This June not only the USA but at least 55 other countries around the world will honor the roles fathers play in the family and the community. This modern secular holiday invites us to ask a very important question –…
Why call God “Father?”
Faith vs. Works? Paul, the Pharisee, and the Alabaster Jar
Sunday Readings for June 12, 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Protestants say we’re justified by faith. Some Catholics say we’re saved by good works. But what does the Bible say? The Bible – it’s neither. And it’s both. At the…
The Difference the Spirit Makes
Readings for Sunday, May 15, 2016 The Feast of Pentecost As a teen, I thought the clergy were supposed to do everything. We laity were just called to pray, pay, and obey. Oh yes, and keep the commandments, of course….
Solemnity of the Ascension
Readings for Sunday, May 8, 2016 The Solemnity of the Ascension The celebration of the Ascension used to leave me a bit flat. It was clear what Good Friday did for me. And Easter Sunday’s benefits were indisputable. But as…
The Paraclete
Readings for May 1, 2016 the 6th Sunday of Easter He wore steel rimmed glasses and had hair to the middle of his back. The fringe on his buck-skinned jacket bounced as he walked. At least that was the way…
Peter, Do you Love me?
Sunday Readings for the 3nd Sunday of Easter, April 10, 2016 On many occasions I’ve heard non-Catholics object to the papacy. Often, they say something like this: “I just can’t believe that one man on earth, the Pope, is holier…
Easter
The serpent’s bite was a deadly one. The venom had worked its way deep into the heart of the entire human race, doing its gruesome work. The anti-venom was unavailable until He appeared. One drop was all that was needed,…
Passion Sunday
Sunday Readings for March 20, Palm Sunday Catholics seem preoccupied with the sufferings of Christ–The Crucifix, the sorrowful Mysteries, the Stations of the Cross. As if all this were not enough, Catholics must stand at attention one Sunday each year…
Woman Caught in Adultery
Sunday Readings for March 13, 2016 the 5th Sunday in Lent It really looked like the end of the road for her. Caught in the act of a capital crime, her fate lay in the hands of an angry mob….
Reconciliation and The Prodigal Son
Sunday Readings for March 6, 2016 the 4th Sunday in Lent “For our sakes God made him who did not know sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the very holiness of God” (2 Cor 5:21)….