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One thing that I have learned over the years in visiting Kansas during the summer is that if you step out into a pasture where there are cattle, you stand a very good chance of stepping in something that is not so pleasant.  There is a... More Info →

The journey to God is always and necessarily a journey of love. We cannot come to a knowledge of God without first loving God and then practicing that love in our neighbor. “Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.”(1Jn 4,8)... More Info →

     This Sunday is celebrated as Good Shepherd Sunday in the Church and is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd who comes to shepherd his people in love.  The love of the... More Info →

     “You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.”  Bad choice.  In our first reading today Peter spells out for the people of Israel the poor judgment they exercised in the... More Info →

     What do we know about mercy?  I think that we can say that almost everything that we know about mercy we have learned from God and the Divine Mercy that he has shown us throughout all of salvation history. ... More Info →

“Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.Behold the place where they laid him.” (Mark 16,6f) On this Easter Sunday we are invited into the emptytomb of Jesus the Christ, the crucified one,... More Info →

“Hosanna!” Our entrance into Holy Week begins with the singing of Hosannas to JesusChrist the King who enters into Jerusalem in a triumphal victory procession as would aconquering king. When a king would return from war victorious there would... More Info →

     What does it mean to “see” Jesus?  Certainly, seeing Jesus is more than a matter of casual curiosity.  Some Greeks come to Philip and express to him a desire to “see” Jesus:  “Sir, we would like to see... More Info →

So often we look down upon our world. It is easy to do. When we daily hear of the great suffering thatis inflicted upon people all over the world, the killings, the massive poverty, the human rights violations, allof these events cast a dark... More Info →

It is sad to think of a temple that is more about commerce and trade than it is about worship.  It is sad to think that, in the Father’s house, salvation and forgiveness are commodities to be bought and sold.  Yet, sadly in Jesus’ time... More Info →