"But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance." Luke 7|One holy day I went to Mass with a ...

Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; I am on trial for home in the resurrection of the dead."|Acts of the ...

After the wind there was an earthquake – but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire – but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound." 1 Kings|As people ...

"Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant." - Matthew 20|During his years as president of Creighton, Fr. John Schlegel S.J. raised millions of dollars to transform the campus with new buildings and programs. ...

It's sad and somewhat ironical. Progressing from childhood to adulthood is in many ways a journey of learning to trust less and less. We find out the hard way that some people lie and cheat and that not everyone loves us. ...

|When we got bored during a high school religion class, we would try to tie our teacher up in a theological tangle like whether it counted to baptize a baby with orange juice in a car that broke down in the desert. With ...

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there recall that your brother|has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother and then come and offer your gift. ...

"And behold I am with you always, until the end of the age." - Matthew 28|In my mind's eye, I imagine myself stumbling across a small group of men and their leader on a mountain in Galilee 2,000 years ago.|The men were ...

|"A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house."|Mark|Everyone who has lived in a small town or some other tight knit social community can empathize with Jesus in ...

"I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy; I will espouse you in fidelity and you shall know the LORD.|Hosea|As I write this the day after the horrific shootings ...