Category Archives: Easter

May 24 2022

The Gift of the Spirit

Click here for daily readings What has Jesus left his disciples? He has not written a book, or established a political entity, or given the Jews control over the earth, or crushed the Romans (as so many believed and hoped...

May 23 2022

Paying Attention

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, we hear of Paul and Silas in their missionary travels, coming to the city of Phillipi. There they meet up with Lydia, a woman who sells purple cloth. Pur...

May 22 2022

You Have Been Called With A Purpose

Click here for daily readings The transition crisis from before the passion to the foundation wall of the holy city Jerusalem. Here at the end of the beautiful month of May and near the end of the Easter Season, the diffi...

May 21 2022

Simple Ways to Share the Good News

Click here for daily readings St. Paul had a vision, “A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we sought passage...

May 20 2022

Love One Another

Click here for daily readings The last line of today’s Gospel is a command: love one another. Due to that love, my heart is again breaking because of a weekend filled with shooting sprees in the USA. I am weeping be...

May 19 2022

Got Joy?

Click here for daily readings “Are you happy?”, asks Henry, repeatedly, until he receives an affirmative answer from whoever he sees near him. Henry is four. Who knows where Henry first heard this question or ...

May 18 2022

Remaining in Him

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like there is a general state of discontent in your household? One kid is complaining about every little thing, the other doesn’t want to do his school work, the ...

May 17 2022

World Peace

Click here for daily readings The acquisition of peace, from a secular framework, is a tricky topic. So many roads appear to lead to peace based on the sayings: “If you want peace, prepare for war.” “If ...

May 16 2022

Whoever Follows God’s Commands Loves Him

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus told His disciples: “Whoever has My commandments and observes them is the one who loves Me. Whoever loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I will love h...

May 15 2022

He Makes All Things New

Click here for daily readings The Scripture readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter this year are jam-packed with so many great things. I feel as though we should celebrate this day and these words joyfully. In fact, I pl...

May 14 2022

I Call You My Friends, Abide In My Love

Click here for daily readings In this Gospel passage, Jesus invites us to a personal relationship with Him by abiding in His love. And how do we abide in His love? By keeping His commandments, which, as St. John explains...

May 13 2022

The Way To Our Forever Home

Click here for daily readings Remember your last big trip? Traveling takes a lot of mental and physical energy. There is the journey itself, of course – the map and the means of moving and the money. There is also t...

May 12 2022

Becoming Part of The Story

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, St. Paul recounts a short history of God’s chosen people. St. Paul knew that telling this story to the Jewish people in the synagogue would help them to ...

May 11 2022

Our Supra-Reasonable Faith

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel seems to unfold in a beautiful two-part symphony with the doctrine of the Trinity being the prologue and relationship with the Trinity being the crescendo. Beginning w...

May 10 2022

The Secure Situation Of Sheep

Click here for daily readings The “powers that be” keep the pressure on Jesus, trying to ensnare him with questions, catch him in an act for which they can condemn him as a fraud or blasphemer, and taunting h...

May 09 2022

I Know My Sheep

Click here for daily readings Our practice is to attend 8:30 Sunday Mass but sometimes that doesn’t work out. One Monday after such a time, I ran into my priest and he asked where we were the preceding day. “I...

May 08 2022

Being a Light to Others

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like you are in a time of plenty, but simultaneously in a time of drought? We are in the midst of the Easter season, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the school year...

May 07 2022

The Holy One of God

Click here for daily readings The month of May holds much joy in our society. Spring is finally erupting in colors and new life in the majority of the USA. First communions, graduations, baptisms and weddings are being he...

May 06 2022

Child of God

Click here for daily readings My wife, Nathalie, and I welcomed our first child, Gabriel Michael Shultz, into the world on April 4th. As I write this we are in the throes of Gabe finding his personality, watching him g...

May 05 2022

Flesh for the World

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear part of what is commonly referred to as Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse. The imagery Jesus presents is powerful and His words form the foundation of our E...