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On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, we celebrate Jesus as the Light of the World by blessings candles and committing ourselves to be light for others.

In today's Gospel, Jesus gives instructions to his disciples, who are open to accepting his wisdom and applying it to themselves. This is the virtue of docility, which is not so popular today, but important for learning nonetheless.

Jesus used his authority to cast out demons and save people. Is our authority always at the service of saving souls?

When Jesus got baptized in the Jordan by John, he identified with sinners, and God sent a divine sign of his approval. When we meet sinners, do we identify with them and help them to become more than they are right now, or do we separate ourselves from them?

On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebrating an apparition of Mary in 16th century Mexico in which Mary appeared to Juan Diego as an indigenous woman, let us inculturate our own faith and make it more a part of our own modern American experience.

In the Gospel today, Jesus performs an astonishing miracle. But every day, God is ready to astonish us, so let us open our hearts so that we might see and hear God's astonishing work in our lives.

Jesus told us not to look around for the Kingdom of God because it was among us. We need to see the Kingdom still around us each day in the ordinary events of life.

On this feast of St. Albert the Great, patron of the Province, we remember how he studied and reveled in every aspect of creation. May we be so passionate about finding traces of the Divine Wisdom in creation.

On this memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and their companion martyrs, we hear Jesus warning those who were plotting his own death, "woe to you!" Yet the North American martyrs and Jesus went to their deaths with some level of peace, trusting that God would use their deaths to further the kingdom. Can we find some peace in God's larger plan when troubles come our way?

On this Feast of St. Luke, we look at how his Gospel turned the world right-side up, showing God's care first for the marginalized and the poor.

Jesus preached a different message than people were used to, and so, people would often argue with him. Do we try to argue with Jesus today by trying live in a little cocoon faith of our own making, or are we open to the message of Jesus as it is lived and preached by the Church today?

Jesus tells us to persist in prayer, and God will answer. St. Teresa of Avila spoke to God as a friend, and we might try this sort of prayer as a way to draw ourselves closer to God.