Leave Sin at the Well

“I thirst.” Jesus said these words from the Cross, and He probably said them as He came out of His 40 days in the desert. And He also probably said them to Himself in the scene recorded in today’s Gospel… Read More

Blessed Are You

“Beautiful” seems to be the best word to describe today’s text — the “Beatitudes” from St. Matthew’s Gospel. In fact, the words “beautiful” and “beatitude” come from the Latin word beati which means “blessed,” as in “blessed are they.”
But… Read More

Feast of the Holy Family

Today’s Gospel text is taken from the readings for Holy Family Sunday, the Sunday after Christmas. It records the flight into Egypt, the Holy Family fleeing King Herod’s efforts to kill the Baby Jesus.
While in one sense this story… Read More

Rapture Theology

Today’s Gospel text about the end of time has become very popular in certain Christian circles that believe in what is called the “Rapture.” Sadly, this mistaken and un-biblical doctrine has spread even to many Catholics, particularly through the Left… Read More

Worldly Priorities and the Gospel

Today’s Gospel text about the tax collector Zacchaeus is particularly providential, considering the upcoming elections. Unfortunately, some might try to twist the meanings of this text to suit their own purposes.
For instance, some might try to use it to… Read More

The Gift of Faith

In today’s Gospel text the apostles ask Jesus: “Increase our faith!” This is an intriguing request, because it approaches faith as something that Jesus can give, rather than a choice we make to believe.
Yet both of these are part… Read More

The Price of Faith

In this Sunday’s gospel text Jesus tells us: “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, … and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” Does this mean that we can’t love… Read More

Where Is Your Treasure?

What do we treasure? Many would say that our two greatest treasures are life itself and our family. If we look back at the creation of man we find that these treasures are actually the original treasures God gave to… Read More

Who Is My Neighbor?

Sometimes it’s difficult to understand who our neighbor is. It is easy to see the family down the block or the guy sitting at the next desk as our neighbor. But others are not so easy to recognize: it’s harder… Read More

Body and Blood of Our Lord

They respond, “We have nothing but five loaves and two fish” — they can't feed the people by themselves. So the Lord took the bread, blessed it, broke it and gave it to the disciples to give to the crowd.… Read More

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