2nd Sunday of Lent – Transfiguration Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. This wonderfully ambiguous sentence launches us into a very profound event in Jesus’ ministry, an event that is more about the disciples then Jesus, and more about us than we realize. So, the first question is – who is doing…
Today we continue to listen to Jesus’ so-called Sermon on the Plain, in which Luke gathers up a number of favorite sayings of Jesus and has Him stand and deliver. more
Deacon Peter’s Presentation on Luke: The Gospel of Healing and Forgiveness
There are many possible themes to explore in today’s readings – everything from Jesus’ first miracle to the amazing insights of St. Paul as he talks about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. more
Christmas season is short! We cram an awful lot of amazing scripture into a very few days. more
When we’re successful, we rarely listen to God’s word. Here’s another way to think about it… Read: 2nd Sunday Advent – December 9, 2018
In the midst of the scary predictions of the end times, Jesus tells the story of the budding fig tree. Why? Read: 33rd Sunday November 18, 2018
In the patriarchal societies in which these two widows lived, widowhood was an especially dangerous condition. When a woman married, she left the safety of her household and became dependent on her husband. If her husband died, she not only lost her partner, she lost her source of income, her economic standing, her social support, and likely her inheritance rights. No wonder…
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time B (Is 35:4-7; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37) By John H. Howard, C.J.M Although the words of Scriptures we read today were written long ago, God always speak to us in the present. When it was proclaimed by the prophets or by Jesus himself, it had an immediate application but also…
“He instructed them to take nothing for the journey.” When Jesus sent his Apostles out, He sent them “two by two,” and He basically commanded them to take nothing on the journey: “no food, no sack, no money in their belts.” The point of the Lord is that all they needed was to trust in God. Jesus more or less says the same thing to us.…