Passion Sunday
Readings for March 24, 2013: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Catholics seem preoccupied with the sufferings of Christ–The Crucifix, the sorrowful Mysteries, the Stations of the Cross. …
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Getting Others to Listen to the Gospel
The Gospel is the Good News. So why does it seem so often like people do not want to hear it? Have you ever tried to teach a…
Unless a Grain of Wheat
Amen, amen I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat: but if it dies,…
Reconciliation and the Prodigal Son
Readings for March 10, 2013: Fourth Sunday of Lent “For our sakes God made him who did not know sin to be sin, so that in him we…
The Fig Tree
Readings for March 3, 2013: Third Sunday of Lent Some think Lent is a time for fasting. I see it as a time of feasting. I come to…
Who Do They Say You Are?
In the grand scheme of things have you ever taken an inventory of the way others perceive you? For a believer this is not necessarily a far-fetched idea. …
The Transfiguration and the Cross
Readings for February 24, 2013: Second Sunday in Lent Appearances can be deceiving. After all, Jesus was just another Galilean. His hands were the rough hands of a…
I’m Not Enough
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed you will say to this mountain ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be…
Why is Lent Forty Days?
Readings for February 17, 2013: First Sunday of Lent In the English language, the special season before Easter is called “Lent.” The word comes from the “lengthening” of…
Why I Own a Cheap Bible
When I first started reading the Bible regularly, I used a plain hardbound copy of the NAB. But because it was hardbound, I wouldn’t mark it up. I…