https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032326.cfm I Forgot The Darkness Our school put on the play ‘Beauty and the Beast’ a few years ago. After hearing confessions from 6 to 7 pm, I caught the last 20 minutes of the show. When I entered the parish center, all the lights were off. I could only see a few feet ahead

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032226.cfm I will open your graves. I once heard a TV commentator say, “The difference between a rut and a grave is only about 5 and a half feet.” I thought of that this week while reading the bold and amazing promise that Ezekiel delivers: “Thus says the Lord God, ‘I will open your graves

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032126.cfm We Know It All As we prepare to leave the Mass and return home, let’s reflect on the possibility of personal change. Having encountered Jesus through Word and Sacrament, will we remain the same? The people in today’s gospel held different views about Jesus’ identity. Some thought he was a prophet, while others saw

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031926.cfm Someone gave me the book *Consecration to St. Joseph, The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father* (Fr. Donald H. Calloway, MIC). I started the 33-day retreat, hoping it would impact my life like the Consecration to Mother Mary did 10 years ago. It truly did! When I made the Consecration to Mother Mary, she became

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031826.cfm Do Nothing On Your Own Jesus explained that He only does what He sees the Father doing, showing us that communion is at the heart of His relationship with the Father and with us. Whenever we feel isolated from someone, Jesus experiences that same sense of separation from us, reminding us of His close,