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The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not just about things that happened 2000 years ago. His wonders and signs continue to happen in our day. Case in point: the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis

Last Monday I visited a dear friend from Steamboat Springs who had just taken the Flight-For-Life helicopter to Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree. Kathy had a meningioma tumor removed from her brain stem a month ago but had to quickly return because of excess fluid buildup in her cranial cavity. As she anticipated another surgery to drain the fluid, she looked at me with a peaceful smile and said, “I’m just so grateful; so grateful that the doctors can do this surgery. Jesus is with me, I know He is. He’s just so sweet.”

For the next seven Sundays (July 14 – August 25) the second reading at Mass will be from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians. So to help you better appreciate this great letter, I offer you the following introduction which was written by Dr. Tod Warner. It appears in The Word on Fire Bible: Acts, Letters, and Revelation (2022, Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, p. 370-371; Used with permission). You may want to refer back to this introduction as you prepare for Mass over the next seven weeks.

Have you ever heard the saying, “If something seems too good to be true, it probably is,”? It may apply to the letter you received saying you have won the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, or to the email saying you have been gifted a villa in northern Italy. But some people actually use this saying to reject the Christian gospel. It seems too good to be true.