December 21, 2003 (Luke 1:39-45) The purpose of Christianity, the meaning of life, the goal of the spiritual life, and the answer to all our questions is love. Jesus says…

(Luke 3:10-18) Next week we celebrate Christmas, so we are invited once again during these holy days of Advent to pray for the Advent graces of light, hope, peace and…

(Luke 3:1-6) We celebrate the second Sunday in Advent, and we continue our Advent journey of light and grace and hope and peace, preparing a way for the coming of…

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that we can make this holy season of Advent a special time of hope and prayer and grace and light and waiting…

This is one of the great feast days, the feast of Christ the King. A couple of months ago, a parishioner in Cimarron said, “Fr. John, it’s taken a year,…

November 16, 2003 (Daniel 12:1-3; Mark 13:24-32) Our readings today are both scary and hopeful. I thought we could look at them and see how we can respond to them.…

When I entered the Jesuits in the early 1980s, the Jesuits in the United States were getting desperate letters from the Jesuits of El Salvador, begging the U.S. Jesuits to…

(Matthew 5:1-12) This weekend we celebrate the feast of All Saints, and the feast of All Souls, and since you all are saints, Happy Feast Day! I think that the…

(Mark 10:35-45) This is one of the great stories of the gospel and I thought we could walk through it together and see what it says and what it might…

(Mark 10:35-45) These two disciples, James and John, approach Jesus and demand that he does whatever they say. But Jesus listens to them, and they demand to be seated next…