Fr. Ron Rolheiser, in his book, “The Holy Longing,” talks about the importance of letting go of something we love so that it can bless us. He uses the image […]
This week’s Gospel is a short section from the last discourse of Jesus presented in the Gospel according to John. The whole discourse is about three chapters long; John thought […]
“Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth.” What if each one of us substituted our own name for John’s? What would we see? Jay is an […]
One of the things we hear time and again in the Acts of the Apostles is that the number of believers grew. We hear it again today in our first […]
In today’s Gospel, we find Peter and some of the other disciples fishing. Now, these were experienced fishermen. They knew something about their craft. For them to catch nothing was […]
The Gospel for the second Sunday of Easter tells how Jesus encountered doubting Thomas. The other disciples told Thomas that they had seen the risen Lord. Thomas’ reaction is disbelief […]
While we are accustomed to hearing the Easter story as recorded in the Gospel of John, there is a second option which may be read in the afternoon on Easter […]
There is a time to be silent and a time to speak up. At least that’s one takeaway from our two Gospels proclaimed during the Palm Sunday liturgy. Jesus’ entry […]
The woman was caught “in the very act of committing adultery.” Did you ever wonder where the man involved was while all of this was going on? Perhaps he was […]
In addition to being one of the most familiar Gospel passages, the story of the loving father from Luke 15:11-32 is a classic of world literature, often appearing in anthologies […]