by Greg Beben | Jun 7, 2024 | Meditations
Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and today we follow with the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church has chosen to put these two special days back-to-back to impress on us that the essence of...
by Greg Beben | Jun 6, 2024 | Meditations
The heart represents the center or essence of a person or an idea. We say such things as, “take it to heart,” “get to the heart of the matter,” “don’t break my heart,” and other phrases. We speak of the heart as the wellspring of love and the seat of all that we...
by Greg Beben | Jun 1, 2024 | Meditations
The readings today cover a span of thousands of years in salvation history. We read in a sense the “bookends” of the story; on one end the Old Covenant of Moses, on the other the New Covenant of Jesus. The Liturgy, recalling the journey between these two landmark...
by Greg Beben | May 25, 2024 | Meditations
The readings on today’s great feast of the Most Holy Trinity hold many treasures for us. We hear Jesus giving us the Great Commission; we recognize the life and mystery of the Trinity expressed in his words; we experience joy in knowing that we are adopted sons and...
by Greg Beben | May 18, 2024 | Meditations
The Easter Season concludes with this glorious Solemnity of Pentecost, sometimes referred to as “the birthday of the Church.” This conclusion, then, does not imply an end but a launch forward, as we are sent out into the world, and into the future, in the power of the...
by Greg Beben | May 11, 2024 | Meditations
“God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.” This intimate communion in love is what Jesus desires for each one of us. For this reason he became incarnate, died, rose, and ascended to the Father, so that we could know this love and live in...
