Provincial

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...

Mercy and Power. Those seemingly opposite words are at the heart of Sunday's readings. God is so extraordinarily powerful that he can be...

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...

I just returned from a week at home with the folks, and thanks be to God, they are doing as well as can be expected for a pair of 86-year-olders....

This coming Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday - so called because the Gospel in all three cycles speaks of Jesus as our Shepherd. In many places in...

I'm always amazed at how the Spirit works when it comes to these letters or reflections. I was sitting at the computer, with the screen open to the...

Several years ago, while reflecting on the Passion and Death of Jesus, I thought to mentally position myself behind the crucified Jesus so I was...

Slowly but surely Holy Week and Easter approach. The last couple of Sundays, plus this coming Sunday, we've been reading from the Gospel of John at...

I often wonder what happened to the people in the Gospel whom Jesus cured of heir various ailments. What happened to the leper who returned to give...