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6th Sunday of Easter – Promises! Promises!
“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world...
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The Sixth Sunday of Easter: God will always be there for YOU!
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it...
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7th Sunday of Easter – Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
“Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may...
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Ascension of the Lord – I Am With You Always
“The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, ‘All power in heaven...
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Pentecost Sunday – Receive the Holy Spirit
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’...
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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – God So Loves the World
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,...
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Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
“Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: ‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.’”...
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Be Not Afraid
“After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into a boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray....
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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Great is your faith!
“At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, ‘Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a...
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Apparitions
During the forty-plus years that I worked as a newspaper editor, there were several instances in central New Jersey in which people reported seeing apparitions of the Virgin Mary. The most recent...
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time –The Purpose
“When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove...
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A Prayer for the 3rd Sunday of Lent
Gracious God, thank you for the gift of life and for always giving me another chance to be forgiven and renewed in faith. Help me to clean my own house this Lent and set my priorities according to your...
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5th Sunday of Lent – Losing and Winning
“Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it...
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Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
“At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three o’clock, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which is translated, ‘My God, my God, why...
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2nd Sunday of Easter – Believing
“Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nail in...
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Symposium marks the start of RENEW’s next 40 years
The keystone of our yearlong celebration of RENEW International’s 40th anniversary was the Monsignors Thomas Kleissler and Thomas Ivory Symposium on Parish Renewal held on Thursday, April 19 at Seton...
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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – Proclaim the Good News!
“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs...
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11th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Seeds of Hope
“He said, ‘To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth....
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Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist
“When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her,and they rejoiced with her. When...
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Prayer: Responding to God’s Call
Gracious God, in Jesus words we are invited to be partners in his work of witnessing to your kingdom on earth. In his words, we are reminded of the mission and responsibility that we received in our...
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