|I've spent the majority of my life trying to learn patience.  So, how ironic that the parable of the persistent widow be my assignment.|I can't think of a more appropriate lesson for us to hear today.  Think about this.  ...

|By definition, the still small voice (1 Kings 19:11-12) is quiet. If you believe, as I do, that this voice is God speaking, it becomes the powerful moral center within our soul. We keep the voice private, even as we have ...

|"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today" said Jesus as he was walking through Jericho. Immediately Zacchaeus offers half of his possessions to the poor and offers to pay back monies if need ...

This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed... Isaiah 58

Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, You did for me. Matthew 25

This reflection will be coming soon. Until then, here is a reflection from Eileen Burke-Sullivan from 2008.|Among the many hopeful texts of the various prophetic books, today's first reading from the prophet Hosea is one ...

"But who do you say that I am?" Peter said in reply, "The Christ of God." Luke 9

Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. - Luke 6

As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. - 1 Corinthians

When you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. - Luke 14