The Good Word

The Transfiguration of Jesus is a story meant to light hope in the reader nbsp Each of the Synoptics – today we look to Luke – nbsp wants to have his Gospel speak of this extraordinary event nbsp Indeed extraordinary for there is nothing like it anywhere in the rest of Jesus public life The

In Luke s Gospel Jesus undergoes three temptations these are the same temptations Matthew reports nbsp While Satan s words to Jesus are meaningful what makes most sense of the story are the three answers of Jesus indeed they help makes best sense of Satan s intentions nbsp Satan s first sug

There are many ways in which Paul speaks of what Christ has done for us justification transformation glorification redemption salvation freedom and reconciliation There are more terms which Paul uses but I want to focus on reconciliation which is used in the Second Reading for Ash Wednesda

By whatever name it is called Carnival Fat Tuesday Shrove Tuesday Fastnacht people know Mardi Gras whether Catholic or not Whether they know the purpose of it is another matter since Mardi Gras in New Orleans the best known example of the celebration in North America seems to be a celebrat

You want love on St Valentine rsquo s Day You rsquo ve come to the right place No they do not call me Dr Love least of all my wife who has the most and best information I introduce you to St Paul and his account of the significance of Jesus Christ rsquo s resurrection the one who loves us

The Gospel passage for today Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mark 7 24-30 deals with Jesus rsquo encounter with the Syro-Phoenician woman whose Matthean parallel I blogged about on three different occasions last Lent here here and here In Mark rsquo s version as in Matthew rsquo

The relationship of Jesus to the Torah the Law of Moses is a decidedly complex issue in general In the case of specifics such as the kosher or dietary laws it can be just as complex The Gospel reading for the Memorial of Saint Scholastica virgin February 10 Mark 7 14-23 is indeed complex

The Gospel reading for the Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mark 7 1-13 nbsp raises the issue of tradition the theme of my last post on 1 Corinthians 15 1-13 but in this context it is raised in terms of condemnation At least a superficial or initial reading points to condemnation of

You must sing the title as in Fiddler on the Roof Go back and try it if you did not this blog post will improve greatly with the sound of the song ringing in your ears Paul s beautiful demonstration of the reality of Christ rsquo s resurrection is based on the tradition of the early Church of w

This Sunday we have the second half of a story Luke means to introduce in a schematical way the entire rest of his Gospel nbsp Jesus had explained the purpose of his Baptism to announce a year which signaled God s good will a year of nbsp beginning a new covenant of divine union with God s peopl