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Elijah’s Bread – Food for the Journey
Somehow, we can all relate to the discouragement and exhaustion of Elijah. So we need to learn from the solution proposed by God to revitalize and energize him for the long journey he needed to make and the important work he was going to do. The bread God provided is a figure of a more wondrous bread that is available to us, the Eucharist....
02 August, 20211 Comment
Bartimaeus – the Blind Beggar with Outrageous Faith
The story of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who met Jesus on the road to Jericho, is a dramatic event from the Gospel of Mark that illustrates something very important about the true nature of Christian faith....
22 July, 2021No comment
The Rich Young Man and King Solomon
Both the Rich Young Man in Mark's Gospel and King Solomon had a very difficult choice to make. In a similar moment of decision, what would be the desire of your heart? Wisdom and adventure, or comfort and convenience? Where do true riches...and security...lie?...
22 July, 20211 Comment
St. Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr – Augustine
St. Lawrence (also rendered St. Laurence) was one of the seven deacons of the Church of Rome and was martyred under the Emperor Valerian on the 10th of August 258, four days after Pope Sixtus II and his companions. Little is known of the life......
21 July, 2021No comment
Jesus’s Miracles – the Deaf Mute & Compassion
"Ephphatha!" The miracles of Jesus, particularly the story of Jesus' healing of the deaf - mute in the Gospel of Mark, raise a big questions -- did Jesus Christ truly work miracles and if so, was his motivation compassion or glory? For the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B....
21 July, 2021No comment
Eucharist vs. Junk Food – You Are What You Eat!
The only miracle recorded in all four gospels was the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Could this be to emphasize the central importance of the spiritual nutrition that Jesus, the Bread of Life, provides for us through the Eucharist? And could it be that a diet of junk food rather than the eucharistic banquet might just be a factor in the spiritual decline we see in the Western World? A reflection on John 6....
21 July, 20211 Comment
Hear, Oh Israel! – Keeping the Great Commandment
Hear O Israel! Most have heard of the Great Commandment - to love God with your whole heart and your neighbor as yourself. But if God is just and salvation depends upon perfect obedience to this command, who can be saved?...
21 July, 2021No comment
All You Need is Love – Marriage, Divorce & Annulment
Is annulment just a Catholic Divorce? This article explains the controversial Roman Catholic position on love as self-giving, marital intimacy, divorce, remarriage & celibacy....
21 July, 2021No comment
Martha and Mary – Augustine
Here Augustine reflects on hishat famous incident, recorded in Luke 10, when the Lord comes to the home of Martha and Mary. Martha busies herself with the details of hospitality, anxious and troubled about many things. Martha represents the battle we all face against the......
21 July, 20213 Comments
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary (called the Dormition in the Christian East) has been celebrated as a solemn feast on August 15 since ancient times. What is the meaning and basis of the dogma and the Solemnity?...
21 July, 2021No comment

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