In today’s Gospel the evangelist portrays Jesus as trying to help his disciples to understand his relationship to the Father, and his explanation seems to leave them baffled. Jesus simply repeats that he is in the Father and the Father is in Him. What can this mean? “Unfortunately, no perfect explanation of the Trinity exists,” […]

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Today’s Gospel is frequently used in funeral liturgies, and why wouldn’t it be? It starts with words of comfort to calm the anxious disciples and ends with Jesus’ promise to go ahead to prepare a place so as to return and take them home. There is however a phrase that is puzzling, where Jesus says […]

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“Imitation is the most insincere form of flattery,” says Father Jerry. “In today’s Gospel, Jesus engages in modeling a behavior because he wants to instruct his disciples about service and humility and self-sacrifice. He washes their feet, which means that Jesus comes to us in many forms.” “Jesus can be that exhausted doctor or nurse […]

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Jesus said, “I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.” May Christ, the light of God’s compassion, illuminate our days of fear with hope, revealing his presence despite our overwhelming sense of absence from one another. In today’s video, Father Jerry prays for our […]

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A sweet grandmother passed away and her family began to go through her belongings. As you will see in today’s video, what they found in her checkbook is astonishing. “The true measure of our faith and trust in God, the full extent of our humility and gratitude for the many blessings we have received, is […]

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