Fr. Justus Pokrzewinski, OP

As Jesus preaches from town to town, He doesn't travel alone. The apostles are with Him, and so are the women, "giving of their resources" to support His mission.

A Pharisee invites Jesus to dinner, and a woman known throughout the city as a sinner enters uninvited, weeping at Jesus' feet, drying them with her hair, and anointing Him with costly oil.

"Forgive your neighbor's injustice; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven."

This message explores one of the most surprising and moving encounters in the Gospels—when Jesus travels to Sidon and Tyre (modern-day Lebanon) and meets a determined woman whose faith changes everything.

Why was Thomas absent on that first Easter Sunday? While the scriptures don't tell us why, we do know what happened next: a beautiful encounter with a loving Jesus who meets Thomas in his doubt.

While the Beatitudes inspire us and the call to be "salt and light" empowers us, Jesus warns that without a foundation on the "Rock," everything else is at risk.