by Greg Beben | Jul 3, 2021 | Meditations
Our Theme for this week tells us that “we have received the mission of bearing the word of the Lord to others.” But we can only bring to others what we have first received ourselves. This is why the Theme exhorts us to open our hearts to God’s powerful grace working...
by Greg Beben | Jun 28, 2021 | Meditations
The Church is built on the foundation stones of the Apostles. With today’s Solemnity the Church honors the two greatest Apostles, Peter and Paul. These two men, very different from each other, were personally chosen by the Lord, each for a special role in the life of...
by Greg Beben | Jun 26, 2021 | Meditations
Death. Who wants even to think about it? And yet we must. We would like to avoid it, but we cannot. Even if we might live for a while as if it does not exist, or as if “it will never happen to me,” eventually, we must all face death. It is an inescapable fact of human...
by Greg Beben | Jun 23, 2021 | Meditations
“What will this child be?” Today, six months before the birth of Jesus, we celebrate the birthday of the man who was sent ahead of him to prepare the way, St. John the Baptist. Like every birthday, it is a celebration of the gift of life. As we ponder the birth and...
by Greg Beben | Jun 19, 2021 | Meditations
Our Gospel today is one of three “boat scenes” that can be found in the first half of Mark (cf. 6:45-52 and 8:13-21). The evangelist uses the experience of being in a boat to teach us something about the journey of faith and Christian discipleship. A small boat on a...
