(Luke 6:17-26) Today we’re talking blessings and woes, blessings meaning all the gifts and graces that God gives us, and woes, meaning the opposite, all the curses that we take…

(Luke 5:1-11) Today’s great story about how Jesus calls the fishermen to follow him on the path to discipleship has three great lines which we can reflect about. First, we…

(Luke 4:21-30; 1 Cor. 13:4-13) The good news today is that God loves us, each one of us, and God calls us to love one another. St. Paul reminds us…

(Luke 4:16-22) Today we hear the beginning of the Gospel of Luke, plus part one of the famous two part story of Jesus’ visit to his hometown synagogue. Jesus has…

(John 2:1-11 ) In 1982, just before I entered the Jesuits, I went to Israel and spent several months walking through the Holy Land to learn more about Jesus, and…

(Luke 3:15-16, 21-22) I thought we could look briefly at the baptism of Jesus and see what it means for Jesus, what it means for us, and what it means…

(Matthew 2:1-19) One way to reflect on this great story of the Epiphany is to see it as the three movements of the spiritual life: the journey to Christ; the…

(Luke 2:16-21) Happy New Year everyone! I hope and pray that this new year holds many blessings for you, that it is a time of grace and healing and light…

(Luke 2:41-52) Merry Christmas everyone. We continue to celebrate the birth of Jesus and today we celebrate the Holy Family and hear this famous story of the 12 year old…

(Luke 2:1-14) Merry Christmas everyone! I wish you all great joy as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. I just want to reflect with you for a moment about the…