“Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” -Mt 10:8 As I began preparing this week’s Connecting Point reflection,
Connecting Point
In our Gospel, for the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus (John 5:51-58), Jesus says, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
Reflecting on this week’s Connecting Point, reminded me of a wonderful experience I was able to witness last weekend. I presided over a couple’s
In today’s Gospel, on the first Easter, Jesus greets his apostles and offers them the gift of perfect peace. He then breathes on them and says
We hear two key lines in the readings that shape our Connecting Point for this week: In the first reading from Acts, the apostles are told they will
“Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and
Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth
How can I tune out the noise to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd? There is a lot of noise in our life. Everywhere we go, we are bombarded with
How can I be more aware so that I can recognize Christ outside of Mass? Despite the teachings of Jesus, and the creed we profess, we mostly live our
“We only get ahead when we are willing to play the game.” (Author Unknown) Pilate. Hitler. Putin. Me. Some get ahead. Others evolve in the light
“He is Risen, Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!” This traditional greeting on Easter Sunday reflects the joy we will be releasing
When I was in high school, I joined the wrestling team. I was motivated to do whatever it took to join the varsity team. The only condition was we
“But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.” (Romans 8:9)
“Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart” (1 Sm 16:7) In the first reading, God
Too many times we walk away from a difficult person or situation which we are unfamiliar. We may feel their despair or recognize their fear, yet we
Perhaps we were taught as children that the church building was a place to encounter God and that we should go there whenever possible. But as we
In today’s Gospel Jesus has just been baptized and hears a voice from heaven: “You are my Son, my Beloved, in whom I am well
How do I respond to the “haters?” “God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.” Max
“Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one.”
Jesus reminds us in this week’s Gospel message that we are the salt of the Earth. As followers of Christ, we cannot be bystanders. We are the