We hear the words of God speaking through the prophet Jeremiah in today's first reading during the Roman Catholic Liturgy. There are presented two geographical landscapes. The first represents those who trust only in ...

When I look for the thread that holds so much of life together, it is the thread of love: learning or seeking or failing to love. Is it all about love? Love: the cheapest coin of the realm, the huckster's cry, the confetti, ...

Today us the celebration of all the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus. Many Jesuits also commemorate today those brothers in Christ who are saints with a small s, those who lived out their Jesuit and Christian ...

Wisdom 6, 1-11|"Desire therefore my words; long for them and you shall be instructed."|This passage from the book of Wisdom opens with a long exhortation addressed to kings, magistrates and princes of all the earth. They ...

'Great' (or Conflicting) Expectations?||" ... So, when Jesus arrived in Galilee, it was the Galileans who welcomed him, because they themselves had been at the feast of Cana and had seen all that he had done ... That's why ...

We Are Sacred and Holy||I appreciate how the daily scripture readings chosen by the Church cycle around. Each time they come around we have the potential to gain new insights from the scriptures. Today's readings are ...

"Zacchaeus, you little thief, what are you doing up in that tree? Come on down here with the rest of us. You're afraid of us, aren't you? How ironic. You squeeze us for money, to send to your friends in Rome, but where ...

In the first reading, Ezekiel's vision of the life-giving waters of the River of God and the healing waters of the Sheep Pool in the Gospel reading may initially lull us into a mood of contentment. The behavior of some of ...

Today's readings are both about recognizing God and responding appropriately to God. In the preceding passages in Jeremiah, God tells Jeremiah to remind the people that they have ignored God's covenant and rules. They ...

Have you ever seen or been part of a new birth? Perhaps it was the birth of a baby, maybe even your own child; perhaps it was the birth of an animal; or perhaps it was a "rebirth" of a relationship, of restored health, or ...