...Spirit and to think and act like Christ. Then the church community began to grow with followers and witnesses through the centuries. Today we celebrate one of those saints of...
...are. Why? Because they are beginning to recognize Jesus as their Messiah. Even the 15th century Spanish saint we honor today, Francis Xavier, came to learn about Christ through the...
...into our own lives. Today our readings also remember one who did come to Jesus, our first saint, St. Stephen. We hear of his martyrdom because of his life’s witness...
...the message that our Lord uttered so often to his followers: “Peace I leave with you.” It is the same message we hear in our gospel today when Jesus was...
Do not let your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me… I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.