Over the last few weeks now, we have been hearing Jesus speak to His disciples about the Eucharist in the Bread of Life Discourse. Today, we hear the culmination of that teaching. And what we see is that the disciples have a difficult time believing it. They don’t completely understand what Jesus is saying and…
Today we celebrate the Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, an abbot and a Doctor of the Church. He was a Doctor of the Church because of his spirituality and his defense of the teachings of the Church. Bernard was born in 1090 to a French noble family. And if you were born into nobility…
Throughout his missionary activity, St. Paul went around to the various regions of the Middle East and the Mediterranean preaching the Good News, sharing with others about the works of Jesus, and bringing people to conversion of heart. But he did that by not mincing his words. He spoke boldly, clearly, and passionately about the…
It was the year 2000. A young boy walked into Mass at the Catholic Church that his family had called home for his entire life, greeted parishioners who had known him practically since he was born, waved good morning to the priest as he vested in the sacristy, and proceeded into the small room where…
It is such a joy and an honor for me to be back home, to see so many familiar faces. But it is especially a privilege to be able to come together as a parish family to celebrate with one of our own on such an important milestone. Today we come to celebrate Jesus Christ,…
On this final day of the Easter season, we come together to celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, which was a pivotal moment in the life of the Church when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles as they were locked in the Upper Room fearful and dejected. As they hid away out of fear…
One my absolute favorite titles for St. Joseph is Terror of Demons. It reminds us of his role as the guardian and protector of the Holy Family, how he was entrusted by God to shield Mary and the child Jesus from danger. But it also teaches us a little bit about who St. Joseph was.…
What chains weigh us down? What sins have we grown comfortable with in our lives? Wanting more than our fair share of things? Making ourselves out to be better than other people? Battling against the sin of pride? Falling into the sin of gluttony with food or drink? Struggling with lust or viewing pornography? Embracing…
As I was reading this Gospel yesterday in preparation for my homily, I found myself thinking about how bizarre of a reaction this was from Jesus. Here we have this royal official whose son was ill coming to the Lord. In his desperation, he sought Jesus' intervention; he came to Jesus asking for His help.…
Y’all, this year seems to be flying by so quickly. I am finding it really hard to believe that we are already at the Third Sunday of Lent. It feels like Christmas was 2 weeks ago…and here we are less than a month away from Easter! But that should give us a deeper sense of…
Fr. Tom Pringle 