Today’s Gospel marks the beginning of the Lord’s beautiful farewell discourse spoken to His disciples at the Last Supper. The Lord tells His disciples that He will soon depart to be with His Heavenly Father.

The Gospel of the Good Shepherd is read every Fourth Sunday of Easter. The image of the selfless shepherd—one who risks everything for his flock—attains its full significance when viewed through the lens of the Lord’s Passion and Death, which we have recently celebrated.

The two disciples were traveling to Emmaus, a village near Jerusalem, on the evening of the Resurrection. Though they were well-versed in the story of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection, they did not yet believe.

St. John recounts the Lord’s first appearance to His disciples on the day of the Resurrection.

St. Matthew tells us that on the day of the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary arrived very early in the morning to visit the Lord’s tomb. There, they encountered an angel who had descended from heaven to roll away the enormous stone sealing the tomb. The angel sat upon the stone and announced the incredible news of the Lord’s Resurrection.

In the Passion and Death of the Lord on the Cross, we grasp the significance of the two realities most intrinsic to humanity and God: for humanity, that reality is sin; for God, it is His merciful love.

St. John begins his lengthy account of the Lord’s Last Supper with these words: “Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that His hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved His own in the world and He loved them to the end.” There, the Lord performed several acts that demonstrate the utter extent to which He loved His disciples.

St. Matthew tells us that the Lord entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey. This was one of the many things foretold by the prophets. Centuries in advance, God had already prepared the manner of His Son's entry into His Passion and Death in Jerusalem.

Belief in the resurrection of the dead evolved over time among the people of Israel. Some eighteen centuries before the time of the Lord, Abraham could never have imagined such a reality. In his day, the most one could hope for—so as not to vanish completely after death—was to live on, in some form, through one's descendants.

The Gospel tells us that the Samaritan woman came to Jacob’s well at midday. In the scorching heat of the Samarian sun, the well was typically deserted, yet she chose this hour precisely because she was a social outcast. Her life was the subject of town gossip, and she walked in the heat to avoid the cold stares of her neighbors. The Lord, well-aware of her isolation, did not arrive at that well by chance; He was there by design.

After more than two years of traveling together, the Lord shared a revelation that shattered the disciples' expectations. He spoke plainly of the looming shadow: his impending suffering and execution in Jerusalem. For the disciples, who viewed their journey as an exciting, dream-like adventure, this news was devastating.

“Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; rend your hearts, not your garments.”

In this Sunday’s Gospel, we encounter part of the Sermon on the Mount—the Lord’s most profound teaching. Here, the Lord addresses three specific commandments regarding murder, adultery, and swearing.

Today’s Gospel continues the Sermon on the Mount, following immediately after the Beatitudes. In this passage, the Lord uses two powerful images to describe His followers: salt and light.

The Beatitudes describe a variety of human conditions: poverty of spirit, mourning, meekness, hunger for justice, mercy, purity of heart, peacemaking, and persecution. Despite their different outward forms, these states share a common essence—they all emerge from a place of profound hardship and affliction.

As the Lord began His public ministry, He recognized the need to establish a home outside of Nazareth.

Prior to the fall, Adam and Eve existed in a state of grace far removed from the brokenness of modern humanity. Their hearts were equipped to always do good

From the Church's infancy, Mary was recognized by believers as the Holy Mother of God

The Christmas liturgical season is like the Church opening a family album of the Lord’s early years. This Sunday, the Church invites us to look closer at this family album, focusing on the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

As believers, we walk through life in search of the Divine, with the ultimate hope of seeing God face-to-face.