TEMPTATION – 1 st  Sunday of Lent, Year A             Avoiding confronting the challenges of our personal lives with ourselves, others, and the Lord, in good ways, lead to more problems. Solutions, which overlook greater truths and realities, lead to worse problems. A common problem is that of temptation. Many human problems flow from the failure to deal with temptation rightly or to even acknowledge that something is a temptation to sin and evil. Our age, having lost much of

The First Sunday of Lent

The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

SALT AND LIGHT – 5 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A             Frequently the news media informs us of some of the laws and principles of health and economics, which can increase the quality of life if followed. The Scriptures give us many laws and principles of the spiritual life, which affect all areas of our life. The more we know about the Word of God, and the laws and principles of the spiritual life and world, the more we are able to live our lives in relationship to t