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During his lifetime it seems that Jesus spent a lot of time at the temple in Jerusalem. As achild he went there with Mary and Joseph, as was their custom, on all of the great holydays, feasts and celebrations. While there he even engaged the... More Info →

    In the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Mark one of the scribes comes up to Jesus and asks him to identify which commandment is the greatest.  The scribes in Jesus’ time were scholars of the law.  They... More Info →

In the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark we meet the blind Bartimaeus on the road to Jericho and in this encounter of the blind man with Jesus we recognize our own spiritual state at times. Sometimes we might also feel like the blind man whose... More Info →

I must confess that there were times when I was young, foolish and selfish and grumpy over the chores that I was required to finish that I grumbled to myself that my parents just had children so that they would have someone to do dishes, wash... More Info →

Every year the editors of “Forbes” magazine publish a list of the world’s richest persons.  Every year I look to see if my name has been added to that list yet.  The world has not yet figured it out.  I consider my self... More Info →

In troubled times, when the storms of life are looming on the horizon, when the winds begin to blow and we are being tossed about by what seems like overwhelming forces, we are given some very simple advice:  “Hold on!”  When we find... More Info →

  There is a story that many are familiar with that has been made into a popular musical, West Side Story.  In this story there are two gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, that are caught up in a vicious cycle of hatred and violence.... More Info →

    We are witnesses of a lot of meanness and violence in our Cancel Culture today.  If someone disagrees with us then we set out to make that person suffer.  This meanness and violence was also present in the time of... More Info →

    Who is Jesus?  This question is just as relevant today as it was two thousand years ago when Jesus first asked the question of his disciples at Caesarea Philippi.  Is he just another religious figure among many religious... More Info →

We feel more comfortable in our own neighborhoods and around people we know and are familiar with.  Every summer when I go back to Kansas and celebrate mass I feel comfortable sharing the gospel with the people back there because so many of... More Info →