“Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed” John 20:29

break open the tomb Lord of Easter's promise, I live in faith of the Resurrection,

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done;...

In the deepest hour of your darkness, I will give you faith untold. When the silence stills your...

“Look, he is calling Elijah.” Mark 14:1—15:47

A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.

“[Unless] a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it...

One of the most recognized and memorized verses in the Bible comes from this week’s Gospel reading....

"Stand fast in the faith, and love one another, all of you." - Saint Perpetua (Feast Day, March 7)

Laws are a part of every society, however we as Catholics have a few more laws that are a part of...

"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depth of their hearts,...

If I am honest, I sometimes forget the message of the Sunday homily five minutes after Mass has...

"I have enough for myself, but if I stop work, I have not enough for others." - Venerable Pierre...

And just like that, we made it to the first week of Lent all over again. It feels like just...

“Repent and believe in the Gospel.”

The Gospel of Mark 1:40-42

"God came to heal what was broken, hence His ultimate sacrifice on the cross as the greatest sign...

“So, I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been allotted me” (Job 7: 3)....

"Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know him. What a grace it is to know God!" - St....

From this week’s readings, I understand that God is powerful above all. In the Gospel, when Jesus...

"Let us all unite this week as we pray that God will continue to teach us the ways of kindness,...

This Sunday’s Readings speak to me on many different levels. The invitation from God to Jonah in...

'If you are able to learn this lesson of humility from Jesus and from John the Baptist, if we are...

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have...

Fourth Sunday of Advent

"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word."

Throughout this year of unexpected challenges and necessary adaptations, one thing most can agree...

"Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of...

Watch! Comfort! Rejoice!

“Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.”

Second Week of Advent Sunday. December 7, 2020

Do you ever get that feeling when you begin a project or an assignment and things line up in such a...

Come, O Come, Emmanuel!

Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert.” (Matthew 13:33)

First Sunday of Advent Sunday, November 29, 2020

"If the only prayer you ever say is 'thank you' that will be enough." Meister Eckhart

How can you love God (and yourself) with heart, soul, strength, and mind? Use the image below as a...

In this week's Gospel (Mathew 25: 14-30), Jesus is talking to his disciples and he brought up a...

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you...

The underlying message of this week’s readings instructed us, followers of Jesus, to essentially...

"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied." - Matthew...

This year I have the pleasure of interning for the Office of the Dean of Student here at Neumann. I...

"Loving your neighbor does not have to be a grand gesture with balloons, confetti, and a gigantic...

Coming Together at Six Feet Apart 2020 has been a year that has been rough for everyone: parents,...

It has now almost been two months since I have moved to Nashville. The best way to describe these...

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is...

This week’s Gospel reading presented one of my favorite moments in the New Testament because this...

Students practice Franciscan themed yoga during Franciscan Mission Week. The yoga session was a...

In the first reading, the Prophet Isaiah gives us insight on seeking the Lord for help, “Behold our...

Happy Franciscan Mission Week! Yesterday was the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

A feeling and emotion prevalent not just in America, but also in the world throughout this year is...

"Humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his [or her] own...

To me, this week’s first reading means a lot and can definitely teach us a lot, just like all the...

"Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son." Acts 16:14

Being Catholic does not mean I was always close to God. I knew he was real but I never felt like he...

I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you. - John 13:34

The readings for our Sunday Mass this week centered in on forgiveness. Forgiveness is not so simple...

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” - Romans 13

Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD The first week of the semester is done and many students are...

Our call is to remain true to who we are and follow the words of Saint Paul this week:

Welcome back! Our patience and prayers over these past six months have given way to a Fall semester...

“The feeling remains that God is on the journey too.” - St. Teresa of Avila

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Have you thanked the sun today? How else have you expressed gratitude and sought God?

August 16, 2020

"Love God; Serve God. Everything is in that." - St. Clare of Assisi

Sunday, August 9, 2020

The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. - Psalm 145

“How important it is to always put God’s forgiveness, which ‘generates heaven’ in us and around us,...

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Watch Fr. Suresh's Homily for the

2020: I would never have thought this is how life would be right now.

Watch Fr. Suresh's Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, July 19, 2020

"The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest." - Lk 8:8

Sunday, July 12, 2020

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." MT 11:28 God is good!...

Sunday, July 5, 2020

"There is a time for everything; a season for every activity under the sun." Ecclesiastes 3:1 It’s...

Sunday, June 28, 2020

For 18 years, groups of Neumann University students have traveled to the Wind River Reservation in...

Father Suresh's homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time

"If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we...

"We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form....and yet claim to...

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." - John...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:

Pentecost Sunday

“When you go through deep waters I will be with you.” Isaiah 43:2

Classes are finished! Now what? Each Monday, we will continue to share tools for remaining...

(Pictured: The Class of 2020 on their Day of Service in 2016, wearing face masks before it was...

