Reflections

In Jesus' time, the people felt there was a very close linkage between a person's illness and his/her sin, hence the decision of Jesus to heal the...

In Sunday's Gospel, a leper comes directly up to Jesus and says: "If you wish, you can make me clean." Jesus' response is stunning in its...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...."...

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...