October 25, 2026 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad′ducees, they came together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depe

Icon of St. Francis Altarpiece Saint Francis is often pictured in bare feet, as we see in this painting. This is more than just a nice pastoral way of presenting his love for creation. What Francis knew and lived was that matter is the hiding place for spirit. Hidden in creation, the spirit is always offering itself to be discovered again. Francis knew that the beyond was not really beyond in the sense of 'out there', 'up there', 'after death', but hidden in the depths of her

July 12, 2026 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no dept

May 3, 2026 “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the w

April 5, 2026 Resurrection of the Lord Easter begins as women go to the tomb to mourn over the dead Jesus. An angel appears to them and announces he's alive. The women believe the announcement and go to tell the disciples, and on the way they meet Jesus. This tells us from the very beginning that if we're faithful to our mission, we will be led into an experience of Christ. But the announcement of Easter is that God operates at the very times that we are unable. All of us exp

March 22, 2026 Now a certain man was ill, Laz′arus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Laz′arus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.”Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and

When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecti