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Inviting Jesus to Walk with Us

This week’s Gospel tells the story of the wedding at Cana. This reading documents the first miracle performed by Jesus and shows how Jesus honored His Mother’s wishes despite His own wants. The aspect that I want to focus on is the invitation Jesus received to attend the wedding along with His mother.  Just imagine […]

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What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life

In the Gospel for this weekend, a man asks Jesus, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” After the man tells Jesus that he follows all the commandments, Jesus responds, “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in Heaven; then come, follow me.” The man, saddened […]

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The One Shall Become Two Flesh?

At a certain point in our lives, we shift our perception of the opposite sex from just being a friend to potentially being something more. This shift launches our search for the right person. When a couple falls in love and decides they want to spend the rest of their lives together, they will most […]

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My Flesh For the Life of the World

This week, the Gospel continues with the theme of bread. Jesus says, “I am the living bread that came down from Heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” Jesus not only give us His body in the Eucharist, […]

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They Abandoned Their Nets and Followed Him

Jesus called his Apostles to follow Him and they left everything behind to follow Him. Jesus also calls us to follow Him as well and the path He leads us down requires us to abandon certain things in our life. We can’t just change a little and expect to get where Jesus is leading us. […]

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The Pearl of Great Price

My wife, Elizabeth, and I met each other online and then later met for the first time in person at a Catholic Church where we started our relationship off by saying a rosary together. Before we met in person, we had already developed a good friendship just through online chats and phone calls. After we […]

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Children of God

We are a people of many professions and vocations. Some people are called to get married, others are called to be single, and the ones who I especially look up to are those who choose the call to the religious life. When we get our vocation calling right, God uses that vocation to help lead […]