by Greg Beben | Jul 5, 2025 | Meditations
Sometimes our call as missionary disciples is truly challenging. It is, after all, a call to follow Jesus in the way of the Cross. It demands detachment and firm commitment. But we should not conclude from this that discipleship is all negative. Today’s readings speak...
by Greg Beben | Jun 28, 2025 | Meditations
Today we honor the two greatest Apostles, Sts. Peter and Paul. St. Peter is the rock on which the Lord built his Church and St. Paul is the tireless and fearless messenger of the Gospel to the whole world. These two giants of the faith represent the Church’s solid...
by Greg Beben | Jun 26, 2025 | Meditations
The Founder of the Anawim Community, Fr. Francis Marino, used to point out that throughout the Liturgical Year there are a number of “companion feasts” – feasts that are closely associated with each other and that mutually enrich each other. One obvious example of...
by Greg Beben | Jun 21, 2025 | Meditations
The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Christian life! (CCC 1324). Today we joyfully celebrate this priceless gift in the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (often referred to by its Latin name, Corpus Christi). Today’s Liturgy recounts the...
by Greg Beben | Jun 14, 2025 | Meditations
Today we celebrate the most central faith mystery of all, the mystery of God himself, the Most Holy Trinity. How can we even begin to talk about the mystery of God? In our effort to think about him, we quickly find ourselves lost in the limitless, timeless,...
by Greg Beben | Jun 7, 2025 | Meditations
Jesus came into this world that we may have life and have it to the full (cf. Jn 10:10). The life he offers is essentially eternal life in the glory of Heaven, the foretaste of which we do experience already on earth, in moments of true and deep peace and joy from...
