This reflection will be coming soon. Until then, here is a reflection by Dennis Hamm, S.J. from 2011 for this day.|There are just two charcoal fires in the whole Bible, and they are both in the Gospel of John. The first ...

It can be hard to have faith. We might waver sometimes or feel our faith isn't as strong as it should be. We ask why when bad things happen to people we love or when the world's cruelty overwhelms us. In the first reading, ...

|Sometimes, I don't understand God. I don't understand the Gospel. What is God trying to tell me in this parable? Bewildered about how to write a reflection on something I wasn't sure I could interpret, I looked up some ...

Faith. I think we test our faith everyday. We find it hard to have the faith of the centurion in today's gospel, whose faith is so strong that he is willing to turn everything over to God. The words echo the words we say ...

This reflection will be coming soon. Until then, here is a reflection from Carol Zuegner on this Sunday in 2013.|We are in a time of waiting, of anticipation, of hope. And the words of Isaiah in the first reading are such ...

|We often search for signs, for some kind of indication that we are doing the right thing, making the right decision, heading down the right path. It would be helpful if those signs could be as visible as the one Moses ...

Today's readings bring back fond memories of my father, Chuck, who would tell my three siblings and I that God loves a cheerful giver and a cheerful doer. This usually accompanied a request for various chores or jobs around ...

This reflection will be coming soon. Until then, here is a reflection on this day in 2012 by Andy Alexander, S.J.|And he did not work many mighty deeds there|because of their lack of faith. - Mt 13|We have a remarkable ...

The story of the Good Samaritan is one we all know. The stranger comes to the aid of a person beaten and robbed, left at the side of the road. Others pass by, hurriedly, one would imagine, averting their eyes. But the ...

Today's gospel reminds me of the words we say often in prayer: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. We rely on the mercy of God to forgive us as we often stumble in the world. We don't ...