Category: past Deacon Mike’s Weekly Reflections

St. John’s Family Page  Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020  The key message that Peter and the apostles preached after Jesus’s resurrection is called the “kerygma”, a Greek word that means the proclamation. Peter proclaims the story of our Read More …

St. John’s Family Page Second Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2020 Divine Mercy Sunday God is love. God is a 100% love. The very nature of God is love. God is also mercy. We can’t separate His love and mercy. Read More …

St. John’s Family Page           The saying “life can be hard”, seems to ring truer as we continue our battle with the Corona virus (COVID19) pandemic. How do we cope with the uncertainty and not give into anxiety and Read More …

The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.”       Today’s Scriptures begin with celebrating Jesus’s Read More …

Lazarus, come out! The raising of Lazarus from the dead is one of the most dramatic public miracles that Jesus performed. This great miracle extended the life of Lazarus. Jesus promises something much greater for all of us. Jesus said Read More …

“Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. The opposites Read More …

We know that water is essential for life. God created us with a built-in mechanism in our body, when we get thirsty, we know it’s time to consume water or other liquids. In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks about another built-in Read More …

He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to the design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began… If someone were to ask, do you consider Read More …

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. We begin the First Sunday of Lent with two stories about temptation. In the first reading from the Book of Genesis, we Read More …

So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. God alone deserves to be called holy. We are made in His image and likeness. God made us to be with Him through all eternity. We know that to be Read More …