Friends, today is a day of great importance in the Catholic faith and, therefore, is referred to as a Solemnity. Pondering how great our Savior is, we can and should extend our minds to consider His coming and everything related to th…
Friends, I bet you don't know what "winnowing" means. Maybe you do but I had no clue this morning when reading the Gospel (Lk 3:10-18). I quickly flipped to my dictionary app and learned that it was and remains a means to separate the seed from th…
Friends, with the birth of the Christ Child, Mary and Joseph went from a family of two to a family of three. Of the three, two were saints. Being a saint does not mean perfection. Perfection was, of course, reserved for their newborn Son. In the …
Friends, I often fall into the trap of thinking that if I put more effort into prayer, God will reward me. There is an ancillary trap here, too, that if and when I feel close to God or He hears my prayer, it is because I (ME!) have accompli…
Friends, no one is really good at waiting, are they? I am not by any means. I was on a flight last week into Atlanta where they had several inches of snow. A rarity for certain. I had a connecting flight out of Atlanta and I thought tha…
Friends, no doubt we are all familiar with the Gospel that gives us sort of a two-for-one. In Mark's Gospel (5:21-43), the healing of the daughter of a synagogue official and, seemingly, while that is playing out, we are interrupted …
Friends, some Gospels are well-known, while others tend to be more obscure. I think the more obscure (and challenging ones) are those we need to spend more time with, but the Gospel of Mark (Mk 8:27-33) is known for the seemingly easy question tha…
Friends, how do you define the word "everything"? Peter told Jesus in Mark 10:28-31, "We have given up everything and followed you." I, for one, have never felt that I have given Jesus everything. Have you? If I sold all I h…
Friends, this will undoubtedly be my shortest blog. What Jesus says, is! Peace to you, John John Liberatore catholidadlib@gmail.com 440-343-0091
Friends, some words can make us cringe. I think we need to start there. For example, take the word hate. Hate can be used in a variety of contexts, but permitting its use even occasionally can allow evil spirits to progress to disguise the m…
