The Chapel of Emerald Hill Children’s Home (17)

Dear brothers and sisters,
Samuel is grieving, and God names it plainly. “How long will you mourn Saul?”, Not because grief is wrong, but because it can quietly fix our eyes on what is finished. Samuel’s sorrow has become a way of standing still. God sends him …

God meets us where we are and asks us to follow him in the middle of ordinary life.

Dear sisters, the readings today remind us of something simple and important. God does not wait for the right mood, the right time, or the right circumstances. He comes to people while they …

Sisters and dear friends, this morning the Word of God gives us one clear lesson: when we reach for control, God reaches for the heart.

Our first reading from the First Book of Samuel opens with a tired prophet and an anxious people. The elders of Israel come to Samuel with …

Dear sisters in Christ, we have all known dry moments. Today’s readings use the image of the desert as the place where false hopes fall away and true mercy is revealed.

Our first reading from the first book of Samuel takes us to a battlefield thick with fear. Israel has …

Dear sisters in Christ, today’s readings invite us to look more closely at how God enters ordinary life, heals what is deepest in us, and then sends us out to serve.

In the first reading from the First Book of Samuel we meet a young boy who hears his name called in the …

God works quietly, but when he acts, lives are changed.

Dear sisters in Christ, good morning. Today’s readings remind us of something very simple. God listens when people pray from the heart. God lifts those who feel low. And God speaks a word that sets people free.

Our …

Today the Word of God shows us how God begins his work quietly, in the middle of ordinary days. As the Church enters Ordinary Time, between Christmas and Lent, we learn how to live when nothing special seems to be happening, yet God is close.

Dear sisters in Christ, …

This morning, let us reflect on our baptism as the beginning of our life with Christ, the source of our mission, and the foundation for how we serve others in the Church and the world.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends.

Today the Church invites us to think …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the days after Epiphany have shown us who Jesus is through ordinary scenes and real human need. Each day has revealed something practical and close to daily life.

On Monday, Jesus began his public work in Galilee. He announced that the …

Dear sisters in Christ, today’s readings offer one clear call: believe the truth about Jesus, praise God for what he is already doing, and allow Christ to touch what we would rather keep hidden.

We begin with the First Letter of John. John is writing to a community that is …

Dear sisters in Christ, when God opens a door, and once that door is opened, a life of truth and mercy must follow.

Our first reading from the First Letter of John reminds us that we love because God loved us first. John is not addressing a crowd drunk on success. He is …

Dear sisters, today’s readings remind us that when fear rises and the work feels heavy, Jesus shows us who he truly is, and he does not keep his distance.

Our first reading from the First Letter of John is very direct. God has loved us first, so we must love one another. …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, as a new calendar year begins, the Church places before us a woman and a child and asks us to begin here.

We come into this year carrying many things. Relief that a difficult year has ended. Concern about what has not changed. Questions …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is good to be with you this morning. Today’s feast touches something very close to the heart of African life. God chooses to come to us through family — not only the small household, but the wider family that carries us, names us, and …

The readings today are about quiet, faithful service — the kind that gives without looking for thanks, that loves because it is right to love.

Dear sisters, in the first reading from the Book of Wisdom, we hear that “the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.” The …

Sisters in Christ, today’s solemnity draws us close to a mystery both vast and familiar—the communion of saints. It is the feast of those who have allowed grace to take flesh in their ordinary lives: the faithful ones who prayed, taught, healed, wept, and forgave until their …

The readings today are about humility, service, and God’s invitation to the banquet feast of His love.

Dear sisters in Christ,

Today we remember Saint Charles Borromeo who was born into wealth, but he lived with humility. He was made a cardinal at twenty-two, yet he saw …