"I am offering you life or death . . . choose life then . . ."|Put in so many words, who wouldn't choose life?|Why was it necessary for Moses to warn the Israelites (and us) not to be "drawn into worshiping other gods"? ...

We are now nearly through the second week of Lent, our focused time for repentance and renewal. Hope is on the way say Jeremiah and the Psalmist. In reflecting on the readings for today, I was amazed to find that Jeremiah ...

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 ...

We are in the first four days of Lent. We've just washed the ashes from our foreheads. We have begun a journey that is given shape and direction for us in today's liturgy.|"Today I have set before you life and prosperity, ...

So as to help us be more available to the graces of the liturgy's readings, we might imagine Jesus walking down from a hill with his newly-chosen Apostles. They meet a large crowd of disciples and interested folks. He ...

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 ...

As Luke presents to us the scene of today's gospel, we can easily recognize three characters on stage: two individual actors -Jesus and the blind man- and one collective actor -"the people walking in front." I would like ...

Today's gospel passage consists of four "sayings" of Jesus, collected and combined on the basis of word association ("reward" > punishment > "fire" > "salt"), but which otherwise have little in common. I would like to focus ...

CHOOSE OR LOSE||"I have come to bring fire to the earth", Jesus says in Luke. Jesus, a man of great passion is inviting us to be a part of his life. We can choose to cooperate with God's passionate love for us and BE JESUS ...

"You have lost the love you had at first."||Today's first reading is from the book of Revelation. I must admit that much of this book confuses me, but there are also parts that stand out clearly. Today's reading speaks ...