At the beginning of today's Gospel the Apostles James and John make a startling demand of Jesus. They say, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever...
In today's Gospel, a young man goes to Jesus and asks him how he can achieve eternal life. Jesus inquires if he is keeping the Commandments, and the y...
In today's first reading we hear the second creation story (found in Genesis chapter 2), where God creates the man and places him in a beautiful garde...
In today's readings we have a couple examples of jealousy and factions within the believing community. What is really helpful for us is how Jesus resp...
In last Friday's Gospel, Luke gives us an important detail about the number of women disciples of Jesus and how they provide for the Lord and the twel...
If we meditate on the life of St. Joseph, we realize that he had an awfully exalted task: To be husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate One...
In today's Gospel Jesus heals a man who is deaf and mute. Hearing this Gospel is a good reminder for us that Jesus, who is still present in the Church...
Our Sunday readings today focus on the Law. It's helpful for us to see how Moses rejoices in the laws that God gives to Israel, and he says that the n...
In today's 2nd reading from the 5th chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians, we are reminded that human marriage, a tremendously important natur...
This Sunday we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body and soul, into heaven. We might wonder why the Church insists on the importan...