Trinity Sunday: Understanding the Triune God

It is that time of the year again: Trinity Sunday. As my seminary professor admits, it is a day that many young priests simply do not look forward to, because they have to give a homily about “three in one and one in three”! How can one condense a mystery of our faith in a [...]

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“Descended into Hell” — Exploring God’s silence

This article of the Apostle’s Creed is certainly by far the most controversial for many Christians, but why? At first, it is hard to believe that the Son of God who is sinless would descend into hell, which we understand it to be a place where there is only pain and suffering.
As this can be [...]

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Reflections on John 4

To Alexi-Noelle
Christ did not come to this world with a type of spirituality but a penetrating gaze that infuses into the human heart a love that lasts forever. In the eyes of Christ, we encounter God’s human sympathy that shatters the hardness of the heart and our indifference towards our destiny. The more we look [...]

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Weekly Reflection: “Be Still and know that I am God”

‘But,’ said Moses to God, ‘when I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?’ God replied, ‘I am who am.’ Then he added, ‘This is what you shall tell [...]

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This Week’s Reflection: On Recognizing Our Sins

“Thank goodness I’m not like those people who talk during Mass…” “Thank goodness I’m blessed with so many gifts…” “Thank goodness I’m not like those women who wear immodest clothes…” “Thank goodness I’m a practicing Catholic…” “Thank goodness I’m not like one of those people who are alcoholic or drug addicts…” Have not all of [...]

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Jesus in the Gospel of Mark

(Mark is the first Gospel that I have ever read from start to finish.  It was a very enlightening and inspiring experience to say the least, so it has a very special place in my heart! Hope you enjoy this paper I wrote for my Gospels class)
The Gospel of Mark, considered independently of the two [...]

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Weekly Meditation: On the Incarnation

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”
(Jn 1:14)
Do we live intentionally every instant of our lives acknowledging that God became man?
Do we want to kiss the earth every time we realize that our God walked on it?

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