Too often, our prayer is self-centered rather than God-centered. It becomes all about us, our needs, our wants and our desires, rather than what God wants of us. This is not how we were taught to pray. Saint Paul reminds us that our prayer should not be a litany ofContinue Reading
Paul’s comments on love are given in the context of justice. His words preceding today’s readings tell us “Pay to all their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, toll to whom toll is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.” (Romans 13:7).Continue Reading
Today the Church honors two of its greatest apostles. Peter, upon whose faith the Church was built, fertile ground for the seed of the vine, and Paul whose missionary efforts helped to extend the branches of that vine to the ends of the earth. The word apostle means “one whoContinue Reading
Santo subito Saint John Paul the Great, pray for us. Continue Reading
Tradition holds that Saints Peter and Paul were martyred on the same day. Before they were led to their separate fates, Peter on the cross and Paul by the sword, they met and exchanged a “holy kiss.” This meeting of Peter and Paul, the “Concord of the Apostles,” is consideredContinue Reading