To accept John the Baptist's message of repentance is to prepare your heart to receive the gift of the Spirit.

When it feels like the end is drawing near, that’s when we’re primed for redemption. We crave something new when it seems everything old is on the verge of passing away. Hope becomes tangible only when it seems all hope is lost.

There is a truism that applies to any trade: a student trusts his or her teacher. Everything the student does reflects back on the teacher. Christ is our Teacher. Whatever we do, in word or in deed, should honor Christ. Because whoever trusts in him honors the One who sent him.

In the story of the widow's offering, Jesus contrasts corrupt authorities with the people they exploit for financial gain. In the tradition of the Hebrew prophets, Jesus calls out the religious establishment for their faithlessness and urges the church not to valorize poverty as a spiritual ideal.

In life and in death, nothing can separate us from the love of God. A sermon in honor of Dia de los Muertos.

Faith is the beginning of a lifelong journey of following Jesus on the way, trusting in him to restore our lives.