Daily Reflections with Fr. John

Mary’s Assumption is not something she accomplished by her own strength. It is something God did for her. It is the final fruit of God’s grace in the life of a woman who opened herself completely to his will.

Today the Church celebrates Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest whose life reveals what it truly means to belong completely to Christ.

Every time we come before God, we come as people who have been forgiven an enormous debt.

Today’s Gospel gives us a clear and practical teaching from Jesus about how we are called to live together as a community, especially when things go wrong.

Today, I want to reflect on faith in suffering and on the places where Catholicism became real for me.

Lawrence was a deacon in the Church of Rome during the third century. As a deacon, he was entrusted with serving the poor and caring for the material resources of the Church.

My prayer this week is not that all our storms disappear. My prayer is that, whatever storms we face, we keep our eyes fixed on Christ. Because the One who calls us out of the boat is the very One who reaches out His hand when our faith begins to fail. And His hand has never failed to hold those who cry, “Lord, save me.”

St. Dominic was known not only as a great preacher but also as a man of deep prayer.

Jesus says that real life is not found in grasping but in giving.

Jesus is transfigured. His face shines like the sun. His clothes become dazzling white. For just a moment, the veil is pulled back, and the disciples glimpse the glory that has always belonged to Him.