Deacon Justin Moor: We might just catch a glimpse of Jesus still at work today.

Father Jeremy Miller: I’ve always thought that Columbo’s approach has characteristics of incredible leadership and, in this context today will all of our readings, how to be a good shepherd.

Father Jeremy Miller: Today we are called like Saint Kateri in our own world, in our own way, to spread the message of Jesus.

Father Jeremy Miller: If prophecy were only for the perfect, we’d have no prophets.

Father Jeremy Miller: We come here every week to be desperate for Jesus, to know that we cannot fix everything in our life, to know that we are not in complete control and to place all of that at the altar, at the foot of Jesus, knowing that even if he doesn’t heal us immediately of the affliction we bring before him, we will receive the embrace of a God who loves us more than we could ever imagine.

Monsignor Michael Billian: When a new child is born, your family changes. And so does the path of our salvation history change, when God sends a baby.

Deacon Justin Moor: By being fertile soil, we can receive the small mustard seed of Jesus into our lives like a child receives a gift from the father.

Monsignor Michael Billian: If we don’t stand up for morality, for the truth, then we would not be faithful to whom we are, or at least whom we’re trying to become.

Father Jeremy Miller: We may think it’s trivial that there’s such a food emphasis in the Bible, but I would argue that it’s part of a divine wisdom, a divine logic, that he gives himself in this simple way.

Monsignor Michael Billian: We need to come to understand that our God loves us intensely and he wants to invite us into the intimacy of a beautiful relationship modeled after this mystery.