What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its ...

"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 ...

|"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 ...

If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy not sacrifice,|you would not have condemned these innocent men." - Matthew|On one of those Sundays in July when it was a toss-up whether the heat or the humidity was worse, the ...

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."|Matthew|As ...

"Do not ask me to abandon or forsake you for wherever you go, I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my God."|Book of Ruth|As I savor this passage from the Book of Ruth, I ...

"If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." Matthew||Rejoice all ye of modest nobility! We can still make it into heaven even if we never become martyrs or spend a year working with the Missionaries of Charity ...

"The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted." Matthew||Every morning a year ago, I'd sit on my couch watching for my colleague Carol to ...

I will heal their defection, says the Lord, I will love them freely; for my wrath is turned away from them. Hosea||My mother is a brilliant, quiet, wise woman who just turned 90. No matter what one of her six kids has done, ...

It's amazing what can happen to people when they turn their fears over to God and invite him into their lives as Tobiah and Sarah did in today's moving passage from the Book of Tobias.|I didn't originally plan to write ...