Luke 24: 46-53 The Ascension is both an ending and a beginning. The Gospel from Luke today treats the ending of Jesus’ life on earth and...

John 14: 23-29 Fr. John Tran Imagine the members of the early Church trying to figure out how the church would work. We, too, are often...

Jn 13: 31-33a, 34-35 Fr. John Tran New things are a common theme in all the readings. In the first reading from Acts of the Apostles we...

John 13: 31-33a, 34-35 Fr. John tran After the washing of the feet, in John’s Gospel, which we have just heard today, Jesus says: “My...

John 21: 1-19 Fr. John tran Today’s Gospel from John is likely an addition to the original form of gospel. It is trying to point our...

John 20: 19-31 Fr. John Tran In today’s reading from Acts of the Apostles, we are told that many signs and wonders were done at the hands...

Luke 24:1-12 Fr. John Tran The people of Thailand have a wonderful legend about the bamboo plant. When the great garden of the earth was...

Luke 19:28-40 and Luke 22:14-23:56 Fr. John tran Jesus rides into Jerusalem like a king. Everyone loves him; everyone thinks he is...

John 8: 1-11 Fr. John Tran What is at the heart of discipleship? One person described it as a transforming encounter with Jesus. Isaiah...

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Fr. John Tran It’s strange the way things work out sometimes, isn’t it? Look at this father’s two sons. The younger...

Luke 13: 1-9 Fr. John Tran In the first reading from Exodus, what was the first thing that Moses notice on the mountain side? The...

Luke 9: 28b-36 Fr. John tran What does the Transfiguration of Jesus mean for his disciples who were with Jesus?It show them at the very...

Luke 4: 1-13 Fr. John Tran Why did he do it?Why did Jesus go out into the desert and endureto the temptations of the devil?Wasn’t his...

Luke 6:39 – 45 Fr. John tran Whenever these passages of Luke's Gospel are read, what comes to my mind are several of these Sayings of the...

Luke 6:27-38 Fr. John Tran In his Second Letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul writes of the First Adam and the Second Adam:“The first man,...

Luke 6: 17, 20-26 Fr. John Tran All three readings this Sunday are filled with contrasts.Each gives us a positive way to go or a negative...

Luke 5:1-11 Fr. John Tran The readings this Sunday all speak about a call. Isaiah is called while praying in the Temple; Paul is called...

Luke 4: 21-30 Fr. John Tran How quickly we can change; one moment someone is just the greatest person we have ever met, and the next...

Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Fr. John Tran Last week we read of the miracle of the wine from water at Cana, which was the first sign Jesus...

Fr. John Tran It is interesting to note that the Wedding Feast of Cana is one of the three mysteries celebrated on the Solemnity of the...