Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9

I cannot understand how some people can so easily dismiss the miracles of Jesus when we read the simple eyewitness accounts we have in places like our reading from Peter’s Second Letter.

Oh… May I be…

Jer 14:17-22  / Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42

Lord Jesus, You are the way that leads to the Father. Lord have mercy.

Christ Jesus, You are the truth that sets the captives free. Christ have mercy.

Lord Jesus, You are the life that…

Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 / Jn 20:1-2, 11-18

Pay special attention to the responses Mary Magdalene makes in today’s Gospel. When she responds to the angels, she says “they have taken the Lord. . . .” When she speaks to Jesus, she…

Zec 9:9-10 / Rom 8:9, 11-13 / Mt 11:25-30

St. Paul is walking on a two-edged sword in this weekend’s reading. We need to be right there with him. What are the two edges? Trying to put it tightly: 1) we…

Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 / Mt 5:17-19

On this feast of Saint Barnabas I would like to start by looking at the third stanza of our Responsorial Psalm: “All the ends of the earth have seen/ the salvation by our God./ Sing…

2 Tim 3:10-17 / Mk 12:35-37

Again, Paul is writing to Timothy from his prison chains: <i>”…Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked…

2 Tim 2:8-15/ Mk 12:28-34<i>”But the word of God is not chained.”</i>

This is another one of Paul’s letters written from prison. He himself is in chains, but he recognizes that you cannot chain the word of God.

I would have loved…

2 Tim 1:1-3; 6-12/ Mk 12:18-27

Today we move into the marvelous personal letter from Saint Paul to Saint Timothy. As usual, Paul does not waste time getting to the heart of his matter:

<i>”Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the…

1 Sm 1:9-20 / Mk 1:14-28

“He spoke with authority.” Jesus is the author-ity. Jesus is the author of life. We — made in His image and likeness — reflect Him. That is why the demons hate us so much. The…

Gen 13:2, 5-18 / Mt 7:6, 12-14

I had the honor of serving as a Marine Corps Battalion Chaplain at the end of Desert Storm, and spent some time in Israel as part of a contingency force — ready for whatever…