So the owner of the vineyard pays the workers who bore the burden and heat of the day the same salary he paid the guys who were hired at five o'clock in the evening. No one can hear that parable about the workers in the ...

PRE PRAYERING | For those preparing to enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, the readings for today form the context for the second Sunday of "the Scrutinies." The candidates for entrance are asked to, or more ...

Our five senses can and do trick our brains into thinking something is one reality when it is actually another. Your taste can tell you it is a hamburger when in fact it has no meat at all. Your touching fingers may convey ...

In today's first reading, two elders, who double as judges, attempt to seduce the innocent Susanna. Being Joachim's wife, she refuses their advances and cries out for help. When her protectors arrive, the lecherous old men ...

"I myself will look after and tend my sheep." (Ez 34:11)||"The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want." (Ps 23:1) |"Are you envious because I am generous?" (Mt 20:15) |For me today's readings are summed up in ...

GOD'S MERCY|In Daniel we see how astutely Daniel questions the two church elders to see if they are lying about Susanna. They were. Susanna did not lie, tell a falsehood, nor lie down for the elders. She was innocent. She ...

PRE-PRAYERING | While sitting in the waiting areas of airports, I listen to all the names which are announced through out the concourses asking this person and that to go there or back to the ticket counter. I have never ...

PRE-PRAYERING || Young men who are making formal application for entrance into the Jesuits are interviewed by four different members of the Society. One such Jesuit interviewing me so many years ago asked if I thought I ...

In today's readings, the theme of invitation draws us into the freedom that Jesus offers us.|The first reading from Isaiah promises the beleaguered people of Israel that not only will their lives be filled with food and ...

We have all heard the age-old expressions, "if we all just chip in a little," or "many hands make for light work," and we know the intended results thereof. In today's digital world there is even a name for this – "crowd ...