Robert Lopez

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Fourth Sunday of Easter

John 10: 27-30

  Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

  If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

  I find it…

Third Wednesday of Easter

Third Wednesday of Easter

Gospel John 6:35-40

Jesus said to the crowds”I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own…

Third Sunday of Easter

Gospel John 21: 1-19

“I’m going fishing”  I was reflecting on the gospel and two things jumped out at me.  The first is “I’m going fishing”  The second is “When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.”

When my best friend, mentor, brother, and soul mate died six years ago I can remember the feeling of loss that was incurable.  I had time to begin the…

“To Seek God is a great good; in my opinion, the soul knows no greater blessings.  It is the first of her gifts and the final stage in her progress.  It is inferior to none, and it yields place to none.  What could be superior to it, when nothing has a higher place?  What could claim a higher place, when it is the consummation of all things?  What virtue can be attributed to anyone who does not…

Second Sunday of Easter ~ Divine Mercy Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday is often a time when we look for Saint Sr. Faustina as a witness or a source of the Divine Mercy’s instruction and what a tremendously deep, “unfathomable” abyss Mercy is.

Today I want to share a witness from the State Correctional Facility I am honored and privileged to be a part of since 2005.

The news does a wonderful job of introducing us to the characters that are…

From an ancient homily on Holy Saturday The Lord descends into hell

Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh…