Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

“This is the King of the Jews.” Lk 23:38 Throughout the Middle Ages, the Church adopted many of the trappings we associate with people of power. As a consequence, little ...

Thirty – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

“ … not a hair on your head will perish. By your endurance you will secure your lives.” Lk. 21:19 It’s that time of the church year again – the ...

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

“he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for him all are alive.” Lk 20:38 After the untimely death of his four-year-old son, Eric Clapton wrote a ...

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“… and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.” Lk 17:16 One of the great mystics of the Church, Meister Eckhart, once wrote: ...

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save? Why do you make me see ...

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“ .… a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from your side to ours ….” LK 16:26 “How can justice be achieved?  ...