As I reflected on today's readings, I heard several messages and invitations.  The first invitation I heard was to be attentive to how I am crippled, bent over and/or burdened.  What is keeping me from standing erect?   ...

Recently, my husband and I visited our daughter and son-in-law and our grandson, Henry who celebrated his second birthday. It was wonderful to watch Henry delight in everything that was going on around him, as he tried to ...

As Luke presents to us the scene of today's gospel, we can easily recognize three characters on stage: two individual actors -Jesus and the blind man- and one collective actor -"the people walking in front." I would like ...

The readings today elicit several responses from me. The Book of Revelation intimidates me, mostly because I feel uneasy about the apocalyptic interpretations. Yet, as I read these excerpts for today, I could sense the ...

In all the gospels we find some sort of "journey narrative" that is Jesus walking to Jerusalem and as He does we find Him teaching, healing, listening and casting out evil spirits. In today's and tomorrow's gospel the ...

Galatians 5: 18-25 " ... Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness ... orgies and the like. ... ...

Jesus said to his disciples:|"The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected|by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,|and be killed and on the third day be raised."|Then he said to all,|"If anyone wishes to ...

|By definition, the still small voice (1 Kings 19:11-12) is quiet. If you believe, as I do, that this voice is God speaking, it becomes the powerful moral center within our soul. We keep the voice private, even as we have ...

Here in the Midwest as the days get shorter and the temperatures get cooler, I have prepared my yard for winter and now turn my attention to projects inside my home.  Learning about home upkeep is interesting to me, and I ...

It was Christmas Day 1995. I was fresh out of the Jesuit novitiate, doing my graduate studies in education in Goa, India. I was looking forward to a sumptuous community lunch when my provincial, Fr. Gregory Naik, came to ...