I was standing in a video store in Indiana about ten years ago when I struck up a conversation with a stranger. This woman and I had started chatting about superficial things, the weather, the video choices, etc., when the ...

The Gospel for today addresses the question: Who is the Greatest? The setting is a discussion of Jesus with the disciples. The text says:|"An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them was the greatest. ...

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore ...

Psalm 1: 1-2, 3, 4, 6 "Those who follow you Lord will have the light of life!"||To follow the true light of life, Jesus that Burning Babe, it helps to know something about false lights that lead us astray.|Ignis fatuus ...

" . . . I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord . . . "||" . . . you did not repent . . ."|The name of the Lord is Jesus and this name is "Yahweh ...

By now, it's quite likely that your Christmas tree is up and most of your holiday lights and decorations have transformed your home into a place of beauty. But you're tired. You've tromped through too many malls looking ...

"Hark! My lover-here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills."||People who are in love sometimes do amazing things. Love is an energy which propels people to do things they didn't think they could ...

The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field ... like a merchant searching for fine pearls ... like a net thrown into the sea||Jesus transforms our thinking about the reign of God. He does not want us to ...

Today's readings speak to me about service, giving of oneself to others for the greater glory of God. Moses serves his people by listening to God's voice and then following His instructions in building a Dwelling for the ...

I am a vegetarian. I choose not to eat meat because of moral reasons. I do not personally want to be responsible for the death of animals, and if they had to die so I could eat them or wear their fur or skin, I am responsible ...