Perhaps the clearest message that we should welcome from our readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is that God and His plan of salvation for all should be our lifeโs top priority. However, the didactic story of the prophet Jonah proves that...
Last Sunday, on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we found ourselves in a vineyard parable (Mt 20:1-16) filled with workers and a landowner. In the story, you might remember that there were workers who had toiled in the fields from dawn to dusk...
The Lord has put it on my heart to launch an army of Jonahs. Satan, the great divider, is creating discord in our communities, our churches, our government institutions and our families. Taking after the prophet Jonah, who preached a...
In Markโs Gospel (14:22-26), we read about the Institution of the Lordโs Supper. There, in the Upper Room, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said: โTake, this is my body.โ Shortly thereafter, Jesus took a cup...
This is the recent change made by Pope Francis to the Italian translation of the Lordโs Prayer. A similar alteration has also been made in French: โDo not let us fall into temptationโ. On the face of it, both changes remove an uncomfortable...
John 20:19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Upon reading this passage...
In 1985 the country of Lebanon in the Middle East was undergoing something of a civil war, marked by terrorism, bombings, and frequent fighting among rival groups. It was a very dangerous place, even for journalistsโas an American named Terry...
A married couple, Ardith and Jerry, had many problems in their marriage, but were trying to work things out after being separated for over a year. During the separation Ardith had met a man named Bob, who lived in a city four hours away, and she...