Matthew 25:1-13 This story is about preparation. The foolish were foolish because they did not invest their whole life in God. They only made a partial, tentative commitment. In all ages the fool dwells in a garden of roses oblivious of the thorns! We are warned today to live lives of preparedness. God did not …
Matthew 25:1-13 This story is about preparation. The foolish were foolish because they did not invest their whole life in God. They only made a partial, tentative commitment. In all ages the fool dwells in a garden of roses oblivious of the thorns! We are warned today to live lives of preparedness. God did not …
Matthew 24:42-51 The gospel presents life lived with the expectation of God’s return. We see a picture of a servant living faithfully and carefully while he waits for the return of his own master. What is seen is an image for our own life of faith. We are that servant waiting for the final appearing …
Matthew 24:42-51 The gospel presents life lived with the expectation of God’s return. We see a picture of a servant living faithfully and carefully while he waits for the return of his own master. What is seen is an image for our own life of faith. We are that servant waiting for the final appearing …
The Passion of Saint John the Baptist Mark 6:17-29 John the Baptist stands revealed before us in this gospel passage. He stands as a man of courage. John was a man who preferred death to falsehood. He lived for the truth and he died for the truth. He brought the voice of God to people …
The Passion of Saint John the Baptist Mark 6:17-29 John the Baptist stands revealed before us in this gospel passage. He stands as a man of courage. John was a man who preferred death to falsehood. He lived for the truth and he died for the truth. He brought the voice of God to people …
Saint Augustine Matthew 23:23-26 Jesus here is calling for a shake-up of our religious lives, a deep examination of our consciences. For how much more comfortable it is to do the little things well than to make real sacrifices. To get all things into right perspective may cause us to face up to what we …
Saint Monica Matthew 23:13-22 Before we use this gospel to expose the hypocrisy and inconsistencies in the lives of others, we may miss how these words of Jesus speak to us. Dare we allow Jesus’ words to search the dark corners of our own life of faith? Might we hear Jesus saying “woe” over us? …
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:60-69 If your understanding of Catholicism is a philosophy that you must accept, you will probably walk away. If you only see Catholicism as a theory to which we must give allegiance, you will undoubtedly leave. If for you Catholicism is something that is arrived at intellectually, there is …
Saint Joseph Calasanz Matthew 23:1-12 There are some Catholics today who sit in judgment over others who do not fit their understanding of what the practice of Catholicism should be. Jesus was constantly confronted with those whose attitude excluded others. Does our practice of religion enable us to accept people who do not think and …
