What Do You See When You Look at a Stranger?

Feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle
Rom 10:9-18 / Mt 4:18-22
There is something in us human beings that inclines us time after time to define one another as either insiders or outsiders. Sometimes the distinction is racial or ethnic,… Read More

If You Want Peace, Work for Justice

Is 11:1-10 / Lk 10:21-24
It’s an astonishing fact that in the 2000 years since the birth of Christ there have been only a handful of years in which there was no war.  We yearn for peace, we pray for… Read More

No Strangers, Only Brothers and Sisters

Is 2:1-5 / Mt 8:5-11
With each passing year, we find ourselves confronted with abundant new evidence of our human inclination to fragment into in-groups and out-groups. Whether on the international scale or in our own neighborhoods, schools, and parishes,… Read More

Stay Awake or You’ll Miss the Best Part

Is 63:16b-17, 19b: 64:2-7 / 1 Cor 1:3-9 / Mk 13:33-37
It was Thanksgiving time in the first grade, and the teacher asked each of the students to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. Predictably, some of… Read More

Will Good Ever Really Triumph?

Daniel 7:2-14 / Lk 21:29-33
With the end of the church year upon us, the prophet Daniel draws upon his own vivid imagination and the rich imagery of the Jewish apocalyptic tradition to paint for us a stunning picture of… Read More

The Only Way to Give Thanks Is to Become a Life-Giver!

Feast of Thanksgiving
Sir 50:22-24 / 1 Cor 1:3-9 / Lk 17:11-19
It’s intriguing to imagine how different each of our lives might be had we been born in a different century, on a different continent, in an impoverished country,… Read More

The Punishment Always Comes from Within

Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 / Lk 21:12-19
Today’s reading from the Old Testament prophet Daniel draws us into the center of a terrifying event. In the course of an extravagant royal celebration hosted by the King of Babylon, a… Read More

Give the Truth as a Gift

Daniel 2:31-45 / Lk 21:5-11
As we saw in yesterday’s Old Testament reading from the book of Daniel, the young man Daniel had grown wise and true by walking with the Lord with an open and undivided heart. Now his… Read More

Wisdom Comes from Only One Source

Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 / Lk 21:1-4
Lots of people spend their whole lives waiting for an invitation like the one that Daniel and his friends received in today’s reading from the book of Daniel. By order of the King of… Read More

They Are Us!

Ez 34:11-12, 15-17 / 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 / Mt 25:31-46
There was a brand new president at the local university and he was known as a brilliant scholar and intellectual.  When he started appearing at one of the local… Read More

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