If you are reading this in the United States, than you may be dealing with the day-after memory of our annual Thanksgiving Day! Be it family gathering with new and oft-repeated stories, emotional and gastronomical feasting, ...

Today's gospel is hard to get a handle on. Jesus is actually talking directly to his disciples here, but in the bigger picture, aren't we all disciples? And he tells them that things will be hard for them. They will be ...

I remember, as a child, hearing about Daniel in the Lion's den and I visualized a picture I remember of Daniel sitting on a rock and "petting the lion" I certainly was not aware of what preceded Daniel being with the lion, ...

PRE-PRAYERING|Somebody once said that the best way to break a habit is to drop it. I cracked my knuckles when I was young and it drove my grandma crazy. I wonder if that is why I did it. There are all kinds of physical ...

How does the Lord reveal himself to us? The Psalmist says the Lord reveals himself through his saving power and wondrous deeds. And he reveals himself to us with kindness and faithfulness. In this season of Easter, we are ...

In today's gospel, Luke tells the story of the centurion whose slave is sick. The centurion was a Roman soldier would have represented to Jesus and other Jews, a government which cruelly suppressed the Jewish people and ...

There are very few Old Testament stories as unforgettable and riveting as today's story of Daniel in the Lion's Den. We are awed at Daniel's utter confidence in God to sustain him through his impending death.||Faith in God ...

A PONDERING||Intimacy is truly intimacy when fruitfulness of some kind is intended and desired.|An intimate conversation is more than the exchange of good ideas and then a separation as if two billiard balls bumped into ...

Today's scripture readings seem to be about recognizing God's call and acting upon it. Amos warns his listeners, Seek good and not evil, that you may live. The psalmist admonishes, Why do you recite my statutes, and profess ...

When I was an adolescent, I did not get along with my younger sister and brothers. Actually, much of our time we spent arguing and teasing each other. Living with our parents in a relatively small apartment and having to ...