
Jesus offers a challenging parable that exhorts us to respond to God’s invitation, mindful that our choices will result in eternal consequences.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 20th Week of the Year (#422)
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St. Bernard, pray for us!

Jesus offers a challenging parable that exhorts us to respond to God’s invitation, mindful that our choices will result in eternal consequences.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 20th Week of the Year (#422)
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St. Bernard, pray for us!
Jesus offers a parable about an invitation to a banquet, prompting us to consider how we will respond to the Lord’s call to follow him today.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 31st Week of the Year (#486)
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St. Charles Borromeo, pray for us!

Jesus offers a parable to the chief priests and Pharisees, reminding us that while God’s invitation is extended throughout our lives, it is up to us to respond.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 20th Week of the Year (#422)
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Holy Mary our Queen, pray for us!

This is the fifth part of a six-week series about how we gently and lovingly share our faith with others. In this presentation Fr. Andrew speaks about how we help people answer the question, “Now what do I do?” by inviting them to take the next step in the Christian life.
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Called by the Lord, the example of Samuel, Andrew and Peter invites us to embrace the Psalm Response: Here am I, Lord, I come to do your will!
Mass Readings – 2nd Sunday of the Year
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After his encounter with Jesus, Philip talks to Nathanael and brings him to meet the Lord.
Mass Readings – Christmas Weekday (#208)
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St. John Neumann, pray for us!

Peter, Andrew, James, and John swiftly and decisively respond to the Lord’s invitation, and their example inspires us to do the same in our lives today.
Mass Readings – Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle (#684)
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St. Andrew, pray for us!

The Lord’s response to James and John at the Samaritan village reveals a crucial insight: Christ will only invite us to follow him; we will not be forced.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 26th Week of the Year
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St. Wenceslaus and St. Lawrence Ruiz…pray for us!

St. Philip offers us an example about how to invite another person (in this case Nathaniel) to meet Jesus. We, too, can be a bridge that brings someone to the Lord today.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 20th Week of the Year (St. Bartholomew)
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