Dear Parishioners,
Each year on the Sunday before Easter, Christians around the world celebrate and commemorate what is traditionally called Palm or Passion Sunday, when we recount the events […]
Dear Parishioners,
Jesus is trying to do a difficult thing in today’s gospel. He is trying to promote a positive dimension to death. Jesus describes his own death as […]
Dear Parishioners,
Late one afternoon, a teenager sneaks into the back row of church. He takes off his backpack, unplugs his I-pod and rolls his basketball under his seat. […]
Dear Parishioners,
Aristotle has written, “It is easy to become angry. Anyone can do it. But to become angry at the right moment, to the right degree, for the […]
Dear Parishioners,
A famous musician was debuting a new work which he had just written for the piano. As he struck the last chord, the audience rose to their […]
Dear Parishioners,
On the first Sunday of every Lent, we find Jesus in the wilderness. He is in the desert without food, without shelter. He is tempted by Satan. […]
Dear Parishioners,
There is little doubt that the leper in today’s gospel had a deep respect for Jesus. Who would not honor someone who healed them of leprosy? But […]
Dear Parishioners,
The evangelist Mark can be quite succinct. Whereas other evangelists will take a few paragraphs or even a whole chapter to tell a story, Mark can do […]
Dear Parishioners,
My Perhaps the most useful question we could ask about today’s Gospel is: What is an unclean spirit doing in a synagogue? It was commonly accepted in […]
Dear Parishioners,
Once upon a time, a boy said to God: “Oh God, when I grow up, I want to live in a huge house with a big front […]
