Father Diaz's Weekly Blog

One day, a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in a given culture. He expected…

In the middle of conflict and danger, Jesus suddenly speaks of the smallest, most insignificant creatures, saying, “Are not two…

Galatians 2:9 speaks of three pillars of the Church, “James, Cephas and John.” They were the inner three apostles. For…

Valid matter for the Eucharist before consecration is wheat bread and wine. Yet, to live Eucharistically is to share our…

As the Nicene Creed begins, “I believe in one God.” In this one God, there are three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each…

The Holy Spirit has a way of turning things upside down. Like in the Acts of the Apostles in our…

“When [the eleven] saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.”  Presumably they doubted that it was Jesus. At Emmaus, “Their…

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments,” we hear in our Gospel today, and Jesus adds, as a…

I-IT and I-THOU to symbolize relationships is Martin Buber’s great contribution to Christians as a Jewish religious philosopher, especially regarding…

Our Responsorial Psalm today from Psalm 23 is very personal. There are no references to “we” or “us” or “they,”…

The first stage of the Emmaus story is the broken dream. First, listen to other’s troubles. Make use of telephone…

“Peace be with you.” In Rabbinic Hebrew this is a standard greeting. It’s a formula of revelation given at more solemn moments. And the big reveal is “I…