Category: past Deacon Mike’s Weekly Reflections

Both our first reading and the gospel invite us to reflect on what it means to be a disciple, the call, the commitment and the “cost”. We see that God had chosen Elisha to be a prophet and to succeed Read More …

This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Today we rejoice in the gift of Christ’s Real Presence in the Most Holy Eucharist, His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity given to us. What an Read More …

  But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. This seems like the most appropriate way to begin Read More …

And this hope will not leave us disappointed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Rom5:5) Today we celebrate the gift of God the Holy Read More …

Jesus calls each one of us to be His witness in the world in which we live. Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit.. Just like Jesus, Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit. As they were stoning Stephen, he called Read More …

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. We see that there is something special about the peace that Jesus gives to us. Jesus is not Read More …

This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. A disciple’s love becomes a memorial and a sign of Jesus in the world in which we live. A disciple’s love is to Read More …

We know that God created us unique and special. Even the sound of our voice is unique. A dog responds to the sound of the master’s voice. Sheep respond only to the voice of their shepherd. Today, the Fourth Sunday Read More …

And when he had said this, he said to him,“Follow me” In today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the apostles are brought before the Sanhedrin, questioned by the high priest and ordered to stop teaching in the Read More …

Throughout the course of Jesus’s public ministry many people sought to find Him. There are many examples in the gospels. Think of the royal official at Cana, who pleaded with Jesus to cure his son (Jn4:46- 54). Jesus told him, Read More …