thank the Lord for the witness of these two. St. Philip bears a Greek name and is approached by some Greek men in the Gospel of St. John. Tradition states that because of his obvious knowledge of the Greek language, he was sent to Greece where he preached the Gospel follow the resurrection of...
Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. (John 15:9b-10)
In a culture where people tend to fall in and out of love, these words may be very challenging. Remaining in love requires commitment, requires the ability to weather the good with the bad. Remaining in love requires that we come...
God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth. (Genesis 1:28)
The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. (Genesis 2:15)
On this memorial of St. Joseph the Worker, the...