Wisdom from St. Ben's

Homily for November 29, 2020, the First Sunday of Advent.

More than 600 years before Jesus’ birth, the prophet Isaiah speaks for the people and yearns for God to come as their savior.

As a missionary to the Italian immigrants in the Americas, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini helped them stay loyal to the faith they brought to the New World.

As a missionary to the Italian immigrants in the Americas, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini helped them stay loyal to the faith they brought to the New World.

The parable of the sheep and the goats concludes Jesus’ public teaching and gives the criterion on which our lives as Christians will be judged.

The parable of the sheep and the goats concludes Jesus’ public teaching and gives the criterion on which our lives as Christians will be judged.

Jesus entrusts treasure to us. He rejoices when we are fruitful. We are condemned if we are afraid and hide his treasure.

Jesus entrusts treasure to us. He rejoices when we are fruitful. We are condemned if we are afraid and hide his treasure.

Seventh Sunday of Easter - May 24, 2020

It was triumphant when they entered the city because the Eleven were deeply united in faith and charity.  They go to the upper room and they devote themselves to prayer.

Seventh Sunday of Easter - May 24, 2020

It was triumphant when they entered the city because the Eleven were deeply united in faith and charity.  They go to the upper room and they devote themselves to prayer.

Fourth Sunday of Easter - May 3, 2020

Christ is the Good Shepherd; he calls his sheep by name and leads them forth.  This is what Jesus means when he says that the Good Shepherd walks ahead of his sheep, and that the sheep follow him "because they recognize his voice."  Good Shepherd Sunday celebrates the fulfillment of "the promise made to us" that God will send a Shepherd who will give us life "more abundantly."