Daily Reflections with Fr. John

When God Seems Silent, Keep Praying

Today we celebrate Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, whom we often call Mother Cabrini. She came to the United States to serve immigrants, especially Italian families struggling to build a life in a new country. She and her sisters established schools, orphanages, and hospitals.

Sometimes the hardest thing to change is not the other person. It is the way we see them.

Thank you for listening!

Today, I want to share with you the six values we’ve identified, why they matter, and what they might mean for the future of St. Anthony.These six values are:Christ-Centeredness, Prayerful Listening, Hospitality, Relationships, Joy, and Shared Responsibility.They’re not simply words we want to put on a wall.They’re meant to describe who we are, what we believe, and how we want to live together as disciples of Jesus Christ.And perhaps even more importantly, they describe the kind of community God is calling us to become.

St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. It's the Pope's cathedral because the Pope is the Bishop of Rome. And it's traditionally called the mother and head of all the churches throughout the world.

So how much time do we spend getting ready for the day we’ll stand before God? And what does it mean to be ready for that meeting?

In today's Gospel, Jesus says something that really gets to the heart of our relationship with God: “No servant can serve two masters.” And then He makes it very clear: “You cannot serve God and mammon.”

In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us a rather unusual parable about a dishonest steward. This man has been caught mismanaging his master's property, and he knows he is about to lose his job.

God never stops looking for us, even when we have stopped looking for Him.