|"A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house."|Mark|Everyone who has lived in a small town or some other tight knit social community can empathize with Jesus in ...

|"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 ...

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. ...

Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; I am on trial for home in the resurrection of the dead."|Acts of the ...

After the wind there was an earthquake – but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire – but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound." 1 Kings|As people ...

"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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

"Rather blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it."|Luke|When I was a kid in the 1950's, I felt pretty smug because I had the good fortune to be born Catholic. Like many other Catholics, I believed we had ...