Encountering the Risen Christ: From Doubt to Belief
The Gospels tell us that Jesus appeared to the disciples on several occasions after they discovered that his tomb was empty. Part of the...Read more
Entering the Paschal Mystery
Today we begin Holy Week, the days during which we journey with Jesus on his way of the cross and anticipate his Resurrection on...Read more
Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life
Our Gospel on this day, the fifth Sunday of Lent, is again taken from the Gospel according to John....Read more
When Jesus Opens Our Eyes
As we did last week, we are reading today from the Gospel of John. In today’s Gospel, the healing of the man born blind...Read more
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
On this Sunday and the next two Sundays, we break from reading the Gospel of Matthew to read...Read more
The Transfiguration
For the second Sunday of Lent, we move from Jesus’ retreat to the desert to his Transfiguration. Each year on the first Sunday of...Read more
Forty Days of Faithfulness
In each of the three Synoptic Gospels Mark, Matthew, and Luke, after Jesus’ baptism by John, Jesus is reported to have gone to the...Read more
The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew continues the Sermon on the Mount with a three part instruction by Jesus on the Way of Life in the kingdom of heaven....Read more
Becoming Salt, Light, and Mercy in the World
Following upon the teaching of the Beatitudes, Jesus uses the now familiar metaphors of salt and light to describe the life of discipleship. We...Read more
A Reflection on the Beatitudes
Today’s reading is the beginning of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which is found in Matthew’s Gospel. The form of the Beatitudes found here...Read more
