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This Sunday’s Gospel presents the dramatic account of Jesus walking on the water and Saint Peter stepping out of the boat into the midst of a raging storm.   The immediate lesson behind this passage speaks directly to our inner spiritual battles. Sent ahead into the darkness, the Apostles find themselves battered by heavy waves…

This Sunday’s Gospel recounts the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, a miracle that points directly to the mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist. The lesson begins with Our Lord’s deep compassion for the crowd that followed Him into the wilderness. When the Apostles suggest sending the people away to buy food, Jesus gives a…

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Our Lord offers us three distinct parables: the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, and the dragnet thrown into the sea. Together, these stories reveal both the supreme value of the Kingdom of God and the ultimate reality of divine judgment.   The primary lesson behind the treasure and the…

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Our Lord shares the famous parable of the wheat and the weeds, describing an enemy who secretly sows weeds amongst a farmer’s good crop. In the ancient world, this particular weed, known as darnel, looked identical to wheat in its early stages of growth. It was only when the harvest approached…

In this Sunday’s Gospel,  the Parable of the Sower challenges us to look beyond seeing the different soils as permanent character types of “good” or “bad” people. The deeper spiritual lesson is that these soils represent the shifting states of our own hearts from week to week. While the seed of God’s Word is always…