In his book Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life, Henri Nouwen writes this: “When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch […]
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Monday of the 6th Week of Easter
When we judge someone harshly… When we refuse to have anything to do with someone who does not live up to our standards… When we cut off a relationship because of some disagreement… We like to think we’re doing the right thing, that we’re being true to our beliefs, that we are honoring God by […]
Continue ReadingHappy Mother’s Day on the 6th Sunday of Easter Joy!
Today’s gospel is taken from the 15th chapter of Saint John. It is Jesus’ parting words to His friends on the night before He died. Jesus is giving us a distillation of His three years of teaching, because He wants to be sure that we get it. Jesus reminds us that it all boils down […]
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If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. In today’s homily, Father Jerry shares about hatred and indifference as he quotes Elie Wiesel, the late Romanian-born American writer and professor. He said, “Indifference is more dangerous than anger and hatred,” he says, “Anger can at times be creative… but indifference is never […]
Continue ReadingFriday of the 5th Week of Easter
In today’s homily, Father Jerry tells the story of a loving son who dropped everything and learned to make and sell cheesesteak sandwiches by the thousands, earning the money necessary to take his terminally ill mother on the vacation of her dreams. “Can we love enough to make someone’s dream a reality?” asks Father Jerry. […]
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