by Greg Beben | Jun 27, 2026 | Meditations
The tenth chapter of Matthew, from which today’s Gospel is taken, can also be referred to as Jesus’ Discourse or Sermon on Mission. Here he teaches the Apostles about their upcoming mission and trains them in the right disposition towards it. Today’s passage contains...
by Greg Beben | Jun 23, 2026 | Meditations
Our annual celebration of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist makes John the only person, besides Jesus and his Mother, whose birthday is also a liturgical feast day. John’s unique mission, given to him from his mother’s womb, was to proclaim the arrival of the...
by Greg Beben | Jun 20, 2026 | Meditations
As our formation as missionary disciples continues in this 12th Week in Ordinary Time, we are confronted with the conflict between faith and fear. Faith is one of the cardinal virtues we received in Baptism. Fear is an inborn protective emotional reaction that arises...
by Greg Beben | Jun 13, 2026 | Meditations
Like the Israelites in the first reading, God has freed us from slavery to sin. He has borne us up on “eagles wings” and brought us to himself. We have been blessed to see, over the past few weeks, how God has done this, as we celebrated God pouring out his Spirit...
by Greg Beben | Jun 12, 2026 | Meditations
The Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary – pure, beautiful, sinless, immaculate – is still a human heart. Thus, Mary did not have a full understanding of how God’s plan was to unfold. In today’s Gospel the Holy Family goes to Jerusalem for the Passover, as they have done...
by Greg Beben | Jun 11, 2026 | Meditations
Today’s feast of the Sacred Heart invites us to reflect more deeply on the mystery of love. In human relationships, love typically grows over time, through a mutual giving and receiving of ourselves. It begins with an encounter; a dialogue develops; we learn about one...
