by Greg Beben | May 16, 2026 | Meditations
“And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.” These words of Jesus, taken from his prayer to the Father at the Last Supper, bring back to mind the great event we celebrated last Thursday, Jesus’ Ascension to the...
by Greg Beben | May 15, 2026 | Meditations
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. After his Resurrection, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples in a series of appearances. “He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and...
by Greg Beben | May 9, 2026 | Meditations
At the Last Supper, Jesus spoke to his disciples so openly about his imminent sufferings that they were deeply disturbed. Thus one of his concerns on that holy night was to console them and strengthen their faith. As we read last Sunday, he told them, “Do not let your...
by Greg Beben | May 2, 2026 | Meditations
Change is one of the characteristics of living things. If something is alive, every day it experiences visible or invisible changes. This is also true of the Church, which is always growing – not changing into something different but becoming more fully itself. In...
by Greg Beben | Apr 25, 2026 | Meditations
A poor defenseless sheep left on its own does not have a chance of survival. Eventually its predators will find it and destroy it. Each one of us is a defenseless sheep when we are apart from God and all he offers us through his Son Jesus Christ. The message that runs...
by Greg Beben | Apr 18, 2026 | Meditations
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is our faith and our hope. If Christ has not been raised, our faith is pointless (cf. 1 Cor 15:17). But Christ is risen; therefore our faith is meaningful, and we are a people of hope. There cannot be anything that gives more meaning...