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith...

Beloved: If you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good, this is a grace before God. For...

After reading this week’s scripture, one of the things that stuck out to me was in the Psalm:

In a few short months, I will be packing up my belongings and moving to Cincinnati, Ohio to do a...

"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song." - Pope...

Holy Saturday, the vigil of Jesus's resurrection, is sometimes called Joyous Saturday. Can you...

The scripture readings for Holy Week and Easter Sunday are familiar to us as we read them each...

Good Friday: On this somber day we commemorate Jesus's journey to Calvary and death on the Cross....

Hindsight is “20/20” Some may say that the year 2020 has not started off as strong as we would have...

"Jesus, through his boundless love for the world, suffered to the point of death for our sake. The...

While the reality of these unprecedented times denied our Neumann University spring senior...

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the end of Lent, the transition into Holy Week and Triduum. This...

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This Sunday’s Gospel reading is about a man named Lazarus, who was the brother of Mary, a woman who...

Even though Neumann has shifted to online instruction and we've all been told to stay home to stop...

After looking through this Sunday’s Mass readings I was struck by the first reading. In 1 Samuel,...

When social distancing has you missing the comfort of community, remember that God does not need...

This week's reading has really spoken to a piece of my Neumann experience. One idea that...

I’ve been attending Catholic school for, now, 17 years. I like to say that my faith is strong, but...

The word reverence, like most words, carries a different meaning depending on the context. When...

The women’s tennis team lives out Neumann’s definition of Reverence, by trying to honor the worth...

Neumann University Men’s Lacrosse exemplifies reverence both on and off the field by showing...

Our team embodies the meaning of reverence completely. Reverence to us is appreciating everyone’s...

Most people associate reverence with saying please and thank you and being nice. That is all...

The Women’s lacrosse team put our own twist on this reflection, as all our seniors came together to...

"If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too...

Reflection is a necessary part of learning about oneself and creating a stronger relationship with...

In this week’s readings, one line stood out to me from the book of Hebrews, “Because he himself was...

I have been given the opportunity to travel to Lafayette, Louisiana with Campus Ministry to serve...

This week, we are featuring individual reflections from members of our San Damiano Program! During...

Reverence is the first value of our RISES values that Neumann has implemented into our culture as...

As the men’s hockey team, we define reverence in a few different ways. An example of this is not...

Our team defines reverence by respecting ourselves, our other team members, our coaches and our...

Through Neumann University’s core values of RISES, our community lives out the actions which these...

In consideration of what reverence means to the roller hockey team, we take it further then its...

As many of you know this is the first time in about 5 years since the university has had a club...

The women’s basketball team defines reverence by honoring one another on the basketball court. This...

Reverence is the first value of our RISES values that Neumann has implemented into our culture as...

The Men’s Basketball team defines REVERENCE as being able to show and demonstrate a deep level of...

The Neumann Esports team defines reverence as treating everyone as we want to be treated, teammate...

The first reading from this week’s Mass discusses God’s love for all of his followers. In the...

Going to a Catholic university is something that is really important to me. When I applied to...

High regard, admiration, deep or high respect for someone or something, that’s how we, the Neumann...

Reverence is something that we believe the sport of cross country embodies. Our goal is to get from...

The core value of Reverence, by Neumann’s definition, is to honor the worth and dignity of those...

Being a part of NUVB for these past 2 seasons has shown me the true meaning of RISES; the R...

Neumann’s woman soccer exemplifies reverence on and off the field. Each individual, and our team...

For our team, reverence means to show respect to each other and to opposing teams on the field. The...

In the reading of Luke 16:1-13, the parable of the dishonest steward, a rich man deals with two...

This week’s responsorial psalm, second reading, and Gospel all share one common theme:...

Come MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Kitendo Children's Charity, Naivasha, Kenya I have always known that I was a people person. I had...

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming The purpose of the San Damiano program is to serve as St. Francis...

Orfanato Valle De Los Angeles, Guatemala During our closing prayer service at Valley of the Angels...

Habitat For Humanity: Fort Collins, Colorado This past June, I had the privilege of spending a week...

Carmen Pampa, Bolivia (June 2017) My Service Immersion Trip to Carmen Pampa, Bolivia was an amazing...

In the gospel tonight, Luke states, “Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them ‘Peace be...

This year has had a lot of ups and downs for me. My family is not very religious, so we were not...

As a full-time volunteer, there is so much I am grateful for and so much I have appreciated from...

This Sunday is the fifth Sunday in Lent. The readings this week talk about doing something new and...

This Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent. During this Lenten season, I have been participating in...

“For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it...

Habitat for Humanity: Lafayette, Louisiana By: Annie McCaskill '19 If someone told me when I...

The Neumann University Club Baseball team is using a baseball glove as a symbol of stewardship...