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 9, 2025 | Seasonal Introductions
The Easter Season concludes with Pentecost Sunday. From the Upper Room, the Church goes forth empowered by the Spirit to proclaim the life she has within her. Now we enter the period of Ordinary Time, which concludes on Saturday following the Solemnity of Christ the...
by Greg Beben | Mar 1, 2025 | Meditations
As a very timely preparation for the approaching holy Season of Lent, the Liturgy on this Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time gives us great insight into the relationship between our exterior behavior and our interior life, between what everyone can see and what God sees....
by Greg Beben | Feb 22, 2025 | Meditations
In the Book of Genesis, we read that God created us human beings to be like himself: “God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them” (Gen 1:27). So by our very nature, we are like God. But what does it mean to be “like God”? St. John gives us...
by Greg Beben | Feb 15, 2025 | Meditations
At the heart of this Sunday’s readings is the teaching which Jesus gives us in the Beatitudes. This teaching can seem quite contradictory to us, because Jesus proclaims as blessed precisely those who do not seem at all blessed in the eyes of the world, and he gives a...
