For Missourians, two words, show me, proclaim to all that its residents are skeptical of matters and not easily convinced. Let’s face it. In our daily lives of parents, friends, spouses, families, teachers, and colleagues, we are a show-me society...
On Good Friday, we listen to the story of the Passion of Our Lord as told by John the Evangelist. In listening and reflecting, we might find it to be overwhelming because it is a gripping drama that reaches deep within us, evoking the strongest of...
Years ago, one of my seminary professors would begin each class by reading the first fourteen verses of St. John’s Gospel. On this Good Friday, I believe the final five verses may provide us with holy insight into today: “The true light...
In the Jewish Passover ritual, the youngest child asks “What makes this night different from all other nights?” The ritual continues by expounding upon the salvation history of the Jewish people describing how Moses led the people of...
A question that has always puzzled me is: Why was there such a dramatic change in the mood of the crowd of people in Jerusalem from Palm Sunday to Good Friday? Why the change from Hosanna to Son of David to Crucify Him? One answer, I think, has to...
The Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a sign of contradiction. It is the core symbol of all Christians. It stands at the very summit of Christ’s saving entrance into humanity, and it stands at the very bottom of Christ’s...
