St. Thomas the Apostle
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When we are asked about our faith in God, I wonder how many of us think or say : “ I BELIEVE that God….” because faith does have the dimension of our beliefs. But there is another side of faith that is even more fundamental, and when I read the following comments of Bp. Robert Barron, (auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles) a prominent Catholic media writer and speaker, I thought it is a good challenge to our understanding about FAITH. He wrote this: “One of the most fundamenta

We are God’s Good News! Did you ever think about that? Each of us is an expression of the love of God for his creatures, so we are the Good News that God wants us to be about. That implies that we are truly free persons who can express the love and care of God to others by how we live and act. But isn’t it true that the news desks of the nation and world give us a considerable amount of BAD news on a daily basis? Maybe one story at the end of a 30 minute evening newscast

Today we return to Ordinary Time in the liturgical calendar. What that means is that the special feasts of Christmas, New Years, The Epiphany, and the Baptism of Jesus are now behind us, and during Ordinary Time we are called to reflect on the life of Jesus and try to conform our lives to his. Not so ordinary, you might comment, because following the example of Jesus and his life of service can be a real challenge because he is so self-giving. Plus, Ordinary Time also has a f

Today we remember the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus begins a new phase of his life. He leaves everything: his carpenter’s workshop, home, family, and friends…to be totally at the service of the mission that was entrusted to him by his Heavenly Father: announcing the Good News of the Kingdom. He begins to live what he will later ask of his followers, of his disciples. This moment was the day in which his mission was publicly recognized as a re