Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
The Eucharist is a meal. The important thing about the consecration of the bread and wine is not merely that Jesus comes to be present on the altar; but that He is present as food. Jesus offers us His Body and Blood in the Eucharist as our spiritual food and drink.
Read MoreOur names disclose our identity; they teach us that we cannot know who we are until we know whose we are. We have forgotten this in our day, as we treat our names so casually.
Read MoreIt is very consoling to see Jesus himself tempted. He prepared His public life with a fast of 40 days, similar to what we are doing during this Lenten season. If Jesus himself was tempted, and Jesus is perfect God and man, then it stands to reason that to be tempted is not necessarily bad; it is not a sin.
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