Ez 2:2-5 / 2 Cor 12:7-10 / Mk 6:1-6

Today’s Gospel tells us that when Jesus went to Nazareth “he was not able to perform any mighty deed there…He was amazed at their lack of faith” (Mk 6:5-6). This causes great…

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…

Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 / 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15 / Mk 5:21-43

…no destructive drug among them…? What happened? What was God’s intention if there had been no domain of the netherworld on earth?

We get the answer later in this reading from Wisdom:…

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…

Gen 13:2, 5-18 / Mt 7:6, 12-14

I had the honor of serving as a Marine Corps Battalion Chaplain at the end of Desert Storm, and spent some time in Israel as part of a contingency force -– ready for whatever…