The Good Word

Does the Apostle Paul help us understand what rsquo s going on in Denver You might ask what rsquo s going on in Denver Two children preschoolers whose parents are lesbians are not going to be able to continue their education in the Catholic school at Sacred Heart of Jesus parish The reasons o

One looks for a glimmer of hope in this Sunday s Gospel reading nbsp The reading unfolds as a remembrance of two of Jesus threatening statements and one of his parables nbsp The threats nbsp from Jesus are the results of a certain way an audience tells Jesus about Galilean blood that Pilate ev

I am in the midst of teaching a seminar that considers among other things the perceived and often undeniable violence involved in Christian interpretation of the Hebrew Bible And I recently attended the feast of Purim at a conservative synagogue mdash quite a different experience from hearing a

There are numerous positives to blogging on the scripture people actually read what you have written the time between writing and publishing is not measured in months and years but in minutes and you can write in a less formal style than is required by academia allowing you often to bridge hear

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