Living in Love with God

Today’s Readings For more than a century, people have entered our churches in the City of Fall River seeking God. In the Cathedral and at Good Shepherd rest bishops and priests who shepherded this diocese; around us, we see the fruit of the faith of generations who lived and handed on what they believed. Yesterday… Continue reading

Today’s Readings St. Paul asks and answers one of the most important questions in all of Scripture: “What will separate us from the love of Christ?” His answer is simple and absolute—nothing. Do we truly hear that in our hearts? Do we believe it—not just with our minds, but with our whole being? We often focus on… Continue reading

Today’s Readings Jesus reminds us today that the Christian life is not always easy. Deep within, we long for God, yet the world and its ways often pull us away. We struggle to live according to His will. In the Office of Readings, St. Clement writes to the Corinthians: “Let us put on unity of mind,… Continue reading

Today’s Readings This Week’s Bulletin The Scriptures today continue to turn our hearts and minds toward prayer — not just words or rituals, but the whole person opening to God. In today’s Gospel, two people go to pray. The Pharisee, respected and devout, thanks God for his own goodness. The tax collector, despised and broken,… Continue reading

Today’s Readings At the heart of Jesus’ preaching is the call to repentance — an invitation to turn away from sin and to return to God. To repent is not merely to feel sorrow, but to reorient our lives toward a deeper relationship with the Lord, striving to live according to His ways. It means… Continue reading

Today’s Readings In today’s reading from Romans, St. Paul opens his heart and shares the inner struggle every disciple knows so well: “For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want” (Rom 7:19). His honesty is not a sign of despair but of deep faith. In admitting his… Continue reading

Today’s Readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus says something that stops us in our tracks: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” (Lk 12:49). These are not comfortable words. They remind us that the Christian life is not about staying safe or settled—it’s about letting Christ… Continue reading

Today’s Readings In today’s reading from the Letter to the Romans, St. Paul reminds us that sin must no longer reign in our mortal bodies. He is writing to a community surrounded by vice and temptation—a world not unlike our own. The struggle was not only against the culture around them, but also within their… Continue reading

Today’s Readings Prayer is something we all talk about, but many of us struggle to practice. What is prayer, really? St. John Damascene described it as “the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” Yet prayer is far more than asking—it’s opening our hearts to the… Continue reading

Today’s Readings Prayer is something we all talk about, but many of us struggle to practice. What is prayer, really? St. John Damascene described it as “the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” Yet prayer is far more than asking—it’s opening our hearts to the… Continue reading