Do the Churches Get a Failing Grade?
Scripture Readings What’s going on in today’s gospel reading? Right at the beginning of Jesus’s public ministry, Luke takes us back to Nazareth, where Jesus grew up. Along with all […]
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Transformations
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”
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Christianity Is Not for Children
"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
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Epiphany or Apocalypse?
"They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother."
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Two Liturgies, One Celebration
"And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart."
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Where is love?
"The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him."
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A new creation dawns
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him."
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Is the birth of Christ an historical event?
"For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord."
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What happened to Christmas?
Scripture Readings Somebody is waging war on Christmas. Who do you think it is? Is it the atheistic humanists who’ve replaced “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays?” Is it the immigrants […]
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Sacred Scripture has two faces.
“I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
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Who was John the Baptist?
"John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
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Where Are You Going?
" ‘And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.’”
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“See? My betrayer is here.”
"You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
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What Time Is It?
"And then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in the clouds' with great power and glory.”
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What’s in It for Me?
“For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had.”
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Seeing the Image of God
“’Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!’”
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What do you want?
Last week, Jesus addressed that question to James and John who wanted places of honor in God’s kingdom. Today, he addresses it to a blind man…and to us.
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What Makes a Christian?
For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
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Passing through the Eye of a Needle
Scripture Reading Jesus drives a hard bargain. In today’s gospel, we find a man who apparently had it all: he was young, he was enthusiastic, he was spiritual, he was […]
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When’s a Marriage Not a Marriage?
In his private talk with his disciples, Jesus is quoted as being more forthright. He calls divorce and remarriage adultery. At the same time, this stance contradicts our nearly universal human experience. Can we resolve this contradiction? Obviously, Jesus is appealing to an ideal of marriage. We have to ask, is every committed union of two people—even a solemnized commitment—a real marriage? What is a marriage, anyway?