In the Gospels, we see Jesus perform a number of miracles that have to do with the healing of eyes, ears, legs, speech impediments, and the kind of internal bleeding…
God’s love is contagious. When you catch it, you are sent. For God always seeks human partners. Sending is necessary because the need of our wounded world is great. So,…
There is a lot going on in the passage from the second book of Samuel today. Nathan, sent by the Lord, sets a trap to catch his king, David, who…
Our liturgy today sets three figures of courage before us: young David of Bethlehem, healer Jesus of Nazareth, and twelve-year-old maiden Agnes of Rome. What can they say to us…
The leper in today’s Gospel must have led a difficult life. Not only did he have to contend with the disease of leprosy, but he was also likely shunned by…
In the Gulf South, this time of year begins its own special season. From Galveston, Texas, to Pensacola, Florida, this is Mardi Gras season, the stretch of weeks from Twelfth…
With so much going on in our lives, with so many “voices” demanding our attention, we often fail to recognize “the one” whom John is talking about in the fourth…
In the early hours of Christmas Day, after joyous crowds had filled the church for Mass the night before, a number of believers return. They hear one of the most…
Do we communicate our Gospel values with words, or by the way we live? That is the challenge posed in today’s Gospel.Let’s face it. We all have been like each…
Years ago, I had the good fortune to meet Kenneth Leech, the Anglican theologian and spiritual writer who was as famous for his commitment to justice as he was for…
