Shawn The Baptist - Sunday Scriptures

What did John see that caused him to believe that Jesus was raised from the dead? What evidence is there for the resurrection?

This day marks the most tragic event in the history of the world. But if we ask for forgiveness, then we can even dare to call this day good.

This evening we sing an ancient chant Pange Lingua composed by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Mass of Corpus Christi in the 13th century.

All seems well in a moment of triumph, but then a moment of weakness finds us abandoning God. We need to strengthen our faith.

Ultimately God wants everything from us, our entire life. Yet, he does not ask for it all at once. He gives us little opportunities everyday.

Jesus wants to stretch his disciples and show them that he is victorious not just over sickness and suffering, but over death itself.

On the cross Jesus looks like he's been through war and looks defeated. Yet we know this is not the end of the story.

The gift given us in baptism is even more radical than if we were blind from birth and all the sudden could see like the man in the Gospel.

Jesus uses the ordinary thirst of a Samaritan woman to lead her to life-giving water in the spiritual life. Where are our desires leading us?

Have you taken time lately to look at the owner's manual for your car? God has also given us a spiritual owner's manual for our lives.