nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The Gospel reading for the Feast of the Assumption is the Visitation that meeting made up of Elizabeth rsquo s words of greeting to Mary and Mary rsquo s poetic response to Elizabeth nbsp As is elsewhere so often the case we cannot understand this story without rec

In the early 1970s there was an edition of Readers Digest that told how a jet crashed in the Andes Mountains It was a good case study in moral reasoning The issue was that some of the survivors of that crash resorted to cannibalism to survive The question the author posed was Is it ever ethical

20th Sunday of OT Year B The liturgy continues to offer us portions of John rsquo s Gospel on feeding and eating bread and Eucharist paired with various OT readings on God rsquo s provision of food loaves multiplying for Elisha rsquo s people manna in the wilderness baked bread for Elijah to

I must admit that I do not know much about St Clare whose Memorial we celebrate today though I had the distinct joy of spending a January day wandering with my wife and youngest son through Assissi in 2008 and learning something about St Francis and St Clare I have only the knowledge I gained

The Gospel section chosen for this Sunday is John 6 41-51 and is a continuation of the revelation Jesus had already given when he identified himself as the bread of life and the bread come down from heaven nbsp The passage of his speech which we read now is made up of two distinct parts nbsp

Some passages seem to need so much commentary to enter into their complex recesses to pull out hidden guidance while others seem to hide their wisdom in plain view shimmering on the surface Let s try this one as a test case All bitterness fury anger shouting and revilingmust be removed from