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In the first reading for today’s Mass, God reminds us through the words of Moses that “the Lord set his heart on you and chose you.” We matter to God, just because of who we are. He has “set his heart” on me. He has chosen me. This is true.Read More →

Bethsaida (“House of Fisherman” in Aramaic) is one of the most important sites in the New Testament. According to John 1:44, 12:20, Bethsaida was the birthplace of three of Jesus’s apostles (Peter, Andrew, and Philip). Mark describes how Jesus healed a blind man within reach of Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), andRead More →

The first “don’t fear” addresses the fact that things aren’t always as they appear, but truth will be uncovered or revealed. This is one of Jesus’ most highly attested sayings, appearing in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and twice in non-biblical “The Gospel of Thomas:” “…nothing is hidden that won’t be revealed”Read More →

Just as the apostles were ordinary men hand picked by Jesus whom he gave authority over unclean spirits, we can experience the same presence of our Lord Jesus in our community if we open ourselves through service to others. May the Holy Spirit move each one of us to goRead More →

This extract comes from one of the best-known chapters of St John’s Gospel, which begins with his account of the “Miracle of the Loaves and Fish”. After the crowd had been fed Jesus had sent them, and his disciples, on their way while he retreated into the hills for aRead More →