REPENT – PREPARE! 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B There had been a news report told of a group of people gathered on a hillside to await the...

WATCH, WAIT, PREPARE – 1st Sunday of Advent, Year B Much of human life involves waiting for some future event to come, or for a present...

HIDDEN WORKS – Feast of Christ the King-Year A We are not always aware of what others do in the work of Christ’s kingdom and Church....

USE IT OR LO SE IT! 33rd Sunday, Year A We need pay no attention to those who predict the exact time of the Lord’s return. Why? The...

KEEP YOUR “FLASKS OF OIL” READY – 32nd Sunday, Year A Worldly wise insure their future through insurance and retirement plans, financial...

Our age seeks peace! Many are looking for spiritual peace consciously and unconsciously. Many are troubled within their spirit. There...

We can learn from our own experiences what to do, and what not to do to others. Moses told the Israelites not to mistreat an alien, for...

The Church is missionary by its very nature. The Church exists to reveal Christ, to bring people into life with and in Christ. The...

HOW TO COPE - 28th Sunday, Year A It’s not so much what people have to go through in life that breaks them, but rather their coping...

DO THE WORK! 26th Sunday, Year A From time to time we need to consider carefully what we have said yes to in our life, and how well our...

PASSING IT ON! 25th Sunday, Year A We receive the fruits of what others have worked for. Still others will receive the fruits of what we...

BEWARE UNFORGIVENESS – 24th Sunday, Year A The book of Sirach, one of the great wisdom and practical books of the Scriptures, teaches...

DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS – 23rd Sunday, Year A The Lord gives people assignments. Ezekiel was appointed “watchman for the house of Israel”....

The news keeps us aware of various battlefields and battles going on among nations, within nations, within cities, schools, communities...

We live in an age of great contrasts between good and evil. There are many who live the gospel, and many who don’t. There are a large...

REJECTION BY SOME PROVIDES FOR ACCEPTANCE BY OTHERS - 20th Sunday Year A Many relationships among people take place because others have...

At the times when the Lord insists we “get into the boat and precede him to the other side” we have to remember He knows we are on the...

Our Lord emphasized the value and joy of finding the reign of God, the risks we need to be willing to take, and the need to be learned in...

Having been entrusted with the mission of Christ, the Church is to look at the world through the eyes of the Lord. What’s true of the...

We all know people who endure through tremendous afflictions, trials, and sufferings, while others who go through lesser trials are...