July 5, 2026: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We praise our God for His greatness because He displays a wondrous sense of what it means to be meek.

The reading from Zechariah depicts the King coming not on a horse like a warrior but gently on a donkey.

Furthermore, Jesus says God, Who is over Heaven and Earth, offers amazing revelations to those who are lowly.  He then invites His disciples to find rest in Him.

We find this rest because Christ has conquered sin and brought us to new Life in Him.  We now ground ourselves in a relationship with Him, and day by day, we draw from the power of the Spirit He gives us to live not according to the flesh and worldly ways, but according to the ways that lead us to Life.  Even when life gets difficult, we take on His yoke, and the burden becomes lighter as He aids us.

In light of the 250th Anniversary of the Independence of the USA, we behold the Lord of Heaven and Earth, in Whom we rest, as we walk with Him through this Life and do our part to build the Kingdom of God on Earth.

June 29, 2026: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Christ established a Church so that we may, by faith, draw near to God and participate in the mission to build the Kingdom of God on Earth.

The Church has an apostolic grounding, which includes the important leadership of Saints Peter and Paul.  They both opened themselves to God's revelations. St. Peter became the rock upon which the Church was built.  St. Paul proclaimed the word of salvation to the Gentiles.

As God reveals Himself to us in teh way of salvation, may we, like Saints Peter and Paul, respond to God by proclaiming the Gospel with our lives.

June 28, 2026: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus calls us to wholehearted devotion to Him, bearing our crosses as we accept the challenges that come, even in following Him.  This devotion rises above our family relationships because those relationships are meant to find importance in the light of our faith in God.

The woman in Shunem shows what it means to be devoted by serving Elisha, who is moved to offer her a reward.

We receive Jesus, because He is the One God has sent, Who has brought us life, and leads us to Eternal Life.  In His work of redemption, we know that God has the power to work through paradoxes to bring out of evil, good, and out of death, life.

Even as we wait for our reward in its fullness, we can experience signs of our Eternal reward now as we come together as the Church, the Body of Christ, together living out our relationship with God as He works marvelously in us.

As we conclude the month of June, devoted to the Sacred Heart, we behold the gift of God's love shown to us in the Paschal Mystery, which invites us to devotion in response to God's love for us and to be channels of that love.

June 24, 2026: Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

St. John the Baptist lived pointing to Christ.

Surely that's why his birth brought great joy, because people recognized that someone special was among them.

We, too, are called to be heralds of Christ, edifying the Body of Christ and proclaiming His Presence to all the world.

June 21, 2026: 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time

We have a great assurance in the troubles we face in this world, that our God is with us.

He rescued us from sin, and has offered us an overflowing measure of His grace that brings us fully alive.

So we face the troubles with resilience and resolution, standing firm in our faith because we know our God is faithful.

We see that He pours forth new blessings on the Earth, like today, as the summer solstice has brought us into summer.

Furthermore, there are so many ways we experience the care of our Heavenly Father through the troubles of this world, and rejoice in His blessings, even as we see how He manifests Himself in the care our fathers have offered us.

Truly we can count on Him, and we speak boldly as we put faith into action, even when others oppose us, because we are grounded in the Truth that reveals Who He is to us.

June 14, 2026: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Through the Paschal Mystery, God has made us His specially chosen people.

When we were sinners, Christ died for us so that we could be free from sin and live a glorious life in Him.

He sees a great harvest of souls ready to be brought into His Kingdom, and He invites us, who He has transformed, to be part of building His Kingdom.

As He commanded the Hebrews to obey His commands as a way of showing themselves to be His people, so we abide by the command of Christ to love, in response and as a testimony to the marvels God has done in us.  And so we build His Kingdom on Earth.

June 12, 2026: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By the Incarnation, Jesus Christ has revealed the heart of the Father to us.

We recognize that becuase of our sins, we need mercy, which God offers us freely as a gift.

It is for us to respond to that gift, and open ourselves to transformation so that we live in mercy and live the love God has shown us and show it to the world.

This is how we can embrace rest, by living in His way of love.

And as the United States of America is consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, may love infuse our land so that we can live abundantly in a way that builds the Kingdom of God on Earth as we edify others in that love of God.