One aspect of the truth of the mystery of the Incarnation of Jesus is highlighted today, namely, the susceptibility of whoever is human to temptation. Thus the veracity of Hebrews 4:15’s claim that he was like us in all things, save sin. Yet, that he was wholly human does not imply that he was merely…
Month: February 2020
The Redemptive Power of God – February 29, 2020
Our Lord seeks out sinners, the rejected of society who have holes and emptiness in their hearts and their lives that they need God to fill up. The worst tragedy for us will be to think that we are full, that we do not have holes and pockets of emptiness that need God’s filling. To…
Lent with the Saints – Fr. Greg Friedman
It’s inspiring and reassuring to have a companion on one’s spiritual journey. In Lent With the Saints, Franciscan Father Greg Friedman provides such companions for each day of our lenten journey: among them Thomas Merton and Augustine, young sinners turned spiritual leaders; Francis, Clare, Damien of Molokai, and Teresa of Calcutta, selfless and saintly souls;…
Fasting – February 28, 2020
Fasting is a necessary religious practice, and this season offers us an opportunity for it. But Isaiah warns us today not to fast for our own pleasures, or be external about it so that it brings no real interior change or movement towards God. Our fast should be to loose the bonds of wickedness, to…
Living the Life of Christ – February 27, 2020
It is day two of our Lenten journey. The necessary choices that we must make on this journey are between life and death and between blessing and curse, as we hear Moses addressing us today as he did the Israelites. We know what choices we have to make; we have to choose to go with…
Ash Wednesday – February 26, 2020
IT IS LENT. The season of Lent is an opportune moment of grace from God, a season in which we profoundly heed the call of God for repentance and conversion, as we hear from the prophet Joel. It is a favourable time to relive in an exceptional and personal way the liberating journey made in…
Childlike Trust – February 25, 2020
The response to the psalm today says: “Entrust your cares to the Lord, and he will support you.” This reminds me of the story of the little boy who was trying to lift a heavy stone off the floor. He tried all he could but could not. At the point of giving up the venture,…
The Fullness of Faith – February 24, 2020
Jesus rebuked his disciples who could not heal the man with the mute spirit for their lack of faith. Towards the end of the passage, our Lord adds that necessary for this kind of demon to be driven out is prayer and fasting. In this we understand something about the nature of faith. Faith is…
Children of God – February 23, 2020
To truly be the children of God our Father, we have to be like him. God our Father makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends his rain on the just and on the unjust. He loves all creation without discrimination and hopes that the evil and unjust will repent,…
The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter – February 22, 2020
The feast of the Chair of St. Peter celebrates the office of Peter on whom the Church herself was built by Christ himself. We celebrate the office of the one whom Christ himself gave the Keys of the Kingdom of heaven. We celebrate the office of the one who had the power given him by…
The Discernment of Spirits – Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V.
St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is one of the most influential spiritual leaders of all time, yet many readers find his Rules for Discernment hard to understand. What can Ignatius teach us about the discernment of spirits that lies at the very heart of Christian life? In The Discernment of Spirits, Fr. Timothy Gallagher, a talented…
Faith in Action – February 21, 2020
Faith in action is the way of the Christian people. How and what we believe, must be the same with what we do and how we live. We believe that Jesus is God, we believe he has called us to follow him by denying ourselves, taking up our crosses daily and coming after him. How…
The Evening Chapel 