Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

  “… they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons… So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.” ...

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”  Mk. 1: 27 Super Bowl Sunday! In just a couple of weeks millions of people will gather around TV’s for ...

The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Come after me and I will make you fishers of men. Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.” (Mk. 1:15) Following Jesus is costly. It’s costly because it means ...

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

“Behold the Lamb of God” (Jn. 1, 35) “A lot of church-going people never really got baptized.” That sentence jumped out at me from a very provocative article written by ...

The Epiphany of the Lord

“We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” Mt. 2:1 Epiphany, a word meaning a divine manifestation within human history, is one of the ...

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

“… the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.” Lk. 2:22 Sacred Scripture is a story book …  a manuscript revealing to us ...