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. ...

What did those apostles eat for breakfast that morning? Was there some special food they ate that suddenly gave them such courage? In today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we see the same friends of Jesus ...

Today's reading of the loaves and the fishes flooded me with memories from my formative years as I find this scripture one of the most accessible and vivid readings to a child. I remember times when I was amazed that Jesus ...

|My mind kept wandering as I read and reread today's readings.  Usually I spot a theme the first time I go through the readings, but not with today's. There were so many avenues to explore, my mind bounced from idea to ...

|It may not sound like it at first, but the closing part of the gospel reading is particularly challenging for us today: Jesus speaks and commands with authority and power. When we see flyers announcing lectures, we often ...

|Call it the luck of the draw, but I was previously asked to reflect on today's readings. I reviewed my prior reflection and thought it might be worth repeating, in part.|We have all heard the expressions, "if we all just ...

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 ...

“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 ...

|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 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 ...