John J. Kilgallen

Luke chose to present three stories in his Resurrection chapter 24 nbsp The middle one has to do with the two disciples who are leaving Jerusalem because they no longer believe Jesus to have been anyone but a prophet a good man but now permanently dead nbsp Two moments of the story are emphasiz

As Holy Week approaches we will hear of that death for others which is the assurance of salvation for all of us Indeed at the center of every liturgy is the presence of Jesus as he was in his last moments given for you poured out for you Two other thoughts tradition has found in the passio

To begin Lent the Church asks us to consider the three temptations that Jesus underwent in the desert according to Matthew and Luke nbsp What is important about the scene of the temptations is the answers Jesus gives to each temptation nbsp If you read again Jesus s responses to them it will

Many avocations contribute greatly to the well-being of all of us to whatever happiness we might have on this earth Among these avoctions is teaching And a great promoter of teaching us when we first need learning is John Bosco His feast day January 31 recalls the vital significance of teac

St Luke tells about the conversion then missioning of St Paul on three different occasions Acts 9 22 and 26 nbsp Though the number of details which change in these three accounts is great there is one repeated phrase which runs through them all nbsp Saul Saul why do you persecute Me nb

Mark 3 1-6 the Gospel for today tells of Jesus curing of a withered hand In itself a noteworthy miracle an expression of good will of love But Mark sets the miracle in a context of controversy they continued to watch to see if Jesus would cure on the Sabbath and once he cured t

We now enjoy public discussion about a Mass in which the priest faces ad orientem some like to refer to this position as with his back to the people while others like to refer to this position as towards the east itself a reference to the direction from which in olden times God was ex

There is a static way of considering the Baptism of the Lord particularly in art and in liturgical story-telling nbsp In these forms the Baptism is looked at or read as a story complete in itself nbsp But the Gospel-writers for all their differences in nbsp describing the event of Jesus

As indicated in an earlier blog in THE GOOD WORD there are a number of passages in the writings of St Paul which suggest understandings of and limitations on women that seem unreasonable nbsp It is too long a project to analyze here all of these passages – indeed a fair and final nbsp evaluat

When asked to paint the Sistine Chapel in Rome Michelangelo followed a scheme in which he alternates Jewish prophets with pagan oracles nbsp His goal was to offer the viewer the Christian belief that all wisdom whether it be Jewish or pagan looks to one person Jesus Christ himself also