“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 ...

"If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."||This directive from Jesus in this gospel used to mess me up as a kid. ...

As I've read through the readings for November 4th, these passages have most impressed me:||From Philippians: 2:13 "because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose."|From Psalm ...

Just imagine the joy the people of Israel must have experienced when the prophet Isaiah told them that a new day was dawning.  A day when the deaf shall hear and the blind shall see and the tyrant will be gone and the ...

John's story of Jesus feeding a large crowd is similar to Mark's story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. There are some details that differ but essentially they seem to set forth the same view of Jesus and his disciples. ...

|"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

|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 ...