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 ...

"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 ...

"Whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." - 1 John 4|Every now and then I see him from a distance at the gym we both belong to – the man who betrayed me for many years. I ...

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, ...

"Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word." Acts|On the morning that my father died, all six of his children went to work.  We remembered that he had always told us: "No matter what happens, you have ...

What fun today's readings are! They almost sing and invite us to do the same. Their message is one which all of us need constantly: that if we believe and hope in God, even in the worst of times, there's a brighter day ...

"Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew||Thank heaven no one demands that ...

This morning I said farewell to a "mustard seed."|Her name is Mei Li and for the past couple of years, she has brightened the mornings of the regulars at Creighton's Kiewit Fitness Center with her warm greetings at the ...

"Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life."|| John During World War II, two roommates at the University of Nebraska split up to room with two other women. ...