by Greg Beben | May 31, 2025 | Meditations
We are almost at the end of the Easter Season. Next week we will begin the long stretch of Ordinary Time, which will extend from the Feast of Pentecost until Saturday of the 34th Week of the Year. This time between the Solemnities of the Ascension and of Pentecost...
by Greg Beben | May 30, 2025 | Meditations
We are almost at the end of the Easter Season. Next week we will begin the long stretch of Ordinary Time, which will extend from the Feast of Pentecost until Saturday of the 34th Week of the Year. Today, the Solemnity of the Ascension, gives us an opportunity to pause...
by Greg Beben | May 24, 2025 | Meditations
In the Sixth Week of Easter, we continue to ponder with hope the promise of sharing life with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Today’s reading from the Book of Revelation takes us to Heaven, to the eternal Kingdom where we shall dwell with the Trinity. St. John...
by Greg Beben | May 17, 2025 | Meditations
Once, when a scribe asked Jesus, “Which is the greatest commandment in the law?”, the Lord responded by saying, in short, love God above all else and your neighbor as yourself (cf. Mt 22:36-40). In today’s Gospel, he elaborates on the way of love, giving us a new...
by Greg Beben | May 10, 2025 | Meditations
This, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is often referred to as “Good Shepherd Sunday.” Today’s brief Gospel passage recounts Jesus saying, “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” Not infrequently we hear ourselves or others say about the Lord, If only...
by Greg Beben | May 3, 2025 | Meditations
In today’s Gospel, Peter has an intensely personal encounter with the Risen Lord. Three times Jesus asks him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Each time the question is asked, Peter must go deeper in his response. His first response might have been little more...
