Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there recall that your brother|has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother and then come and offer your gift. ...

|"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,|you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child|is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.|Matthew 18|When I was about two, I ...

"But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance." Luke 7|One holy day I went to Mass with a ...

"And behold I am with you always, until the end of the age." - Matthew 28|In my mind's eye, I imagine myself stumbling across a small group of men and their leader on a mountain in Galilee 2,000 years ago.|The men were ...

It's sad and somewhat ironical. Progressing from childhood to adulthood is in many ways a journey of learning to trust less and less. We find out the hard way that some people lie and cheat and that not everyone loves us. ...

"I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy; I will espouse you in fidelity and you shall know the LORD.|Hosea|As I write this the day after the horrific shootings ...

Years ago, my mother laid down a dictum to her six children concerning Mother's Day. Don't call or send flowers if we hadn't been in touch regularly during the rest of the year. Honoring her on Mother's Day was fine but ...

There are a great many wonderful things whose workings I don't understand, but I trust them to operate as promised. I've just turned on this computer and letters are appearing on this screen when I push buttons just like ...

False Gods.|It's instantly obvious that this is the theme of today's readings. Do I get an "A" for the correct diagnosis?|So what do we make of this in our lives? We haven't been tempted to worship a Golden Calf in a long ...

For many Christians, the road to faith runs through doubt. As today's readings remind us, even the apostles doubted before they believed.||"She (Mary Magdalene) went and told [Jesus'] companions who were mourning and ...