WELLSPRING
Fransalian Center for Spirituality
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
PSALM 46:10
Wellspring is a Catholic spirituality center, located in Whitehouse, Texas, that offers spiritual growth opportunities such as classes and retreats and promotes contemplative spirituality. The center is owned and operated by The Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales and operates on a basic vision that all of God’s people are called to holiness and that it is possible for all to live a contemplative life style while being active in ministry.
RETREATS
OUR MASSES
RETREATS
LENTEN RETREAT
​Saturday, February 14, 2026
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
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As we journey through the season
of Lent, you are invited to join us
as we strive to learn what God is calling
forth from us as we remember and
celebrate the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus.
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Fr. Gus Tharappel will
guide the retreat.
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To register, please email us at retreatsatwellspring@gmail.com
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masses
SUNDAY MASSES
9:00 am and 5:00 pm
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DAILY MASSES
Monday - Friday
6:45 am
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The Mother of Compassion Shrine
is open daily for
prayer and reflection.
Third sunday in ordinarytime
REFLECTIONS FOR PRAYER AND WORSHIP
January 25, 2026
Brothers and Sisters,
This year, we follow cycle A of our Sunday Lectionary. It is the year of the Gospel of Mathew. I want to take a moment to introduce Mathew and his Gospel at the beginning of this season. Mathew wrote in Antioch (Syria) between 70-90 A.D. for Christians of Jewish background. Mathew's profile of Jesus was influenced by the fact that he wrote mainly for Jews. They were deeply interested in how Jesus' teaching fit in with that of Moses. So, Mathew stresses how Jesus brought the teaching of Moses to fulfillment (Mathew 5:17).
Mathew has chosen an extraordinary way to begin his Gospel. To the Jew genealogy was the most natural, interesting and essential way to begin the story of man’s life. This was because the Jew placed great importance on the purity of lineage. For us however, it means much more than purity of lineage – it is about our connection to our heritage, our rootedness in “purity” and “simplicity” of faith, our connection to a tradition that has been tested and proved to be good and true. It means that we have roots, a history and a tradition of faith and that we have a ground to stand on! We have something and someone to remember! We have our story of faith and hope and love – we have our story of redemption and salvation.
It was the dream of the common people that a descendant of David would lead them to glory. And Jesus was the fulfillment of that dream. Many saw the answer to their dream in power, in wealth, in material plenty, in the realization of personal ambitions, etc. Jesus came to the common folks who dreamed of peace.
The Genealogy in Mathew 1:1-17 is arranged in three sections, reflecting three great stages in Jewish history. The first section takes the history from Abraham to David, fourteen generations; the second from David to the Babylonian Exile, fourteen generations; and the third from Babylonian Exile to the coming of the Messiah, fourteen generations. We can even recognize something symbolic about the whole of human life in the way the three stages are arranged: (1) Man was birthed for greatness (creation); (2) Man lost his greatness (de-creation); (3) Man was restored to greatness (re-creation).
To read more of this Sunday’s reflection, please click on the links below…..
daily meditations
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Click on the date to read Fr. Gus' meditations
on the Scripture readings of the daily Mass.
