The priesthood lies at the service of right worship.

Is God my foundation? Do I know about Him, or do I know Him? Jesus, would you help me know the Father?

Blessed are your eyes and your ears! St. Charbel wants to be with God. Do you?

“Present yourselves before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.” Does the new manna call me into relationship, or do I stay in isolation, fixated on myself and everything that is bad in my life?

“Why are you weeping?” Do you believe in the resurrection? Will you go to the tomb, or do you think that sin and death win?

Israel doesn’t know what to do or where to go, and so she complains! She is stuck and is hopeless! God tells her to be still. There is something greater than Solomon and Jonah here.

The Gospel of Mary and Martha is understood in light of Abraham’s behavior in the first reading. Do I want to be with God? I get anxious and burdened when I choose isolation over relationship.

Jesus is meek and humble of heart…is that really that powerful? The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne reveal to us the answer. Their meekness and humility ended the bloody reign of terror in France.

Pilgrimage Mass at the Shrine of St. Mary Magdalene

What does it mean for me to put myself in a place where Jesus, the Good Samaritan, can find me and rescue me? St. Mary Magdalene knew how to do this. That we could as well!

“The kingdom of God is at hand.” Jesus wants to show us how to live in the house of the Father! Do you want to live there, or in the world? Satan wants us distracted so that we are focused on anything other than what Jesus has come to bring.