Scripture scholars agree that the multiplication of loaves and fishes in John's gospel is really John's way of reflecting upon Jesus' giving his disciples His Body and His Blood during his final Passover Meal with them. ...

Throughout his public life here on earth, Jesus drew large crowds to follow him on his travels around the land of Israel. The miracles that Jesus worked and the preaching and teaching that he did caused the crowds to follow ...

|"The Lord is my light and my salvation."  So rings the psalm for today's daily readings.  It is the song of many a saint.  Whom should I fear?  Is there reason to be afraid?  The psalmist's response is, simply, to place ...

“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” This verse from today’s Gospel message in John 6 is the reaction of many to Jesus, as he turned five loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands. We ...

|In the birth of Jesus, God brought light into a dark world. Several of our New Testament writers say this in different ways. John takes a cosmic point of view: the eternal Word, through whom all things were created, was ...

In Matthew's gospel from Sunday, October 27th, we are reminded that the greatest commandment is to love God as well as to love our neighbor as ourselves.|Relationship is being human ... we are not made to be islands unto ...

Following Jesus as his disciple is not easy - then or now!||In the gospels Jesus never left his followers with the impression that being his disciple would be easy. He realized that it would involve a radical break with ...

It is not easy to be a follower of Jesus. It wasn't in Jesus' own day, and it isn't today.||Following Jesus for the original disciples meant breaking away from father, mother, wife, children, sisters, brothers -- and all ...

|Sometimes the readings can be confusing.  However, today's readings hit me right between the eyes.  In Isaiah, the Lord encourages believers through Isaiah.  "And out of the gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall ...

In the selection from St. Luke's gospel for today's liturgy, Jesus' words are addressed to "great crowds" traveling with him. He tells them what it means to be his disciple. Clearly it is not for everyone; discipleship ...