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You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a valley and on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same...

Listen again to this part of the passage just read. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and...

We need a little back story to set the stage for what’s going on in the first reading. In Samuel's old age, he appoints his sons as...

The Feeding of the 5,000 Story in Mark’s Gospel with reference to John’s version. The Jerusalem Gazette splashed the fascinating headline...

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Conjures up a scene from Kubrick’s version of The Shining , doesn’t it? I don’t know what...

Jesus is back in town- his hometown. I’ve been saving this story for a special occasion, and I certainly think this wonderful celebration...

Isn’t it amazing how quickly we lose control of things in a storm? Before a storm arrives and after it has long passed and the lights are...

I have a riddle for you this morning: What is stronger than God, more evil than the devil, poor people have it, rich people don’t need...

“Are you crazy? That’s a reaction a lot of parents likely have after their kids suggest something weird or risky they want to do or,...

I suspect that a number of you were raised as Roman Catholics just as I was. Do you remember how as small children, perhaps in...

A little boy riding his bike stopped in front of a church and noticed the open doors. The priest was just coming out of the church and...

Happy Ascension Sunday! We are celebrating an important feast that occurred this past Thursday, because it is a major event in the life...

“I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends…” What...

Abiding: Embracing and Including the Lonely as Branches of God’s Vine—Sermon Preached by Jennifer Hudson, April 28, 2024 “All the lonely...

“What wouldn't we give for That extra bit more, That's all we live for Why should we be fated to do Nothing but brood on food Magical...

John Patrick Shanley’s play, Doubt, is set in St. Nicholas Catholic School, in the Bronx, during the fall of 1964. In the movie version,...

Power fascinates us. The powers of nature both terrify us and intrigue us. Tsunamis, storms, lightning, hurricanes, the devastation of a...

Some years ago, a book was written by Gene Smith, a noted American historian. The title was "When The Cheering Stopped." It was the story...

Today’s Gospel narrative is a little backwards because it all takes place after Jesus had entered Jerusalem to crowds shouting “Hosanna,”...

A man decided to join a monastery where silence was very strictly observed and enforced. When he entered the monastery, the abbot told...