The disciples of Jesus were not pursuing ideas as they were coming to love and to understand a person.
The Good Word
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The line between sin and holiness is not drawn at the doors of the church.
Consider the countless souls, those alive today and all those in generations past, who have never been given an opportunity to respond to the Gospel the church preaches.
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Shunning the sinful is still division.
Once you allow a notion of yours, however right and righteous, to separate you from the community, you have become the victim of sin. You are not its solution.
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Epiphany Saves Christmas from Sentimentality
The three are equally telling: here is the promised Messiah; here is the very presence of God; and here is the one who has come among us to die.
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Make your life a chapter in the Gospel, the story of salvation
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Holy Family
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In Christ’s Mass, it is always Christmas
When we come to Eucharist at Christmas, we believe that time warps in upon itself. Christ is born today, is baptized today, dies today, rises today.
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George Floyd died crying out to his mother. So did Jesus.
What does it mean to bear a son? What did it mean for her, and what does it mean for us?
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John the Baptist died certain that Christ was his home. Will we?
A reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent
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The Immaculate Conception reminds us: We are not destined for disappointment
Hope does not exist to torment us. No, it calls us home.
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The church must always bring Christ’s comfort to the world
On the Second Sunday of Advent, the Prophet Isaiah reminds us that the church is ordained to be Christ’s hands extended to the poor, the neglected, the excluded.