As I sit in this chair working on this reflection, I look out the window and see snow falling. Sometimes it's light, at other times the visibility...
2nd Sunday of Advent (Dec. 4, 2011)
The early Church had a real problem with two people: John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. I can't get into Mary Magdalene, but if you want a really...
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Oct. 2, 2011)
Sunday's parable of the vineyard tenants is the third vineyard parable on a row. Two Sundays ago we heard the parable of the laborers in the...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sept. 4, 2011)
Sunday's Gospel about correcting one's brother or sister is a tough one. We live in a time when "Mind your own business" seems to be the operating...
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Aug. 7, 2011)
Pondering Sunday's readings, I kept coming back to the first phrase of the refrain from the Responsorial Psalm: "Lord. let us see your kindness...."...
Translating the Book of Jubilees
Among the 900 or so texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls is the Book of Jubilees, a second- century retelling of Genesis and the first part of Exodus....
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 31, 2011)
If there is one theme common to this Sunday's Scripture readings, it's this: "We have more resources than we think we do." Ah the human mind....I...
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 17, 2011)
Mercy and Power. Those seemingly opposite words are at the heart of Sunday's readings. God is so extraordinarily powerful that he can be...
6th Sunday of Easter (May 29, 2011)
I was really caught by one sentence in Sunday's Second Reading from First Peter: "Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for...