The jugs Jesus filled with water were used for Jewish ritual purification and washing at the wedding ceremonies.

Contemplate the finding of the Christ Child in the Temple on this Feast of the Holy Family. Our Lord is waiting for you there.

Learn about St. Paul's preaching to the Thessalonians. He turned their hearts from idols to the living God.

St. Paul preaches to us about the virtuous life.

The Gospel scene where Christ is asleep on the boat, while the apostles are filled with fear, has a lesson of perfect trust in God.

Fr. Scott A. Haynes In Lewis Carroll’s book, “Alice in Wonderland,” Alice’s mother tells her: “Up is down; down is up; black is white;...

The Pharisees and the Herodians cook up a plot to entrap Jesus. They begin with false flattery, but Christ is not fooled.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus teaches the parable of the unforgiving servant, presenting a profound reflection on the nature of mercy.

Fr. Scott A. Haynes   St. Jerome (c. 347–420), one of the most influential Church Fathers, is primarily remembered for his monumental...

In Him we live and move and have our being.

Fr. Scott A. Haynes Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the...

Christ encounters the Pharisees who question him. "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

Fr. Scott Haynes This Gospel paints a very crowded scene. St. Luke tells us our Lord Jesus Christ arrived at the gate of to the city of...

Fr. Scott A. Haynes A Meditation on Galatians 5:16-24. Brethren: Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For...

Learn the importance of giving Christ thanks from the story of the healing of the ten lepers.

St. Augustine explains the lesson of the Good Samaritan and how Jesus ministers to us by the Sacraments.

Consider how Jesus heals the man who is deaf and mute and how Ezechias turns to the Temple to pray in tears. Offer your heart. God enters.

In these times we need God's help, must not be discouraged by the state of things. Fear is not for us. We are merely passing though.

The destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was a devastating loss to the cessation of the Temple's prayers and sacrifices.

Mercy is humane only when it crowns justice. It is not an independent virtue.