Let’s begin looking at today’s Gospel by walking in the sandals of the woman from Cana. She is desperate to find help for her child, who is apparently suffering from some sort of seizures attributed in those days to possession…
I suspect that a goodly number of Catholics will go to church today just because it is their obligation. Maybe they will pray a little or mutter a few responses. Or maybe they will use the time to prepare their…
Helen Keller said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” The Scribes and Pharisees in today’s Gospel were blind to the signs that were right there in front of them. They could see with their…
When I think of Mary, the first image to pop into my head is still that of a lovely white young woman in white and blue clothing with hands together in prayer. That’s the image. It never occurred to me…
A few years ago, I had the privilege and fun of distributing some family inheritance funds to my five nieces and nephews. It was a very substantial sum. Two of them responded immediately. I waited patiently to hear from the…
“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” A large group of family members had gathered in Gaza for a meal and to visit with one another. Suddenly there was a missile attack,…
On Memorial Day, I watched the National Memorial Day celebration on television. It was a lovely tribute to those who have put themselves on the front line to protect our freedom to be the kind of country our forefathers established.…
Loretto Sister Rita Bruegenhagen introduced me to the commentaries of David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on PBS News every Friday evening. I have enjoyed their commentaries ever since but recently, in listening to a panel discussion at Georgetown University in…
In all three cycles of Lenten readings the first Sunday is always the temptation in the desert, and the second Sunday is always the Transfiguration. They are like bookends: the beginning of Jesus’ mission and pointing to the end of…
Mary and Joseph stand before Simeon who holds and blesses their infant son. Then he turns to Mary and tells her that her heart will be pierced with a sword of sorrow. Mary ponders his words, wondering what this will…
This evening, we begin our celebration of the incarnation, God’s choice to live in our midst in the person of Jesus. What a wonderful gift to us. But I would like to look at the incarnation from another angle. I…
Listening to the Gospel for today I imagine a tiny, bent-over, old woman shuffling up to the treasury box and dropping in two small coins from her meager funds. I wonder who looks after her. Is it a son or…