Why the Second Vatican Council is So Important
Background Info: Considered the most important religious event of the 20th century; some would say since the Reformation; it was also the most attended Council in history: over 2500 Cardinals, ...
Wisdom Literature
Wisdom literature: insight based on experience – how to live in the world: community wisdom Proverbs: life as a way or path – 2 options: wise way; foolish way; features ...
The Importance of Jesus
For the greater part of my life, I have been haunted by the person of Jesus. From my earliest days as a child, there was something compelling about him and ...
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“ … when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Cor: 12:10 Many years ago I was working as a therapist at a famous alcohol and drug treatment center ...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Little girl, I say to you, arise!” Mk. 5:41 “I forgive you.” These were the words spoken by Nadine Collier as tears ran down her face. She was speaking to ...
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“… the kingdom of God … is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is ...