Luke 5:1-11 5 Then one day while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, (that is the Sea of Galilee), and the crowd was...

A Reflection for THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY… You know the Tune… Sing it with me now…. 1 I will make you fishers of men, Fishers of...

Luke 4:21-30 21 And Jesus began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him,...

James Tissot : The Brow of the Hill near Nazareth The people sit expectantly in their seats. Jesus, their hometown boy, is about to bring...

Luke 4:14-21 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the...

I began this column sitting on a plane on my way to the Holy Land (not California). This is my second trip leading a group of students...

The wedding reception was rocking and the wine had run out. Wine that the Psalmist says, “gladdens the heart”. My puritanical upbringing...

John 2:1-11 2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had...

I was sitting with some Church friends the other night. We were talking about how we all grew up having to memorize things but that...

Luke 3:15-22 15 As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the...

… I say that if you want to know who you are, if you are more than academically interested in that particular mystery, you could do a lot...

Ephesians 3:1-12 (NRSV) Paul’s Ministry to the Gentiles 3 This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of...

Luke 1:46-55 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,    and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,for God has looked with favor on the...

We are all called to be mothers of God, for God is always waiting to be born. — Meister Eckart, 1260 – 1327 She enters our Decembers with...

“I bring you Good News of a Great Joy which will be for All the people”   Luke 2 THERE IS NOT ONE of us whose life has not already been...

Luke 3:7-16 7 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to...

In his book Anam Cara, John O’Donohue has a section called “The Mystery of Approach,” in which he writes, “For years I have had an idea...

Luke 21:25-36 25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth nations in distress and perplexity at the roaring...

GIVE US GRACE that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in...

Luke 21:25-36 25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth nations in distress and perplexity at the roaring...