
Charity’s Fine Points and More Challenging Aspects
THAT gospel episode about Christ’s townspeople finding it hard to believe that one of their own could speak the way Christ did (cfr. Mk 6,1-6) reminds...

THAT gospel episode about Christ’s townspeople finding it hard to believe that one of their own could speak the way Christ did (cfr. Mk 6,1-6) reminds...

THE secret, of course, is to go to Christ. That’s the main message of the readings of Tuesday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time. In the first reading, ...

THIS should be no surprise to us. With the way things are now—new technologies offering more temptations than real advantages, and people spiritually ...

FEBRUARY 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord which is 40 days after his birth. Again, the number 40 appears in this occasion. In the Bible,...

WITH Christ comparing the Kingdom of God with a seed that is planted and that needs to be taken care of until it grows and bears fruit, (cfr. Mk 4,26-...

WHEN Christ said that a lamp is not placed under a bushel basket or under a under, but rather on a lampstand, (cfr. Mk 4,21) we are clearly made to un...

THAT gospel parable about the sower and seed (cfr. Mk 4,1-20) somehow reminds us that we need to be most articulate and eloquent regarding our duty to...

THAT’S from a passage in the Letter to the Hebrews (cfr. 10,9) that spells out for us what the proper attitude we ought to have toward God in every ev...

THAT’S what St. Paul said in his Second Letter to Timothy. The complete text is: “Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to ligh...