In the political system of the United States, the President gets to select those persons he wishes to fill the various "Cabinet" positions. These names are presented for confirmation by the members of the Congress. The ...

PRE-PRAYERING || As we enter the worship-space of our church we remind ourselves of our having entered the Church through baptism. We dip our fingers in the holy water and sign our bodies with the tracing of the cross. It ...

"I am offering you life or death . . . choose life then .|| Lent is for religious people. Today's readings, as a part of the prologue to the season, are addressed to a religious people _ the Israelites of 3,000-plus years ...

Decisions, Decisions||"Decisions have consequences." That's a bit of wisdom we may have heard somewhere along the line. Moses' address to the people makes the truth of that statement so clear: Staying with the Lord leads ...

St. Ignatius' roommate, at the University of Paris, was the fastest runner on campus, one Francis Xavier. It seems that Francis was on the fast track in other ways as well, and his buddy got into the routine of bugging him ...

"Blessed are they who hope in the Lord."||Those who put their hope in the Lord and trust in God are blessed, and those who trust only in people are disappointed. Sometimes the desire for immediate gratification gets the ...

As I struggled with these readings, I remembered being forced to read the Puritan sermon 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" as a high school sophomore. Then an incident from my son's sophomore year at Creighton Prep ...

Do you ever feel like the "Universe" is conspiring to make you confront issues you need to confront? I didn't always, but I am beginning to wonder ... . Today's scriptures practically leapt off the page to touch my heart ...

My first review of the readings left me questioning the direction to take with this reflection. It is clear that the readings together give a message of hope but it is equally clear that we are being called on our behavior. ...

"This daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the Sabbath day from this bondage?"||This passage from Luke shows Jesus at his common sense best. Follow the ...