Are you in a sowing phase or a reaping phase? This week's Lenten challenge: Thank someone who once sowed faith into your life. And keep sowing, even when the harvest is unseen.

Lenten Challenge: This Lent and throughout life’s struggles, the Spirit leads you and me into the wilderness. Name one “desert” into which the Spirit has led you: perhaps grief, fear, silence, change, disappointment. Ask for the grace to go there willingly.

Our Lord is so humble that he allows us to see him experience temptation. The vulnerability of this moment is awesome to behold.

This weekend, may we share God’s love with all those we encounter.

Salt without flavor is no longer salt. Light that illuminates nothing is no longer light. As Christians, we must be what we have been made to be.

Today we will hear Jesus' sermon on the mount. He teaches, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 5:3) This sermon challenges us in many ways and teaches us a deeper love.

Today we joyfully celebrate Catholic Schools Week! We pray in thanksgiving for our students, families, teachers, and staff who help form disciples of Christ every school day.

Today, we'll hear how Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist, saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” (Jn 1:29)

John could not believe that Jesus would seek baptism from him, a lowly mortal man. But our God is a humble God.

There are millions upon millions of stars in the sky on any given night. Yet for the three wise men, only one mattered. The star over Bethlehem meant something different than all the others in the universe. Instead of conveying the vastness of space, it meant something else: Emmanuel. God is with us.

The Feast of the Holy Family celebration reminds us that every moment in our lives can be a holy moment; even those that may seem insignificant.

We will hear how 700 years before the birth of Jesus, Isaiah prophesied to King Ahaz that a virgin would bear a son and name him Emmanuel {“God is with us”}.

At Mass today we'll hear in the Gospel reading about how, when it comes to proving who he is, Jesus always lets his actions do the talking.

At Mass, we'll hear about how John the Baptist held up a mirror to the chosen people. He urged them to look at what they saw there.

Today we will hear about how Jesus taught his disciples that no one knows when the Son of Man will return, so you must always be prepared.

Our king wears a crown of thorns, not a crown of gold. His glory is not in riches but in suffering. His law is written in his own blood, shed for the love of us. Do we understand the gift that it is, to be subject to such a king?

Jesus’ words today are filled with fire and brimstone, vivid with images of pain, suffering, confusion — and, ultimately, peace. Do we believe what he promises? Do we have the endurance to stay with him until the end?

You are the temple of God,” Paul tells us. But in today's Gospel reading, we see how easily even temple areas become corrupted. Jesus, purge the greed and selfishness from our hearts. Make them fit dwellings for your Holy Spirit.

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Today we heard how Jesus taught the crowds that anyone who believes in him will have eternal life and be raised from the dead on the last day. How do others know you believe in Jesus?