Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

“This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Mk. 7:6   I’m a hypocrite. The meaning of that word comes from what ancient Greeks ...

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Do you also want to leave?” Jn 6: 68 Many years ago, when I was a student seeking a graduate degree in Psychology, I was honored to take a course ...

After Pennsylvania, What Pope Francis Should Say in Ireland

After Pennsylvania, What Pope Francis Should Say in Ireland. Click the link below to read on the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/after-pennsylvania-what-pope-francis-should-say-in-ireland

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

   “… whoever eats this bread will live forever.” Jn. 6:58 Those who followed Jesus were hungry! Some possibly starving. In response to that need, immediately preceding today’s Gospel story, ...

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

  “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Jn 6:41   Bread. Today, in the world that we live in, bread is often served at meals, but it ...

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” Jn: 6:35 No one can ever accuse the Bible ...