Scripture Readings: John 6:24-35 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080215.cfm

Summary: In this Gospel reading, Jesus declares, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." What we see in this reading is a grand example of people missing the point of why Jesus has come! The crowd who has just been fed are following Jesus looking for him to produce more food. But he has something even greater -- he has come to give HIMSELF. When we come to mass, we are to come to receive Jesus fully -- including his Lordship over our lives. If we do not come to give our lives over to be transformed by Christ, then we have missed the point as well!

Scripture Readings: John 6:1-15 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072615.cfm

Summary: In the gospel reading, we hear the miracle of Jesus taking five barley loaves and two fish that was offered by a boy and turns it into a feast that feeds the five thousand. When we give ourselves over to Christ -- glorying him with our time and resources, He takes that and transforms it for his purpose.

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071915.cfm

Mark 6:30-34

Summary: Imagine reading a book in which all of the spaces between words and punctuation had been removed. The text would become gibberish to us. In the same way, our lives become gibberish when we are about "GO" on our own terms, but leave no room for worship, prayer. God created us for both work and rest. But work can devolve into meaningless toil without a proper understanding of rest.

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071215.cfm

Mark 6:7-13

Summary: Barb Luxenberg tells her story of working with the people in Ghana working with Catholic Relief Services to help maintain healthy water supply in the villages.

Fr. Kevin follows up with a brief homily. Summary: We have been "adopted" as God's children to enter into a real relationship with Christ. We are both chosen and sent out to do his work in the world.

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070515.cfm

Mark 6:1-6

Summary: The two questions that the gospel writers always comes back to: "Who Is Jesus?" and secondly: "Will we have faith in him, and what does he mean for our lives?" To have faith in Jesus is not just about right doctrine or just an intellectual belief that he exist -- it's about our personal response to Jesus, to allow him to be Lord over our lives, and to transform us from the inside/out.

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062815.cfm

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24, Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15, Mark 5:21-43

Summary: In his homily, Fr. Kevin explains the importance of the crucifix in the church and the meaning it conveys to us. The Crucifix, like the big cathedrals, ancient icons, are "sermons in wood and stone". It is not merely a fancy ornament, but a powerful visual symbol that points us to the beautiful mystery of Christ's sacrificial love for us.

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062115.cfm

Job 38:1-11, Psalm 107, 2 Corinthians 5:14-17, Mark 4:35-41

Summary: It is sometimes difficult to see God in the storms and trials of life. And yet, just as Christ Jesus calms the wild storm on the sea, so Jesus can calm the storm in our lives and bring us peace. The Cross of Christ reveals God's deepest love for us and should move us to conversion, to experience his forgiveness and renewed life.

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/061415.cfm

Summary: "We walk by faith and not by sight", as St. Paul says. But that does not mean we have a blind faith. Our approach to faith brings together ALL of our capacities: our reason, imagination, desire. Our faith is intelligible, but human reason alone is insufficient to grasp God, namely because he comes to US in a love relationship; revealing himself to us in scriptures, through the Holy Spirit, and through the sacraments -- especially the Eucharist. There is no conflict between faith and reason because God is the author of both. And yet God himself enters our reality in ways that go beyond mere reason.

Scripture Readings: Exodus 24:3-8, Psalm 116, Hebrews 9:11-15, Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

Summary: The Eucharist Meal is both a participation in the sacrifice of Christ in his love for us, but it is also a communion meal in which we join together as a Church. In his homily, Fr. Kevin reminds us of the importance of this meal, and the protocols to ensure proper respect for the Eucharist, and also each other.

Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40, Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22, Romans 8:14-17, Matthew 28:16-20

Summary: Today, Fr. Kevin gives homily for the First Communicants on the Holy Trinity. The entire mass centered on our Trinitarian understand of God being Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God, the Son (Jesus Christ) is made present to us today in the Holy Eucharist. It is God, the Holy Spirit who indwells all baptized believers to live through Him and carry out his work in the world.