St. Paul's Cary

Despite the trinitarian math of three equals one and one equals three, God is beyond words, explanation, or understanding.

Pentecost is a feast reminding us that kinship is found in entering into the gap, the space between us and the other. It is there that the Holy Spirit abides.

In John’s Gospel, the Easter promise is both about what happens after we die, and also a promise that we can live out here and now.

St. Stephen was one of the first called forth from the early Christian community to the servant ministry of deacon. Not only did he address the symptoms of the poor, oppressed, and those in need, but also the causes which led to his martyrdom.

On the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Fr. Javier reflects on the nature of belonging in the church community: “Let us remember that we are dependent and vulnerable, let us rely on one another, for that is what the church is meant to be: a place where we share our gifts and where others’ gifts enrich […]

The two disciples on the road to Emmaus stand for all of us: we, too, have heard the reports, but we haven’t seen the risen Lord. Thankfully, we don’t need to understand the mystery before Jesus meets us in our walk.

Thomas is led to a deeper faith in the person of the risen Christ. Our doubts can lead us to that same depth of faith.

The Resurrection of Jesus the Christ shows us that this extraordinary new life is right there in the ordinary pattern of creation that we so often fail to see. The risen Christ will continue to seek after us and call us, and all creation, to this life.

On Palm Sunday, Fr. Javier reflects on the disciples’ betrayal and complicity: “Now is the appointed time, now is the day of salvation. The question isn’t what we will do to make up for our sin, but how we will act in light of the fact that we are so extravagantly loved—how we will treat […]

On the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Fr. Javier reflects on both the old testament and the new: “We do not see as God sees. We look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. God chooses the blind to help us see, the weak to show us what true strength looks like—the […]