This Sunday repeats the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent Am 3 11 while the first two readings are selected for the feast Though celebrated from the fifth century in the Eastern church the Transfiguration was introduced into the Western calendar only in 1457 to celebrate the victory over t
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Good Food and Great Leftovers
The accounts of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes offer ample material for reflection and prayer. Jesus meets that most basic human need, hunger, and does so with largess and compassion
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Shepherds Needed
Throughout church history, pastoring (shepherding) has been a prime image for leadership and care, and today pastoral ministry includes not only those named or ordained as pastors but many who follow different calls to serve and lead others.
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No Carry-Ons Allowed
Awareness of God’s call, traveling light and risking rejection, these are the carry-ons for true prophets.
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You Can’t Go Home Again, Yeshua
Today’s Gospel provides a window into the life of the pre-Easter Jesus.
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Two Lives Restored
The Jesus who emerges from these stories is one who is compassionate in the face of human suffering and who makes the needs of these sufferers the norm for his action, to the disregard of social taboos and conventions.
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A People of the Covenant
Two themes echo throughout the readings: covenant and sacrifice.
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A Living God Present in Spirit and Power
The readings offer directions for proclaiming the presence of the Spirit in the church.
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Most Holy Trinity
The Trinity presents a series of paradoxes. It is the central mystery of Christian faith, yet its power in Christian life gets lost amid a tangle of theological distinctions and philosophical speculation.
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Jesus’ Last Will and Testament
The first reading captures the meaning of today rsquo s liturgical celebration Matthias not one of the original followers of Jesus is chosen to be a witness to the resurrection From Easter to Pentecost all the readings in effect present different aspects of what it means to be such a witness The