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This "Word of Hope" message from Fr. Greg Heille, OP, for the Monday of the Third Week of Easter, delves into the beginning of Jesus's profound Bread of Life discourse in John Chapter 6. Fr. Greg reflects on the miraculous feeding of the 5000 and Jesus walking on water, leading into Jesus's teaching about the food that endures for eternal life.

In this "Word of Hope" message for the Third Sunday of Easter, Fr. Greg Heille, OP, reflects on the Gospel account of Jesus appearing to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias and the miraculous catch of fish. Drawing on the final preachings of Pope Francis, Fr. Greg explores how the risen Christ is present in our ordinary lives and calls the resurrection the "turning point of history."

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! In this expansive Easter homily, Fr. Greg connects the liturgical celebrations of Easter with the joyful response of all creation. From the Easter Vigil candle wax ("work of bees") praised in the Exultet, to a personal memory of frogs singing at the Easter fire.

Join us for a powerful Lenten homily as we journey inward, inspired by the timeless parable of the Prodigal Son and a unique reflection on a country music song. This homily, delivered during the Fourth Sunday of Lent, explores the profound call to self-examination and the transformative power of God's grace.

Journey with us through Lent as we reflect on Hosea’s call to return to the Lord. Today’s homily explores Salvador Dali’s powerful imagery from Dante’s Divine Comedy, contrasting Lucifer's isolation with the soul's path to purification.

Jesus told his disciples to take the log out of their own eye before they tried to take a splinter out of their neighbor's eye. If we do the work to purify our own vision in love and joy, St. Paul assures us that this labor will not be in vain.

Little children believe with their whole person, while adults tend to believe only with their minds. Perhaps this is why Jesus told his disciples that they had to receive the Kingdom of God as a little child. We can relearn as adults to follow our inner light and see the world more truly.

We cannot imagine the Reign of God, and yet we are invited into it every day, again and again, through our engagement with scripture, our service to one another, through liturgy, and through our call to the apostolic life. Let us live in the Reign of God, even though we cannot understand it.

Jesus told many parables of the Reign of God. As we listen to them, the Reign of God grows within us so that our actions naturally become reflections of the Kingdom.

Jesus is God's own Son. We are called to be children of God, and Jesus points the way to become such.

Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, who share this memorial, were great friends. Their friendship brought them each closer to God. Friends can bring us closer to God and friendship itself is a model of what our relationship should be with God.

As we begin a new liturgical year, the Prophet Jeremiah reminds us of God's promise to raise up for us "The Lord of Justice." Yet we are also reminded in the Gospel not to let the anxieties of life distract us from our duty to always stand on God's side, full of joy, vigilant for the cry of the poor, joining in spreading the message that our salvation is near.