Time to Test Your Faith

Friends, we continue this weekend reading from the thirteenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, which is dedicated to the parables of Jesus. Today I want to focus on the thought-provoking and theologically rich parable of the wheat and the weeds. A man sows good seed on his field, and ...  Show more

Friends, peace be with you—an echo of the words of the risen Jesus in our Gospel for the Second Sunday of Easter, also called Mercy Sunday. Christ gives his disciples the gift of shalom (peace). But there’s an exceptionally important juxtaposition here: He also shows them his wou ...  Show more

Today on the podcast… Faced with the present crisis of the Church, we are guided in this reflection to look to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Truth, for light and hope. Today we find ourselves in a similar situation as the Disciples of Jesus when he unveiled his teachings on ...

Many of us are joyful and passionate for Christ while at church or surrounded by other believers, but will our devotion and dialogue remain the same when our faith is challenged by the world? Will our faith stand the test? Or will we falter and minimize our own beliefs because ...

Are you truly a follower of Christ? Have you let people's opinions stop you from receiving all that God has for you? Has your lack of growth been because of your lack of commitment? Have the stresses of life choked out your faith in God? There's many ways people respon ...

As we dive into a new chapter today, we learn about how we are called to respond to God’s Revelation. In particular, we discover that Mary and Abraham are models of faith who show us how to be obedient by submitting our intellect and will to God. Fr. Mike assures us that even tho ...  Show more