Eph 2:19-22 / Jn 20:24-29

More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln made the famous observation, “You can fool all of the people sometimes, and some of the people all the time, but you can never fool all the people all…

Gn 22:1-19 / Mt 9:1-8

More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln made the famous observation, “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can never fool all…

Gn 21:5, 8-20 / Mt:8:28-34

In every generation, one of the most popular children’s games is Hide-And-Go-Seek. And one of the more rotten things that children sometimes do in this game is to send their playmate off to hide and then…

Gn 19, 15-29 / Mt 8:23-27

Fear is the real Public Enemy Number One.  It’s what lurks behind every one of our sins. Greed starts with the fear that I won’t have enough. Anger is rooted in the fear of losing…

Acts 12:1-11 / 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18 / Mt 16:13-19

A salesman rang the doorbell at a rather fine suburban home, and the door was answered by a nine-year-old boy who was puffing on a long black cigar! Hiding his amazement, the…

Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 / Mt 7:21-29

A great deal of cynicism has arisen in our country about politicians, car dealers, advertising executives and the like.  The common bond between them, at least according to common perception, is that their talk is…

Is 49:1-6 / Acts 13:22-26 / Lk 1:57-66

A jetliner was roaring down the runway when, just before takeoff, the pilot reversed engines, slammed on the brakes, and taxied back to the gate.  Then it just sat there for a more…

Gn 12:1-9 / Mt 7:1-5

Not so long ago, I found myself trapped in a long, unavoidable, and thoroughly inconsequential meeting, and the refrain of an old song began running through my mind: “Yakety yak, yakety yak”!

For most of our waking…

2 Cor 11:1-11 / Mt 6:7-15

Our ways of praying reveal so much about what we really think about God.  As Jesus says in today’s gospel, many of us multiply words in prayer, as if we had to persuade God to…

2 Cor 9:6-11 / Mt 6:1-6,16-18

There’s an old story about a man who prayed daily that he’d win the lottery.  His prayers spanned many years, but never once did he win even a single dollar.  Eventually, he got angry and…