There is a practice in Christian Spirituality, that suggests that, when we encounter a parable of Jesus, we imagine ourselves as one of the characters in the story. This idea is particularly popular with the parable of the Prodigal Son. The father has two sons, both of whom have, as …
Why do we go to Mass on Sunday? Take a minute and think about that, about the reason you should go to Mass on Sunday. Most Christians, Catholics and Protestants, go to church on the weekend because their parents made them go as they grew up. However, as adults, we …
In today’s Gospel, Jesus is on his way up to Jerusalem. Jesus has made this trek every year to celebrate the Jewish Pilgrimage Feast of Passover. This will be His last pilgrimage and He knows it. This year He is going to Jerusalem to fulfill all the Passover expectations since …
A few days ago, I went to visit one of our parishioners in the hospital. I was chatting with a hospital worker who commented that living in the United States was hitting the lottery. Living in the United States is indeed a blessing. However, more and more we hear of …
Our first reading today speaks of the persecution of the prophet Jeremiah by the Israelites of his time – persecution for standing by, and speaking, the truth that God had revealed to him. Jeremiah’s fidelity to God was first and foremost in his life as it should be in our …
This week we are reminded that faith is not merely a set of beliefs. Rather faith is a way of knowing. It is a way of being. When we say of certain individuals that they surely live their faith, we can appreciate how faith is a form of action. God …
