The greatest gift of Easter Sunday is our hearing and experiencing God’s amazing love for us. Jesus’s rising from the dead is our hope of resurrection. This amazing love of God gives us everything and never abandons us. Since that first Easter morning, we continue to celebrate the power of God to open the chains of death so that we might see life in its fullness.

Holy Week is the high point of the liturgical year. This Sunday, we begin this great week with Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Among the crowds of those waving palm branches, we find those who still doubt Jesus’ identity and the call to which God is asking of us.

On this fifth Sunday of Lent, Jesus continues to show us that God is full of mercy and forgiveness. God looks beyond our faults and sees what we need. All of us need God’s love which is everlasting no matter what.

Starting over can be a difficult event for most of us. In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells us of the “Prodigal Son” who returns home to his “forgiving father “who has been waiting to celebrate his return.

This Sunday's Gospel presents us with the parable of the fig tree. This parable calls us to trust in God who always offers us a “second chance.” God waits for us with patience and mercy.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, we hear the story of Jesus’s Transfiguration. During our Lenten journey, we are called to be transformed and hear God’s voice tell us, “This is my beloved Son, listen to him.” Like those first disciples, we can become afraid but we acknowledge how good it is to be here with the Lord.

As we celebrate the first Sunday of Lent, we are called to invite Jesus into the deserts of our lives. We call out to God for refreshment and renewal.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us to act with integrity. He says, “Why do you notice the splinter in our brother or sister’s eye but do not perceive the wooden beam in our own?” This question invites us to engage in deep self-reflection, to ponder the things that blind us to seeing God's face in our brothers and sisters around us.

Pope Francis says that mercy is the very essence of God. Today's Scriptures, like a comforting refrain, focus on mercy. We all must choose to follow God's mercy so that we can love one another without counting the cost. The commandments are not simply rules but God's invitation to love.

As we celebrate the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus wants us to focus on the things that really matter. The thing that should matter the most is that we are all blessed in God's eyes.

The Gospel passage tells of the disciples in the boat fishing. They caught nothing. Jesus challenged them to "go into the deep." They followed Jesus' request and caught more fish than they could handle without help.

This Sunday, we joyfully and with great anticipation, celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, a significant day that marks the 40th day after Christmas. According to the Gospel of Luke, it is the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple when Joseph and Mary bring Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, present their firstborn son, and consecrate him to God as required by the Law of Moses.

Today, filled with this Spirit, Jesus enters his hometown proclaiming his ministry's mission- the dignity of the human person. This year, 2025, is a Jubilee Year, a time of special significance in our faith, where we are called to be pilgrims on a journey to bring hope to our world and everyone.

The scriptures focus on the meanings and challenges of discipleship between Christmas and Lent. On this day, we hear about a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother, Mary, was also present.

Today, God once again reveals himself to us. The Baptism of Jesus is a revelation of God. This Sunday is the last day of the Christmas season. Jesus is proclaimed God's own Son with whom God is well pleased.

As we joyfully celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, we remember that Jesus, born in Bethlehem, is revealed to all of us. His light shines on the rich and the poor, kings and shepherds, the wise and the foolish, saints and sinners.

The celebration of The Holy Family of Nazareth, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, serves as a beacon of inspiration and guidance for our families. The Feast of the Holy Family encourages us to thank all the people God places in our lives.

On this last Sunday of Advent, Mary, the mother of Jesus, is presented as an example of one who believes in God’s promises and acts upon them. From birth until death, she was always a woman who listened to God’s will.

God permits the great mystery of our salvation and even asks for human cooperation in his divine plans. Each person has a role to play in God's plan of salvation. We must learn to wait and meet Christ in our openness to others.

The witness of John the Baptist helps us prepare for the Lord's coming. John's life proclaims that we must persevere in our recognition of Jesus as God's word among us. Even the announcement of John the Baptist's birth, a miraculous event that signaled the beginning of a new era, shows how Jesus enters our human history to give us a share in God's mission and help us prepare a way for the Lord.