One day a man came up to a priest and asked him, “Father, would you like to shake hands with a converted drunkard?” Naturally, the priest was happy to do so, and after they shook hands, the man told his story. “Father, years ago I had a good job, a...
The Gospel passage for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 3:20-35) mentions what is needed, in Jesus’ eyes, to turn a house into a home. Jesus came home with his disciples. Mark 3:20 Jesus and his disciples had been on a mission to preach...
Almost every day the news media bring into our living rooms immediate images of harrowing pain, hardships, and death from our country and from other parts of the world. We love Jesus too much to be able to turn away from those horrible scenes...
In my family, annual vacations have always been a priority. Looking back, all have brought grace-filled moments and, given that there are six of us, always a tussle or two. But, despite the latter, I can’t think of one that I’ve wished we’d never...
The sheriff’s department in a large city once distributed a list of rules titled “How to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent in Your Own Family.” The rules were: (1) Begin at infancy to give the child everything he wants; this will teach him that the world...
On this Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the first reading (Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14) talks about the traditional family in which there is a husband who is a man and a wife who is a woman. There is a father, a mother, and children...
The above title, ‘Who is Missing in Your Family?’ was a billboard message I saw on I-75 just beyond the Florida Turnpike while we were on our way to visit family in Lake City. You see a lot of these messages and other scriptural quotes along I-75...
The Gospel passage (Mt 5:13-16) for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time offers two vivid images that Jesus must have picked up from his Mom, as well as from the simple, daily life of his village of Nazareth. Salt and light. In ancient time, salt...
