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. ...

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 "...'...you are children of the light...For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may ...

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 ...

This weekend as I was still in the throes of cleaning up the yard, I marveled at some of the flowers still hanging on and some of the new greenery responding to warmer temperatures. Yet, here I am writing for the first ...

'But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest', Isaiah 29:17.||This metaphor used in the first sentence of this passage illustrates the hope of God's salvation ...

The readings from both Isaiah and Matthew are fairly clear, so I would like to focus on the psalm instead. Individual lines here summarize and encapsulate elements of the spiritual life that we can lose sight of in the ...

Paul here shows a fatherly love in his correction of the Christian community in Thessalonica. It would seem that he is trying to deal with a tendency that was not unique to this group of believers, a yearning to tie the ...

As happens many times when I contemplate the readings before I write these short reflections, something from everyday life inextricably meshes in my mind with the words of scripture. So too with these passages for today. ...

Jesus spoke and acted with authority: "He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority." And again, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he ...

Readings like these always give me a jolt. On the one hand, they contain promises of deliverance and beatitude for the children of the light. On the other hand, they warn of a coming wrath in which God will surprise the ...