Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:12-18; Matthew 6:1-18) In the old days, thousands of years ago, when something really bad happened, the chief priest of the Hebrew community would stand before the…
(Mark 2: 18-22 ) This week, a good friend of mine died, Fred Rogers, whom you may have known from his popular PBS children's TV show, "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood." I…
Remain in Me May 18, 2003 (John 15:1-8) This week, I had two visitors, two young Jesuit novices. When you enter the Jesuits, after a few months, they send you…
(Mark 1:40-45) As you know, in those days, they thought you were being punished by God if you had leprosy, so you were excommunicated from the synagogue and sent off…
(Mark 1:21-39) One way to look at the Christian life is to see it as a life lived in the footsteps of Jesus, which means we try to understand the…
(Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 2:22-40) Today is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, and we hear the same readings we heard one month ago on the feast of the…
(Mark 1: 14-20) Last weekend, I was in Washington, D.C. and spoke in front of the U.S. Capitol at the national march against the war to over 200,000 people. It…
(Mark 1: 7-11) I think something happened to Jesus when he was baptized in the Jordan by John, that he suddenly realized who he was, because all the Gospels begin…
(Matthew 2:1-12) The dictionary defines "epiphany" as "an appearance or manifestation of God; a moment of sudden intuitive understanding; a flash of insight or an experience that occasions such a…
(Luke 2:16-21) Happy New Year! A few decades ago, the church named New Year's day in honor of Mary and invited us to begin the new year praying that God…