Priestly Ponderings

Father’s Day, that we celebrate today is an annual Sunday holiday that occurs each year on the third Sunday in June. It was created to celebrate the men who lead our families and Father’s Day reflects how we honor our heavenly Father by honoring our earthly fathers. The fifth commandment tells us to honor our father and mother (Exodus 20:12); therefore, it is right and fitting to honor our earthly fathers as commanded by our Father in heaven. Even though fathers don’t tradit

Today’s readings speak about God’s love. They began with the Book of Exodus and God reminding Moses that He had chosen the Hebrew people as His people. They did not deserve this choice. He chose them out of love. He saw Abraham’s faith and responded with his love for Abraham and his progeny. The people witnessed this love when they were delivered from slavery and led through the desert to the Promised Land. God only asked them to remain faithful to Him, a response to his

On Saturday, June 13 is celebrated as the Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua. On this day there is a distribution of St. Anthony’s Bread which is a Catholic devotion and charitable act honoring St. Anthony of Padua, rooted in a 13th‑century miracle and later popularized in the 19th century. It combines prayer, thanksgiving, and almsgiving to help the poor. The tradition dates back to 1263, when a child drowned near the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. The child’s mother praye

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST that we celebrate today, also known as Corpus Christi. This Solemnity celebrates the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. The feast of Corpus Christi honors the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, affirming that Jesus is truly present—body, blood, soul, and divinity—under the forms of bread and wine during Mass. It emphasizes that in every Mass, Christ’s one sacrifice on Calvary