(Wisdom 2:12, 17-20, James 3:16-4:3, Mark 9:30-37) What were you arguing about on the way…? Whoever receives one child…. At our parish church this past Sunday, a bright, little six-year-old boy was lifted up by his father to the baptismal font, and was washed clean in the saving flow gained

(Isaiah 50:4c-9, James 2:14-18, Mark 8:27-35) The Lord God is my help. Will I take up my cross and follow him?   Would you agree, my friends, that we have heard some beautiful but tough scriptural readings in today’s liturgy?  Today’s theme word can be sustain, which leads us to

September 8, 2024 Do you hear what I hear? Be strong; fear not!   The gift of summer days oceanside or poolside is much more enjoyable and safe because of our sense of hearing.  The rhythmic rush of the surf or the warning cry of the lifeguard enrich the whole

Sunday, September 1, 2024 To Do or Not to Do?   Isn’t it remarkable that we adults, as well as children, can hear an instruction or rule, remember it, and later, just not follow it?  Home from college one fine spring day, my cheerful younger brother was driving me on

Reflection for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Gospel according to John: 6:60-69)   Receiving Holy Communion regularly and worthily gives us eternal life. In the sixth Chapter of John’s Gospel we hear Jesus’ discourse on receiving the Bread of Life.  He tells his disciple and followers that He is

Today’s reading is a continuation of Jesus’ Eucharistic sermon recorded in John’s Gospel, chapter 6. We have been hearing it for several weeks, and, in some ways, it seems that we have been hearing the same words over and over. That would be unusual for the carefully crafted calendar of Gospel readings

Do you ever feel ‘tired of it all’? Do you ever think, ‘I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired’? Do you come across this phrase, ‘There is not one who cares for my soul,’ and look up and say, ‘Yes, that’s me!’? I daresay many who are reading